"It's September 1995 on the Santa Fe Emporia Sub and the C-TPRR Red Rock Coal train is passing thru the countryside between El Dorado and Augusta, KS. This train was handed off to the Santa Fe in Topeka, KS and is bound for OGE in Red Rock, OK."
"In reality it's 2017 in my basement and the stinky yellow UP engines are being led by a single Santa Fe SD40-2. " Eric
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This week we have launched our revised website! Take a look around and let us know what you think. We have added a video page and tried to streamline all the backgrounds to make it easier for you to find what you need.
The beginning of February has seen a lot of train history and the 5th and the 6th are no exceptions.
February 5th, 1883: First through passenger trains between Los Angeles, California and New Orleans, Louisiana, leave their respective terminals. February 6th, 1951, in Woodbridge, New Jersey, 85 people died when a Pennsylvania Railroad commuter train plunged through temporary overpass. February 4,1970, near Buenos Aires, Argentina, 236 people were killed when an express train crashed into a standing commuter train.
We are working on a new look for Trainjunkies! Keep a lookout for it and let us know what you think!
We received these great pictures from our customer Troy of his railroad before he bought a TrainJunkie's backdrop and after! Wow! His train looked great before but it now looks enhanced and more realistic. Thank you for the great pictures Troy!
Backdrop: Oil Refinery January 1873: after considering and rejecting moving the terminal of the transcontinental railroad from Oakland to Marin County, the Big Four sold the San Francisco & North Pacific, which was acquired from the California Pacific Purchase, back to Peter Donahue.
Today's train history post is not a happy one. On January 15, 1989 in Maizdi, Bangladesh, a train carrying Muslim pilgrims crashed head-on with a mail train, killing at leaast 110 people and injuring as many as 1,000 others. Many people were riding on the roof of the trains and in between the cars. This is so tragic! Especially since a lot of the passengers were not even seated in the train itself but were sitting on the roof and in between the cars. While trains are magnificent machines, they can also be quite dangerous and deadly.
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Author: William PrussoI've been a train junkie all my life... from the first Athearn tank car my dad bought me when I was about 4 to a full 14x16 foot HO layout in my barn, an ON30 layout in my office, an N gauge layout and I just started on a Z gauge.. I've been hooked all my days. Archives
January 2018
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