Model Train Media | LN1975 | Activity https://modeltrainmedia.com/members/ln1975/activity/ Activity feed for LN1975. Mon, 20 Apr 2026 19:24:32 +0200 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.21.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 861187d1d92f6713d15d340e972a6abf LN1975 posted an update in the group Freelance Model Railroads: https://homeshops.net/blogs/news/why-we-build-worlds?fbclid=I […] https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/16501/ Sat, 04 Apr 2026 21:59:31 +0200 https://homeshops.net/blogs/news/why-we-build-worlds?fbclid=IwdGRzaAQ-aMljbGNrBD5oxWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHkcsywjYFPyq0gf0lomb8O7DH1kQauWTSxudJMvurqO0I6EcCYxYkLR8kvwu_aem_abuL_0uv0JSqK7dqB-SJgw

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]]> 0 c2314e30b4f15473fda84c1a6827d3f7 LN1975 posted an update in the group Conrail Modeler’s Club: 50 years ago a new chapter in railroad history began. […] https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/16494/ Sat, 04 Apr 2026 02:36:48 +0200 50 years ago a new chapter in railroad history began. A chapter born of failure in the northeast. From the ashes of the Penn Central and the anthracite roads came a railroad beloved by many, Conrail.

]]> 0 7311648f1100b644ad31d5c7f084ff68 LN1975 posted an update in the group HO scale: 50 years ago a new chapter in railroad history began. […] https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/16493/ Sat, 04 Apr 2026 02:34:22 +0200 50 years ago a new chapter in railroad history began. A chapter born of failure in the northeast. From the ashes of the Penn Central and the anthracite roads came a railroad beloved by many, Conrail.

]]> 1 df3939b400a5b5d1e290c42baf06a227 LN1975 posted an update in the group Modeling The 1970s: 50 years ago a new chapter in railroad history began. […] https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/16492/ Sat, 04 Apr 2026 02:32:47 +0200 50 years ago a new chapter in railroad history began. A chapter born of failure in the northeast. From the ashes of the Penn Central and the anthracite roads came a railroad beloved by many, Conrail.

]]> 0 814b5e7c86a5cce45aabae628e85fe02 LN1975 posted an update in the group Modeling The 1970s: KCS 70 F7A poses at Shreveport Louisiana for […] https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/15845/ Mon, 16 Mar 2026 03:13:36 +0100 KCS 70 F7A poses at Shreveport Louisiana for photographer Dennis Smolinski 05/25/1977.

]]> 0 699fca92e458f05dad5278bc1152939f LN1975 posted an update in the group 🇺🇸 Model Railroading USA: Don't pet the cow. https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/14901/ Sat, 28 Feb 2026 23:35:57 +0100 Don’t pet the cow.

]]> 0 5e10de25f8e3bf994fc54ffcb6a7b882 LN1975 posted an update in the group Show Your Layout – Feedback & Inspiration: Don't pet the cow. https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/14900/ Sat, 28 Feb 2026 23:34:33 +0100 Don’t pet the cow.

]]> 0 1b24d6c4b97b2aee46e218a2e3d85533 LN1975 posted an update in the group 🇬🇧 Model Railways UK: Wait!! This isn't the Southern Region of British Rail. https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/10874/ Tue, 27 Jan 2026 18:51:51 +0100 Wait!! This isn’t the Southern Region of British Rail.

]]> 1 968787ea1c0cdde0c098a3612c65340d LN1975 posted an update in the group British Railways (1948-1997): Wait!! This isn't the Southern Region of British Rail. https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/10873/ Tue, 27 Jan 2026 18:49:24 +0100 Wait!! This isn’t the Southern Region of British Rail.

]]> 3 ba1d30fb490326990d5615d6a647235e LN1975 posted an update in the group 🇺🇸 Model Railroading USA: It's the early 70s and we caught this Amtrak train […] https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/10613/ Sat, 17 Jan 2026 20:40:57 +0100 It’s the early 70s and we caught this Amtrak train heading over the spillway towards its terminus at Crescent City. The engines are Rapido and the cars are a mix of Walthers and Rapido Trains Inc. .

