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Toy Trains Magazine Toy Trains618173 Learn About: • Layouts • Gauge & Scale • Resources • History • Collecting
STARTING WITH A supplement to Classic Toy Trains magazine TOY TRAINS618173 LEARN ABOUT: • Layouts • Gauge & scale • Resources • History • Collecting FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT US cl ONLINE as sic om toytrains.c elcome to the enjoyable and exciting hobby of toy trains! Millions of people, young and old, have been having fun with magazine toy trains almost from the time the first railroads were built back in the 1820s. Naturally, toy trains have changed over Wthose many generations – in size, power, and detail – but the pleasure that children and adults have found in them has never vanished. Classic Toy Trains Folks enter this hobby in a number of ways, Before going too far, we should talk about one of which may have been your experience. what a toy train is. You likely know what one is Perhaps you found your childhood train set by seeing or holding it. A toy train is a minia- after many years and want to relive the fun ture representation of a locomotive, freight car, you had with those toys. Maybe you picked up or passenger car found on an actual railroad. a vintage toy locomotive and cars at a yard sale Scale model railroaders expect that repre- or an antique store. Or possibly you received sentation to be a precise model of an actual as a gift one of the outstanding trains being piece of railroad equipment. By contrast, toy manufactured today. However you arrived, train enthusiasts don’t insist on having perfect we’re glad to welcome you to the ranks of replicas. They understand that a toy is sup- those around the world that love toy trains posed to provide joy and help kids of all ages by Roger Carp, Senior Editor, and appreciate their magic. -
Between RAILS WIRE REALISTIC CATENARY and WORKING SIGNALS &LET JAMIE HAISLIP RUN LIKE the PROTOTYPE on HIS 18 X 18-FOOT O GAUGE LAYOUT
COVER STORY Between RAILS WIRE REALISTIC CATENARY AND WORKING SIGNALS &LET JAMIE HAISLIP RUN LIKE THE PROTOTYPE ON HIS 18 X 18-FOOT O GAUGE LAYOUT by Jamie Haislip • photos by Paul Dolkos ike most Classic Toy Trains readers, build a layout. At first I attempted to my interest in railroading devel- revive my old HO trains, but when I oped early in life. Growing up in remembered how much fun I had at Virginia near the main line of the my neighbor’s house running all those Southern Ry., I loved watch- great accessories I knew I had to build ing trains. Summer days my new model railroad in O gauge. Lwould often find me riding my bike With that in mind, I started work on down to the tracks just to see those a basic postwar-style layout. I had just long freight trains roll by. one requirement, and that was to have My first train set was HO scale, but I an operating milk car. Most CTT read- had a neighbor that had a Lionel lay- ers can guess what happened next. In out packed with postwar operating no time at all, I was buying more and accessories. During my teenage years I more Lionel postwar accessories to fea- lost interest in model railroading about ture on my layout. It got to the point the same time I learned that the trains were to drive. I packed my reduced to a supporting HO trains away, but that role, but my sons loved neighbor’s layout had all the action and they before it was completed, and years planted a seed that years played endlessly with that would pass before I could start my later would grow into my crowded layout. -
O Gauge Products Through Traditional Or 21St-Century Media — Or Both
