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Loading ...The Lickey Incline is the steepest sustained main-line railway incline in Great Britain. Situated south of Birmingham, England, the climb has a gradient of 1-in-37.7 (2.65%) for a continuous distance of two miles. Today, the Lickey is crested with ease by most modern diesel electric locomotives. But in the previous century steam locomotives did not [...]
(1 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5) Loading ...Moose Tracks – Glossary Of the Road Every G-Scaler is the reincarnation of their childhood ambition to be a railroad person whether an engineer, fireman, brakeman or conductor. Perhaps the chuff of steam and the roar of diesel linger long after childhood, reaching out to bring us back to a simpler time when a [...]
(2 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...Winter is just one more season for Jeri Sajbt to show off his talent as a master craftsman. Jeri a dedicated modeler, lives in Brno a city in the Czech Republic. Much to his wifes consternation he took over a portion of the family back yard at his home there and began building a backyard [...]
(Not yet rated, click on star to rate.) Loading ...Illiana Garden Railway Society December 2011 Meeting Minutes The December Meeting and Holiday Party were held on Saturday the 17th at Taltree Station in Valparaiso Indiana. There were 24 members present. Dave Ransom called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM. Everyone was welcomed to the Holiday Party and December Meeting. Dave Ransom Reported: Thank [...]
(2 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...Garden Trains – LSOL is a great online resource for the family hobbyist. Jon DeKeles’ Garden Trains LSOL is a many faceted internet magazine dedicated to G-Scale enthusiasts. It is the oldest and most comprehensive magazine of its type, with over fifty online issues a year. It has informative feature articles about large scale products, new [...]
(2 votes, average: 4.50 out of 5) Loading ...Moose Tracks – Glossary Of the Road Every G-Scaler is the reincarnation of their childhood ambition to be a railroad person whether an engineer, fireman, brakeman or conductor. Perhaps the chuff of steam and the roar of diesel linger long after childhood, reaching out to bring us back to a simpler time when a word [...]
(2 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...Except for the carols of the holiday season no other sound can stir memories like the sound of a Christmas Train. Christmas and model railroad trains are inseparable. Do you remember seeing your first toy train circling the family tree on Christmas morning. Here’s one such enjoyable recollection. – From “Smart Boys Swimming in the [...]
(2 votes, average: 4.50 out of 5) Loading ...Railroad trains played staring roles roles in the movies as soon as the first motion picture was filmed. The first public exhibition of motion pictures occurred on December 28, 1895 when Auguste and Louis Lumière exhibited a selection of ten of their single-reel films to a paying audience at a Parisian cafe. The first reel [...]
(1 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5) Loading ...Although the White Pass & Yukon Railroad rotary snowplows are not locomotives, they still fall into the category of railroad steam engines. Operations on the WP&YR have always been hampered by extremely low temperatures and snow falls, especially in the vicinity of the White Pass summit, where several feet of snow accumulate throughout the winter [...]
(Not yet rated, click on star to rate.) Loading ...Illiana Garden Railway Society November 2011 Meeting Minutes The November Meeting was held on Tuesday the 22nd at the home of Max & Fran Samuelson in Valparaiso Indiana. There were 17 members present. Dave Ransom called the meeting to order at 7:07 PM. Everyone was welcomed to the November Meeting. Dave Ransom Reported: Thank you [...]
(2 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...Perhaps the most frightening railway lines in the world today are the 300 mile per hour French TGV or the Chinese 280 mile per hour Maglev that swoosh across the level countryside. But their speed negates the tingling roller coaster experience and the dizzying heights when trains moved along spindly bridges, across narrow railroad trestles, [...]
(3 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...Jack Verducci’s Lackawanna Railroad model layout on Long Island has stunningly real 1:32 scale images of the Lackawanna terminal at Hoboken New Jersey, Cranberry Lake New Jersey, New York, Truesdale Mine , Netcong Station, Pennsylvania, Upstate New York and Eastern seaboard scenery. The buildings, locomotives , passenger and freight cars are accurate picture perfect recreations based [...]
(3 votes, average: 4.67 out of 5) Loading ...Moose Tracks – Glossary Of the Road Every G-Scaler is the reincarnation of their childhood ambition to be a railroad person whether an engineer, fireman, brakeman or conductor. Perhaps the chuff of steam and the roar of diesel linger long after childhood, reaching out to bring us back to a simpler time when a word [...]
(Not yet rated, click on star to rate.) Loading ...Illiana Garden Railway Society October 2011 Meeting Minutes The October Meeting was held on Tuesday the 25th at the home of Max & Fran Samuelson in Valparaiso Indiana. There were 17 members present. Dave Ransom called the meeting to order at 7:14 PM. Everyone was welcomed to the October Meeting. Dave Ransom Reported: A thank [...]
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Al: I enjoyed the story and it made me think of back in World War !!. I got my ...
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