]]> 5 d591f5046c3a178680435a4a5401c9e9 LN1975 posted an update in the group Modeling The 1970s: It's the early 70s and we caught this Amtrak train […] https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/10612/ Sat, 17 Jan 2026 20:39:50 +0100 It’s the early 70s and we caught this Amtrak train heading over the spillway towards its terminus at Crescent City. The engines are Rapido and the cars are a mix of Walthers and Rapido Trains Inc. .

]]> 1 e6e04e13c828bfbc1c65abfabd9c3c74 LN1975 posted an update in the group Modeling The 1970s: GATX 82865 TPI 1979 MILW Ottumwa IA ©1979, 2026 N. […] https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/10244/ Fri, 09 Jan 2026 03:18:44 +0100 GATX 82865 TPI 1979 MILW Ottumwa IA ©1979, 2026 N. L. Pitsch nlp03014 AEROPRES AEROSOL HYDROCARBON PROPELLENTS

]]> 2 1de58939bd7cc741ea3fa39dd683e362 LN1975 posted an update in the group Modeling The 1970s: Rock Island's bicentennial E8 652 debutes on the […] https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/9954/ Wed, 31 Dec 2025 03:22:17 +0100 Rock Island’s bicentennial E8 652 debutes on the 20th Century Railroad Club’s Railfair ’76 special from Chicago to Bureau, shown here departing Chicago. May 16th, 1976.

Photo Credit to John Dziobko.

]]> 0 bc6c1fbcf59a52185aa2025f01938dcf LN1975 posted an update in the group Modeling The 1970s: MEC 6409, a 40'-6" IL 3934 cuft boxcar from MEC […] https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/9862/ Mon, 29 Dec 2025 01:53:59 +0100 MEC 6409, a 40′-6″ IL 3934 cuft boxcar from MEC series 6385-6434; from MEC series 8000-8249 built by Pullman-Standard, Lot 5999A, May-51. Rebuilt in 5/73. Photo at Burnham Junction, Maine on 9/2/83 by Steve Vincent.

Even though this is the 80s, the car wouldn’t have looked much different a decade earlier.

]]> 0 ff82ba5632267e71782bd55bc00edd84 LN1975 posted an update in the group Modeling The 1970s: SGBX 1248, a 49'-6" IL 4427 cuft 3-bay covered hopper […] https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/9801/ Sat, 27 Dec 2025 14:37:18 +0100 SGBX 1248, a 49′-6″ IL 4427 cuft 3-bay covered hopper from SBGX series 1201-1251; from TLDX series 2530-2704 built by Pullman-Standard, Lot 8885, Feb-Apr 1964. To SBGX in 1973 and mostly painted yellow; SBGX 1236 was painted pale green. To IAIS series 65000-65032 in 1992. Photo at Colton, CA on 12/12/76 by Steve Vincent.

]]> 1 3bfd752b6e851ed014dfb49ff12db68c LN1975 posted a new activity comment https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/9552/#acomment-9794 Sat, 27 Dec 2025 02:00:58 +0100 Count me in

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Behind the scenes, I’ve been working hard every single day on something big for our model train community 👀

A brand-new Model Train Media app is in development, and the first […]

]]> 3674fb758b40953a88d1d20e8a968884 LN1975 posted an update in the group Modeling The 1970s: What you can model in the 1970's could be surprising. […] https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/9513/ Tue, 16 Dec 2025 01:37:54 +0100 What you can model in the 1970’s could be surprising. PC 60104 a New York Central USRA clone boxcar in company service of some kind at Galion, Ohio on March 21, 1977.

]]> 1 a94d12b9d2090e42604d9281a110946c LN1975 posted an update in the group Modeling The 1970s: NKP 86218, a 50'-6" IL 4980 cuft boxcar from NKP […] https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/8004/ Sun, 16 Nov 2025 04:44:06 +0100 NKP 86218, a 50′-6″ IL 4980 cuft boxcar from NKP series 86200-86349 built by Greenville Steel Car, Office Order 650, Jan-55. To NW series 286200-286349, class B-57. Photo at Roseville, CA on 11/9/75 by Steve Vincent.