2015 Step Into Our Time Machine Just as smartphones reflect the most advanced technology of locomotives had on the American boy, and our time, tinplate trains brought the technological wonders of steamers reappeared in their product lines. the early 20th century right onto the living room floor. And by the middle of the decade, another new development was By the middle of the Roaring Twenties, the steam engine was introduced simultaneously by a century old but electric power was still new and magical. Lionel, Flyer, and the prototype Widespread electrification of households had gathered speed railroads: streamlining. only after World War I, and Americans had just begun to buy plug-connected appliances. In the world of railroading, as in In this, our seventh Lionel American society at large, many envisioned a world transformed Corporation catalog, we offer by electricity. The Pennsylvania Railroad was in the process of Lionel’s 1920s renditions of constructing the largest electrified corridor in the United States. the newest electric power Out west, the Milwaukee Road was conquering desolate moun- on American rails, along tain ranges with its Bi-Polar electric locomotives. with traditional steamers and several models from Lionel’s It was only natural then, that the Lionel® and American Flyer® first decade of production. And for the first time in more product lines in the 1920s would be dominated by models of than 80 years, we’re excited to announce new body styles in Traditional or electric locomotives. In fact, for half of the decade, not a single the 200 series freight cars, Lionel’s largest and most elaborate 21st-Century Electronics standard gauge steam engine was cataloged, and the first O Standard Gauge freighters. -
4-6-4 Hiawatha Hudson Steam Engine
6 4-6-4 HIAWATHA HUDSON STEAM ENGINE Features - Die-Cast Boiler and Tender Body - Real Coal Load - Metal Wheels and Axles - Synchronized Puffing ProtoSmoke™ - Constant Voltage Headlight System - Die-Cast Truck Sides - Engineer and Fireman Figures - Precision Flywheel Equipped Motor - Proto-Sound® 2.0 With The Digital - Remote Controlled Proto-Coupler™ Command System Featuring Passenger - Operating Marker Lights Station Proto-Effects™ - Operating Tender Back-up Light - Unit Measures: 22 5/16” x 2 1/2” x 3 3/4” - Locomotive Speed Control in Scale MPH - Operates On O-31 Curves Increments 7 With the bold slogan "Nothing Faster on Rails," the Milwaukee Road inaugurated its Chicago-Twin Cities Hiawatha passenger service on May 29, 1935. Pressured by intense competition on the route between Chicago and Minneapolis/St. Paul — includ- ing the Burlington's pioneering diesel Twin Zephyrs W— the Milwaukee Road had turned to the American Locomotive Works to design the fastest steam loco- motives of the day. The results did not disappoint. Lehigh Valley - 4-6-4 Streamlined Hudson Steamer 30-1486-1 w/Proto-Sound 2.0 $399.95 The Hiawathas were initially headed by oil burning Alco 4-4-2 Atlantics created specifically for intense 100 mile per hour daily operations. The engines and their entire trains were renowned for their col- orful, aerodynamic styling by industrial designer Otto Kuhler — who lamented, however, that "I did get disgusted every time an uninitiated person asked me, 'Is that a diesel?'" The Hiawathas seduced passengers with luxurious surroundings that included the Tip Top Tap Room, the first standup cocktail bar on American rails. -
Transportation Trips, Excursions, Special Journeys, Outings, Tours, and Milestones In, To, from Or Through New Jersey
TRANSPORTATION TRIPS, EXCURSIONS, SPECIAL JOURNEYS, OUTINGS, TOURS, AND MILESTONES IN, TO, FROM OR THROUGH NEW JERSEY Bill McKelvey, Editor, Updated to Mon., Mar. 8, 2021 INTRODUCTION This is a reference work which we hope will be useful to historians and researchers. For those researchers wanting to do a deeper dive into the history of a particular event or series of events, copious resources are given for most of the fantrips, excursions, special moves, etc. in this compilation. You may find it much easier to search for the RR, event, city, etc. you are interested in than to read the entire document. We also think it will provide interesting, educational, and sometimes entertaining reading. Perhaps it will give ideas to future fantrip or excursion leaders for trips which may still be possible. In any such work like this there is always the question of what to include or exclude or where to draw the line. Our first thought was to limit this work to railfan excursions, but that soon got broadened to include rail specials for the general public and officials, special moves, trolley trips, bus outings, waterway and canal journeys, etc. The focus has been on such trips which operated within NJ; from NJ; into NJ from other states; or, passed through NJ. We have excluded regularly scheduled tourist type rides, automobile journeys, air trips, amusement park rides, etc. NOTE: Since many of the following items were taken from promotional literature we can not guarantee that each and every trip was actually operated. Early on the railways explored and promoted special journeys for the public as a way to improve their bottom line. -
