I model the Western Maryland Ry. (WM) from the 1920s to before the start of World War II. Appropriate commercial models of ...

Train hoppers can and do get injured or even killed ... People are fantasizing about the railroad." Hobos ride a freight car to Southern California in 1934. The history of train hopping in ...

Passenger cars are sometimes attached to freight trains, but more often, passengers simply ride on top of the ore hopper cars freely. As passengers are not the train’s priority, it lacks basic ...