Library - "Locomotives - Traction" Magazine Articles

Category Description: Traction and trolley locomotives.

Getting Started in Traction

Railroad Model Craftsman 2002-11 pg. 74     Scale: (none)     Author: Paul Schmidt

Prototype and model photos. Definitions, media resources for research.

NYC Jet Car

N Scale Railroading 2006-01/02 pg. 52     Scale: N     Author: Mark Runyan

This experimental converted Budd RDC baggage coach with jet engines was used to reach 183 mph in 1966. The article shows how the author built one of these cars using a Kato Budd RDC.