In This Issue of Scale Rails, the NMRA Is Pleased to Announce the Debut of a Series of New Or Revised Data Sheets
Diesel Locomotive 1 Researcher: Jerry T Moyers ALCO HH–SERIES Switchers Manufacturer: ALCO Photography and captions: Louis A Marre Collection Date Built: 1931–1940 Horsepower: 600-1000 Drawings: Stephen M. Priest, MMR In this issue of Scale Rails, the NMRA is pleased to announce the debut of a series of new or revised Data Sheets. The initial Data Sheets, covering early American Locomotive Co. (Alco) diesel-electric switching locomo- tives, are the work of noted diesel authority and modeler Jerry T. Moyers. Jerry’s highly Top left: Boston & Maine Phase 1 detailed diesel drawings have appeared in 1102 is ex-Alco demonstrator 602, Railroad Model Craftsman, and he has also with the cab as front, shown at work in Boston on September 1, 1951. This worked closely with a number of manufactur- unit dates from May 1934 as Alco 602. ers and importers to improve the accuracy of B&M also purchased a stock unit and numbered it 1101. Note that B&M their products. “reversed” the controls and now the Noted author Louis A. Marre has pro- long end is marked as F-1 for front end, No. 1 side. vided the reader with detailed captions to augment his choice of the quaity photographic Bottom left: Lackawanna bought Phase 1 examples of the earliest high doumentation included in the Data Sheets. hood configuration, oriented with the The Data Sheets will include prototype cab as front. Lackawanna 323 is seen here at the end of a long career. Its information about a specific manufacturer, bell has been removed from the sim- specifications for the particular locomotive(s) ple bracket next to the headlight, but otherwise it is intact after 30 years Above: Many high hood purchasers were interested in diesels Below: Peoria & Pekin Union 100 Phase 2, its first diesel, featured, and an in-depth discussion of mod- of hard service. -
"Otto Kuhler: Colorado Renaissance Man" a Presentation by Mike and Sigi Walker
Palmer Lake Historical Society PO Box 662 66 Lower Glenway St. Palmer Lake, CO 80132 Contact [email protected] MEDIA RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE DISTRIBUTION The PALMER LAKE HISTORICAL SOCIETY presents "Otto Kuhler: Colorado Renaissance Man" A presentation by Mike and Sigi Walker On Thursday, June 21, 2018, at 7:00 p.m., the Palmer Lake Historical Society invites the public to the Palmer Lake Town Hall, 28 Valley Crescent Street, Palmer Lake, CO 80133 for the story of Otto Kuhler (1894 - 1977) as told by Palmer Lake Historical Society members Mike and Sigi Walker. Kuhler's interest in drawing began as a 10-year old. His father sent him to live with friends in Belgium, where for two years he learned French, experienced Belgian culture, and traveled with the family. Impressed by Belgian trains, he made quick sketches of Belgian locomotives; after returning home to Germany's Rhine Valley, he made drawings from these sketches which would affect the course of his life. He lived through WWI, serving as a German railroader-soldier in the forests of Belgium, where he met his future wife, the daughter of a Belgian doctor. At Christmastime in 1921, he decided to leave Germany for America. He saved every Mark he could, each day exchanging Marks for dollars. He arrived in New York on May 10, 1923, had some artistic success almost immediately, and was able to save enough money for Simone's passage within three months of his arrival. He had a successful career as an industrial designer, artist, independent consultant, and advertising executive. -
Lionel Hiawatha O Gauge Train Sets
