I really can't say enough about how good it looks! Everything about it from the cars to the buildings to the trains really gives the feeling of the 50's. Rather than spend a lot of time trying to put into words how nice it looks, just look at the screenshots. It's all t...
The Horseshoe Curve is situated near the town of Altoona in Pennsylvania and has echoed to the thunder of heavy freight trains ever since its completion in 1854. It offers the spectacle for railroad engineers – and lucky passengers – of being able to watch the rear of their train making it...
Two years ago the small town of Kimmswick,Missouri, built a new dock but just in two years the water receded and boats cannot access the dock. The news came out today in theSt. Louis Post-Dispatch. Since theDelta Queenhas a connection with Kimmswick, the article includes a few paragraphs...
2015Mini Metro ️Mini Metro is a strategy simulation game about designing a subway map for a growing city. Draw lines between stations and start your trains running. As new stations open, redraw your lines to keep them efficient. Decide where to use your limited resources. How long can ...
Continue reading“British Trains To (Maybe) Make Way For Steam Once More”→ Before there were demolition derbies, there were train totalings. That’s right, somebody had the idea to take a couple of worn-out train engines that were ready for the scrap heap, point them at each other, an...
BTW, I'm currently "toying" with S hi-rail trains and would consider selling all or part of my small, bona fide or virtually mint American and European livery HO "collection" at very affordable prices... if anybody out there is interested. The problem is having the motor in the tender...
Today, preserved steam locomotives, both large and small, can be found throughout the country and their sustained popularity has led to numerous restorations. They remain so well-liked that even Union Pacific maintains a small fleet for public relations.Southern...
Steam trains were replaced by electric ones many years ago, so when the newspaper I worked for 【1】 (hear) that the Admiralsteamengine had been restored (恢复), they decided to send me on 【2】 (it) first trip. I wanted to go even though I 【3】(general) disliked travelling by tr...
g. replacement of steam trains, it is still found in a wide range of applications of which just a few are briefly described below: • Nuclear power stations: The nuclear part of these power stations is just a means of generating large amounts of heat. This heat is transferred to water...
trains that is not necessarily a plus if the RR does not operate that way. You may say that a RR SHOULD operate that way. Well it ain't your RR. Besides not all operations lend themselves to high speed light weight trains. Applying that requirement to a coal or grain haulier where he...