]]> 0 3d0bd1e3d91e013718ea4debed4893b4 LN1975 posted a new activity comment https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/7928/#acomment-7929 Fri, 14 Nov 2025 03:07:27 +0100 I’ll start

I really enjoy the variety during this time especially rolling stock. While I don’t have a favorite railroad, I do enjoy the bicentennial celebration which I model in HO.

In reply to - LN1975 posted an update in the group Modeling The 1970s Hello All,

My name is Matt and I am the organization of this group.

I thought we should get to know each other better so here’s a few questions.


1.What […] ]]> c055de0ffee021c3d9fc129e40108615 LN1975 posted an update in the group Modeling The 1970s: Hello All, My name is Matt and I am the organization […] https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/7928/ Fri, 14 Nov 2025 03:06:04 +0100 Hello All,

My name is Matt and I am the organization of this group.

I thought we should get to know each other better so here’s a few questions.

1.What do you enjoy most about 1970s railroading.

2. Do you have a favorite road from this era.

3. Do you model this era and if so what scale and prototype?

Feel free to add any other…

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]]> 5 d1b01a2390b06ca71c4059ba149b829f LN1975 posted a new activity comment https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/7773/#acomment-7927 Fri, 14 Nov 2025 02:51:14 +0100 I’m Matt, I’m 28 doing HO and a little OO. Currently I’m starting to work on JMRI for my club, The Crescent City Model Railroad Club. I enjoy operations the most especially switching and running locals.

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I’m Oscar, the founder of Model Train Media.

I’m 20 years old and I started this platform to bring model train lovers together — not just to post photos, but to really […]

]]> 95e04f5aaa9c009b7dc0947605a02db2 LN1975 posted an update in the group British Railways (1948-1997): LMS Coronations ..Nos 46237 ' City of Bristol ' , 46256 […] https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/5818/ Tue, 21 Oct 2025 02:32:19 +0200 LMS Coronations ..Nos 46237 ‘ City of Bristol ‘ , 46256 ‘ Sir William Stanier F.R.S. ‘ 46228 ‘ Duchess of Rutland ‘ and LMS Class 5 No. 45142 photographed at 5A Crewe North Motive Power Depot on the 2nd August 1963.

Image source scrapbook scan ©copyright Martin Welch / IAL

]]> 2 e1bfa3f744627b152d942dd8778f1cf6 LN1975 posted an update: My new Rapido Sd7 demonstrator has arrived. It's […] https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/5583/ Sun, 19 Oct 2025 02:58:20 +0200 My new Rapido Sd7 demonstrator has arrived. It’s certainly one of my favorite looking locomotives that I currently own.

]]> 0 9a7c4849fae2265e908c16cd7a7bd775 LN1975 posted an update in the group Modeling The 1970s: NOPB 3268, a 50'-6" IL 5144 cuft boxcar from NOPB […] https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/5582/ Sun, 19 Oct 2025 02:52:29 +0200 NOPB 3268, a 50′-6″ IL 5144 cuft boxcar from NOPB series 3100-3299 built by Pullman-Standard, Lot 9973, May-Jun 1978. Photo at Oceanside, CA on 8/17/78 by Steve Vincent.

]]> 0 c7db93ce78d8c9bd65c15e6addb315a1 LN1975 posted an update in the group Modeling The 1970s: SP 400411, a 29'-3" IL 1958 cuft 2-bay covered hopper […] https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/5581/ Sun, 19 Oct 2025 02:49:19 +0200 SP 400411, a 29′-3″ IL 1958 cuft 2-bay covered hopper from SP series 400225-400424; from SP series 90602-90801 built by American Car & Foundry, Lot 3363, Jul-Oct 1949. SP class H-70-6. Re #’ed to SP 40225-series in 1956. Photo at Mojave, CA on 8/17/76 by Steve Vincent.