Lionel Hiawatha O Gauge Train Sets ith the bold — and accurate — slogan "Nothing loged Set! Faster on Rails," the Milwaukee Road inaugurat- ever Cata Special, N Wed its Chicago-Twin Cities Hiawatha passenger Lionel Archives - Hiawatha O Gauge Passenger Train Set service on May 29, 1935. The fastest scheduled express 11-6018-1 Proto-Sound 2.0 $899.95 trains in the world, the Hiawathas were headed by new oil- 11-6018-0 Traditional $899.95 burning 4-4-2 Atlantics that regularly ran at speeds over 100 mph. The engines and their entire trains were renowned for their colorful, aerodynamic styling by industrial designer Otto Kuhler — who lamented, however, that "I did get dis- gusted every time an uninitiated person asked me, 'Is that a diesel?'" The Hiawathas seduced Depression-era passengers with luxurious surroundings that included the Tip Top Tap Room, the first standup cocktail bar on American rails. Within months, the Hiawatha graced the cover of Lionel's latest catalog: "The Milwaukee streamlined speed king of 1935 reproduced to scale and equipped with the famous Lionel railroad whistle. Boy, Oh Boy, what a racer!" Although trailed by a sheet-metal tinplate tender, the Hiawatha's near-scale dimensions and detailed die-cast boil- er clearly signaled that the tinplate era was coming to an end. New that year, the air whistle in the tender added consider- ably to the model's appeal. The Hiawatha passenger set, advertised as "a giant in length, measuring 68 inches," featured an articulated trainset bor- rowed from Lionel's model of the Union Pacific M-10000 streamliner. -
Newsletter ______Winter 2007 Volume 27, Number 1
The Railway & Locomotive Historical Society Newsletter _____________________________________________________________Winter 2007 www.rlhs.org Volume 27, number 1 Railroad Standardization - The Special Problem of Electrification Remembering Gil Reid Railroad History Awards for 2006 Altoona Shops in 1875 Chicago Chapter at the Chicago Historical Society Newsletter _______________________________________________________________________________________Winter 2007 Volume 27, Number 1 Caboose silhou- In This Issue . ettes appearing 3 From the Editor 19 Visual Interpretation - at the end of 3 Remembering Gil Reid - George Drury & John Gruber John Gruber each article, 4 National Report 21 Chapter Reports along with sil- 5 Railroad Standardization: 23 Trading Post houettes of The Special Problem of Electrification - William D. Middleton 23 Late News locomotives and 11 On the Horizon from Indiana rolling stock, University Press: The Encyclopedia of On the Cover - Southbound New York to Washington are by Benn North American Railroads Metroliner No. 105 at Landover, MD. GG1 No. 4935 Coifman, www. RailFonts.com. 12 Passenger Train Journal Resumes Publication repainted in original PRR colors. October 27, 1979. z 13 The Mechanical Department - J. Parker Lamb William D. Middleton photo 15 Exploring the Past with Steamdome Trading Post Society members may use, without charge, the Trading Post section of the quarterly newslet- About The Newsletter ter and the R&LHS web site to advertise items they wish to sell, trade or acquire or to seek in- The Railway & Locomotive Historical Society formation from other readers. This service is Newsletter seeks to serve as a vehicle for com- intended for personal, not general commercial, munication among the Society’s Board of Direc- use. All items should be sent to David C. -
The Inventory of the Otto Kuhler Collection #789
The Inventory of the Otto Kuhler Collection #789 Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center Kühler, Otto #789 March 8, 29 1976 June 1 & 2, July 7, 1977 May 31, 1985 Addenda Box 1 I. Manuscripts and Drawings Folder 1 A. Designs by Kühler 1. “High Speed Inter-City Train”. i. Supplement to Mr. Kühler’s memo to Mr. E.D. Campbell, Sept. 12, 1946”, discussing the proposed design. CTS, 13p. ii. Design blueprints- two items iii. A.C.F file folder Folder 2 2. “Denver Monorail” concept pencil drawing. II. Correspondence Folder 3 Mainly related to Kühler’s paintings and railroad, and interests. Extensive letters with William C. Jones of National Railways Historical Society and many carbons and some holograph copies of Kühler’s letters. A. Feb. 26, 1962 – Jan. 17, 1977. Ca. 150 pieces, incl. list of prints related to the steam age deeded to Smithsonian Institute, Feb. 10, 1974. 