Our Model Railroader Senior Editor Cody Grivno takes to the rails to inspect the impressive Atlas N scale Alco C424 diesel locomotive! Cody explores the history of this 2,400-horsepower road switcher, ...

Product reviews have long been a popular part of Model Railroader magazine. That probably doesn’t come as a surprise, though. After all, who doesn’t want to learn more about the latest models arriving ...

Although diesel locomotives first came to American railroads in the 1920s, their use was confined to switch engines, and later to passenger train locomotives. It wasn't until 1940 that the Electro ...

We all know General Motors as an automaker. However, GM also has a storied past in various other industries that many might not consider. In the 1930s, GM's Electro-Motive Division began producing ...

Locomotives remain a fast and efficient way to move cargo overland. The low rolling resistance of steel-on-steel will always beat rubber on road, the ability to pull long chains of freight cars, ...