That's right. This train is not powered by a steam or diesel engine, but by the wind. It's called a sail bogey. This was a Nineteenth Century form of transportation in windy areas, especially those close to the sea. It o...
https://www.neatorama.com/2023/02/21/This-is-a-Sailing-Train/It's hypnotic. Just start watching and feel at one with the train and the universe.James Risner hooked up this HO scale train with 141 cars and 9 locomotives. They move beautifully and endlessly along the track. It's mes...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/03/13/Huge-Model-Train-Moves-in-an-Endless-Spiral-Loop/Patrick Cashin of New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority snapped this photo east of the Jamaica Station. A track switch is the last place where you'd want to get ice on a railway. To prevent that from happ...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/02/08/How-to-Keep-Train-Tracks-Free-of-Ice-Set-Them-on-Fire/In their 1894 book The Coming Railroad, George Nat... ...nt. In order to increase the carrying capacity of railroads to keep up with the demands of a growing populati...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/01/08/The-Chase-Kirchner-Aerodromic-Railroad/Depending on the source, this is a pair of either 1947 or 1953 Chrysler Imperials joined together end to end. Allegedly, it was used to transport workers on a narrow-gauge railroad that stretched for 25 miles between a g...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/12/09/8-Wheeled-Double-Front-Railroad-Car/(Photo: Kurt Wilson/The Missoulan)It was 1917. Miss Ruth Worden, a librarian at the Missoula Public Library in Missoula, Montana, wanted to bring a world of knowledge and literature to lumberjacks at logging camps in her...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/23/The-Boxcar-Library/What do you do when your kids have finished their barrel of whiskey? When mine do, I'll follow the example of Dominic McAlwane. His toy train is made entirely of reclaimed wood, including a barrel of stotch that has sadl...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/02/14/Upcycled-Whiskey-Barrel-Train/How does New York City's Metropolitan Transit Authority clear its train tracks? Twelve-year olds with shovels just aren't as efficient as the MTA's specialized snow removal locomotives:Over the summer, the railroad's thr...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/02/12/This-Is-a-Snow-Removal-Train/The caption for this photo in William Middleton's The Interurban Era reads:Two Fonda, Johnstown, & Gloversville cars suffered embarrassment after unsuccessfully contesting track space in the Gloversville (N.Y.) yard....
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/01/25/When-Railroad-Engineers-Drag-Race-Everyone-Loses/Yes, that's really a quarter in the upper right corner! Mario Marchese, maker of the train set inside a record player case, emailed me about his latest project. This train set, the second smallest in the world, is pulled...
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