1. Andes, Charles L. (Franklin Mint Corp.). TLS, June 11, 1974. 2. Bedell, W.D. (Houston Post). TLS, Feb. 26, 1962. 3. Hindle, Brooke (Smithsonian). TLS signed by secretary, April 23, 1974. 4. Vogel, Robert M. (Smithsonian), 8 TLS 5. White, John H. (Smithsonian). TLS, Aug. 6, 1976. 6. Gotlieb, Howard B. holiday card, n.d. 7. Kühler, Otto. TLS to daughter Winona. 3pp. Dec. 27, 1974. III. Photographs Folder 4 A. Photos of Otto Kühler 1. Age 6, 1899, with his father and ironwork co-workers. Includes holo. note explaining photo. 8x10 b/w, two copies. 2. Kühler painting in Pittsburgh, PA, May 10, 1923. 8.5 x 5” b/w 3. -
Modeling Videos Title Publisher Year Length Format 1997 NMRA Convention Board Presentation for Madison 1997 2004: a Year with Marklin 1
Kalmbach Memorial Library Modeling Videos Title Publisher Year Length Format 1997 NMRA Convention Board Presentation for Madison 1997 2004: A Year With Marklin 1. Klasse Video 2005 100 DVD Airbrush Painting Brass Engines Center Broadcast Corp. 1994 97 Airbrushing with Acrylic Paints for Model Railroaders Kalmbach Publishing 60 All Aboard! The Greatest HO Layouts Brentwood Home Video 1995 45 All About Trains, parts 1, 2, 3, 4 NMRA/MRIA All About Trains, parts 5, 6, 7, 8 NMRA/MRIA All About Trains, parts 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 NMRA/MRIA American Flyer Boys Railroad Club, Part One Toy Train Historical Foundation 1986 60 American Flyer Train at Their Finest Bart's Pneumatics Corp. 1986 Basic Benchwork Wasson, P.A. n/a n/a Basic Techniques: A Guide to Lightweight Scenery vol. 1 Polyterrain, Inc. 1993 Basic Techniques: A Guide to Lightweight Scenery vol. 2 Polyterrain, Inc. 1993 Basic Techniques: A Guide to Lightweight Scenery vol. 3 Polyterrain, Inc. 1993 Basics of Model Railroading (TV Program) Viacom Cable 1985 Bay City Railway: The Way We Were 1980-1996 H.O. Model Engineers Society 1997 29 Best of Whistle Stop vol. 1 (various model, live steam & prototype railroads) Continental American Pictures 120 Best of Whistle Stop vol. 2 (various model, live steam & prototype railroads) Continental American Pictures 120 Best of Whistle Stop vol. 3 (various model, live steam & prototype railroads) Continental American Pictures 51 Big Little Railways Film Service Corporation 75 Big Little Railways Continued, Grand Scales Video #1 Robinson & Associates 2001 70 Bob Phelp's Union Pacific & Martin Boyask's Georgia Blue Ridge D. -
Nieuwsbrief Jaargang 9 Nummer 28, September 2009
Nieuwsbrief Jaargang 9 Nummer 28, September 2009 THE SWITCHING YARD Amerikanen in Nederland - deel 2: de 2200-serie The depot 1 Amerikanen in Nederland - deel 2: de 2200-serie 1 Net als de 1200-serie heeft ook de 2200-serie een De Rail Diesel Car: techniek & verkoop 3 duidelijke Amerikaanse achtergrond. Je kan je prima Ballasten, een kunst op zich 4 indenken dat deze dieselloc ook ergens in Amerika De ontwikkeling van Meesburgville, deel II 6 rondrijdt. Toch is het een model dat alleen in Otto Kuhler 8 Nederland heeft rondgereden. Productieve avonden 9 Little Joe: de Baltimore & Ohio Docksider 10 Begin jaren 50 hadden de Nederlandse Spoorwegen Siteseeing 11 behoefte aan nieuwe, zware locomotieven die de De PH&LF-fotogalerij 12 resterende stoomlocs konden vervangen. Er werd The Timetable 12 besloten om 280 diesellocs te bestellen: het Franse PH&LF Guidelines 12 bedrijf Alsthom leverde 130 locs van een reeds The caboose 13 bestaand ontwerp (dit werd de 2400-serie), en het Nederlandse Heemaf en het Franse MTE bouwden 150 diesellocs die waren gebaseerd op een Amerikaans The depot ontwerp. Met het teneinde lopen van de zomer is tevens het nieuwe modelbouw seizoen begonnen. De lokale knutselavonden komen weer tot leven. Niet alleen worden DVD’s bekeken maar ook diverse bouwprojecten worden weer opgepakt. Zelf ben ik druk bezig om Jasperburg verder te bouwen. Mijn deadline is de beurs eind november in Rijswijk die al rap dichterbij komt. Ik ben benieuwd wat dan nog meer aan nieuwe en verbouwde modules te bewonderen zullen zijn. Overigens is naast de beurs in Rijswijk ook een beurs gepland in het eerste weekend van oktober in Drachten.