Trains and Layouts

Being a modeler of the transition era New York Central and loving headend cars on passenger trains, I needed express cars.  On the NYCRR, many styles of headend equipment was used,... [Read more]

Photo by wfyurasko. New York City’s Penn Station — one of the most famous rail destinations in the Northeast, served by the equally famous North East Corridor (NEC). That’s... [Read more]

While Frank and I were in Syracuse , New York, we were invited to go on a few layout tours.  One of which was built by Brian Curry, MMR (Master Model Railroader #350).  We had been... [Read more]

Watch as the newly electrified New Haven Yankee Clipper is brought into New York’s Grand Cental Terminal. This 1942 promotional film for New Haven features the interlocking... [Read more]

Historical Overview These locomotives were purchased from the Defunct New York, Ontario and Western (units 501-503) two of which found their home on the Western Pacific subsidiary,... [Read more]

The Baltimore Streetcar Museum, located on the former Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad’s (the Ma & Pa) right-of-way, has a unique collection chronicling the history of streetcar... [Read more]

This video, taken at Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station, show a SEPTA (Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority) regional train approaching the station platforms. This... [Read more]

Continuing our East Coast tour, Chris Brimley and I stopped in Strasburg, Pennsylvania, home of the Strasburg Railroad and the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania. After a relatively quick... [Read more]

We’re a bit behind real-time with our On Location updates, but  on day two of Chris Brimley’s East Coast stay, we visited Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania. Jim Thorpe Jim Thorpe,... [Read more]

These two film clips are part of a two-disc rail fan video called Chicago Odyssey, Volume 1 by Green Frog Productions. While these are short promotional segments running between 5 and... [Read more]