Consolidated Rail Corp., a.k.a. Conrail, history from 1976 to 1999 in the Northeast serving Chicago, Pittsburgh, New Jersey, and Philadelphia ...

Tom Danneman loves trains, but enjoys the West as much. Join him for cinematic railfanning. THE video series helping model railroaders create a sense of place on a model train layout.

The eastbound California Zephyr passes Metra’s Fairview Avenue station in Downers Grove, Ill., on Feb. 14, 2026. The Federal Railroad Administration is considering restructuring Amtrak into a holding ...

Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 passes through Schuyler, Neb., on June 11, 2023, as part of its Home Run Express trip to Omaha, Neb. Dates have been announced for the first leg of the locomotive’s 2026 ...

Most modelers can pinpoint the photos, people, events, books, or stories that inspired them to build their model railroads. For me, I can honestly say that my N scale Naugatuck Valley RR started with ...

A Union Pacific C44ACCTE leads a CPKC train through Deerfield, Ill., on May 5, 2023. CPKC and other railroads have urged the Surface Transportation Board to reject the UP-NS merger application as ...

On a foggy Nov. 8, 2025, Alaska Railroad No. 557 was pulled from its shop in Wasilla, Alaska, outside of Anchorage. Members of the 557 Restoration Co. successfully test fired the locomotive. It was ...

There’s nothing quite like that feeling of running a “first train” on a new model railroad. Although the scenery is still bare benchwork, the look and sound of those first wheels rolling under their ...

Chicago has always had a plethora of terminal railroads. Many have come and gone, but a handful with historical roots dating to the late 19th Century are still active today, and vital to keeping the ...

Paul and David Bradt’s Ardiono Projects offers multiple ways to use Arduino and Raspberry Pi microcontrollers for your model railroading projects. Buy the book here. Code for Button/Blink Test (SN095) ...

BNSF SD70MAC No. 9400 has been donated to the Illinois Railway Museum. IRM/John McCulloch UNION, Ill. — The first U.S. production AC-traction locomotive, BNSF Railway SD70MAC No. 9400, has been ...

A Union Pacific train with UP and Norfolk Southern power crosses UP’s diamond with NS at Momence, Ill., on April 10, 2022. David Lassen Combining Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern into the first ...