January 29, 2010 | Comments Off
A Great video by dashloc of the high speed line between Madrid/Barcelona in Spain.
January 26, 2010 | Comments Off
A nice collection of Hi-Railers, dual purpose vehicles from all over the world, that can take to the rails as well as the highways.
The collections range from the practical, to the bizarre. These vehicles could be used by a group of vacationers or a small family.
January 22, 2010 | Comments Off
A historic photo charter organized by Lerro Productions and hosted by the Steam Railroading Institute of Owosso, Michigan features the 765 and 1225.
This was exceptionally done complete with period cars and people. It was as if i was magically transported to the 1950’s!
Bonus: Check out the photo shoots done by Lerro Productions.
January 21, 2010 | 1 Comments »
Field Trips with Sue is having a Thomas the Tank Engine Giveaway. The winners will be chosen via random.org and will be announced Friday morning (tomorrow). The prize pack includes: Talking Railway Knapford Station Set, Thomas & Friends: Hero of the Rails DVD, Repair and Go Station and Thomas Wooden Railway(tm) Engines: Victor & Hiro.
So if you have little railroaders or are a closet Thomas fan, sign up for their email and post a comment to enter the giveaway.
Good Luck!
January 21, 2010 | Comments Off
Heart-warming story of a puppy who was rescued after being frozen to the track. The puppy, now named Track had gotten wet in a nearby ditch and when he tried to go over the rail, his icy fur froze to the track. Track now has a home and is doing well.
January 20, 2010 | Comments Off
Buildings and structures of American railroads is a reference book for railroad managers, superintendents, mechanics, engineer and architects. This book was digitized by Google and available for viewing online or downloading it as a PDF.
It is particularly useful for scratch builders as it contains plans and elevations of the various lineside railroad structures, from the humble shanties to the more complex depots and platforms. Each structure has a brief historical perspective, dimensions making it a valuable tool for creating models.
January 14, 2010 | Comments Off
The Trainz 2010: Engineer’s Edition in game trailer was posted by n3vgames.
For modeler’s who never had the Trainz series, this 2010 version will let you build and operate your virtual railroad with ease and great level of detail. The ease of building layout in the Trainz series is a great plus over other simulators like Rail Simulator. If you are looking to geting one, please check the system requirements first:
Minimum
Windows XP (SP3)
1GB RAM
Pentium D 3.4GHz (or equivalent)
nVidia Geforce 7200/128MB (or equivalent)
15GB Free Hard Drive Space
Recommended
Windows Vista/Windows 7 (64bit)
2GB RAM
Core 2 Duo (or equivalent)
nVidia Geforce 8600 (or equivalent)
15GB Free Hard Drive Space
For owners of previous versions like myself, i prefer to wait this one out. There does not seem to be much in terms of enhancements over the 2009 version. Sure, it has the new-fangled SpeedTrees and the layer support but these features are not making me to run out and get a copy. Maybe later but not right now…
January 13, 2010 | Comments Off
The results of the DP Review Black and White Train Photo Contest are in.
Steam Locomotives have character and definition and these black and white close-ups prove just that. Congrats to the winners!
January 11, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Julia Allison captures this photo of an Amtrak ad in the bottom of the bin at the TSA screening line in Chicago’s O’Hare . Effective placement!
Amtrak: 1 Airlines: 0
January 11, 2010 | Comments Off
The TCS Power and Sound Unit is an over the top, full featured model train controller. Its pricey though at around $1400 but with the power control lever, brake handle, voltmeter (“speedometer”), ammeter, simulated air brake pressure meter and including the 29 different sound effects its seems to be an all immersive controller.
Check out the video below:
