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I saw an episode yesterday where they were running a 1944 UP steam engine from Cheyenne to Denver and back, taking railfans to a rodeo. Apparently, it's the last Class 1 steam train still running.

...As to the other brands that some manufacturers use, I've found that they do not hold up like KD's. When running trains of properly weighted cars 30-40 cars long, I've found that they pull apart on grades. I've never had that problem with properly installed KD 5's Good to know. I've only had thos...

Tyco coupler boxes (HO) from the 60's were smartly all metal and connected to the truck for tighter radius curves. Despite the practicality of the use of metal, TYCO made it extremely difficult to replace broken Horn Hooks or replacement to anything else, due to having RIVITED the coupler box lid i...

I've also made about 4 or 5 adapter cars, as you have. I have a bunch of Athearn blue box kits from the 1980s, most of which I fitted with Kadees from day 1. I also have many Tyco and AHM cars from the 60s and early 70s, most of which have the original horn-hook couplers (in varying degrees of shabb...

How about the Conway Yard, north of Pittsburgh along the Ohio river?

conrail71 wrote:Rochester, NY traffic reporter Tom George ...

SEPTA's thought process probably is: If you'll drive to West Chester to take the train to Philly, you can just as easily drive to Exton and take the R5. If you're in walking distance to the WC train station, you can take the 104 bus. (Yes, it's not a 1-seat ride, and there's many traffic lights alon...

Bachmann makes an operating model of all of the popular characters on that show, and they all seem to run better than most of Bachmann's other engines! Recently, I bought the main characters (the ones that were 'main' characters back in the early 1990s, when I watched Shining Time Station with my k...

When I was a kid I remember my best friend's father saying he was going to 'The American Store' and I had no idea that he meant Acme. ... I remember my grandmother saying the same thing back in the '60s and '70s. I do the same thing now, always referring to ATM machines as "MAC machines"....

... gondolas and what looked like ore jennies. .... I was at a car wash on Lancaster Ave (business Rt 30) just east of Coatesville a few days ago, and a train made up entirely of BVRY equipment rolled by. The cars were mostly these "ore jennies", but some standard gondolas also. All carri...

Has anyone else had problems recently getting orders filled, or connecting to Customer Service at InternetTrains.com ? I've been waiting over a month for 1 order, and longer for another. They don't respond to emails, and their phone message says that they currently aren't taking phone calls, but dir...

Don, 2) This may have been the line that went to Columbia, on the Susquehanna River. 3) This is the former ROW for the P&T line, often mistaken for part of the Trenton Cutoff. http://www.railroad.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=56&t=37722&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=15#p599442 4) In Fraz...

Clearfield wrote:So if SEPTA floated a "LOST SEPTA" trip along with a cost around $20 and listed where it would go, how many people (besides me) would sign up?

It looks like all the movies and shows mentioned on this thread (unless I missed any) date from the SEPTA/PATCO era. I guess the following categories don't qualify for this thread: movies/TV shows/spots related to PTC/Red Arrow PRR/PC/RDG-era commuter rail the Bridge Line (pre-PATCO) era etc. etc. ...

SEPTA's predecessor PTC had its busses featured in several episodes of the 'American Dreams' TV show. (set in West Philly)