]]> 0 3633ae61d76bf14680cc00fc6581ac9f LN1975 posted an update in the group Modeling The 1970s: Toledo & Ohio Central Boxcar 5180 A post by Will Davis […] https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/4754/ Thu, 02 Oct 2025 03:11:46 +0200 Toledo & Ohio Central Boxcar 5180

A post by Will Davis on the Facebook Wellsville, Addison & Galeton + Coudersport & Port Allegany RR’s group.

Description:

TOC 5180 also at WRJ Vt 4/15/1972.

Former Wellsville, Addison & Galeton boxcar that still has the “Sole Leather Line” slogan.

Mike Schleig commented on the Groups.io Real Steam Era… Read more

]]> 0 46a7dadc1158192c1e634c4fbd7cfc94 LN1975 posted a new activity comment https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/4575/#acomment-4751 Wed, 01 Oct 2025 17:55:02 +0200 One of 3 Elevators on The Crescent City Model Railroad Club.

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Hi everyone,

Starting today and running until next Sunday, I thought it would be fun to launch something special: I’m sharing a photo of my own layout — and I’d love to see […]

]]> 04dfc09be7e5ed5b479fb80b156e8d06 LN1975 posted an update in the group 🇺🇸 Model Railroading USA: The spillway is a favorite spot to railfan The […] https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/4557/ Wed, 24 Sep 2025 17:48:43 +0200 The spillway is a favorite spot to railfan The Crescent Lines and today was certainly a special treat.

]]> 0 8a571881bd9f345e427f2d6fb657cf18 LN1975 posted an update in the group Modeling The 1970s: For those of you who have never seen one of these box […] https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/4037/ Thu, 11 Sep 2025 11:27:28 +0200 For those of you who have never seen one of these box cars before we see EL 50462 at Binghamton, N.Y. 5-1977, my photo. This car was formally used in express service and possibly bulk mail service on through line passenger trains and was equipped with steam lines. At that time these cars were numbered in the 100 series I believe and were…

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]]> 1 dc4d2055d449ad190479789a48eae34a LN1975 posted an update in the group Modeling The 1970s: The 70s was certainly a time of variety. https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/3681/ Mon, 08 Sep 2025 14:13:15 +0200 The 70s was certainly a time of variety.

]]> 1 bc7b157666ee37b609b0638b7b810e6e LN1975 posted an update in the group Model Railway and Railroad Scenery: The elevator at Natchez certainly had a lot of […] https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/3679/ Mon, 08 Sep 2025 14:07:49 +0200 The elevator at Natchez certainly had a lot of business. This area represents a fictitious industrial district on The Crescent Lines River District

]]> 1 e84cb4f8e0fdc1ac8ab6988cd0c5b7fb LN1975 posted an update in the group Show Your Layout – Feedback & Inspiration: The elevator at Natchez certainly had a lot of […] https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/3675/ Mon, 08 Sep 2025 13:57:53 +0200 The elevator at Natchez certainly had a lot of business. This area represents a fictitious industrial district on The Crescent Lines River District.

]]> 0 30c0b8d81fdade9b41684c8e11d429c0 LN1975 posted an update in the group British Railways (1948-1997): https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/3671/ Mon, 08 Sep 2025 13:48:32 +0200 1 764adf8c00d27b76e536fdd2d228622b LN1975 posted an update in the group 🇺🇸 Model Railroading USA: Variety is the spice of life. A British Railways 9f […] https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/3669/ Mon, 08 Sep 2025 13:44:02 +0200 Variety is the spice of life. A British Railways 9f pulls the L&N Commuter train.

]]> 1 6f5d19370d8da863ab56d48af1d7a525 LN1975 posted an update in the group Modeling The 1970s: https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/3604/ Mon, 08 Sep 2025 00:05:38 +0200 1 684f846067a936b686c905d138e88521 LN1975 posted an update in the group Modeling The 1970s: NRC 19734 https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/2539/ Mon, 01 Sep 2025 18:39:53 +0200 NRC 19734

]]> 0 8deed51a448ceaef7a21a30d7d4c24e8 LN1975 posted an update in the group Model Railway and Railroad Scenery: A Crescent Lines Manifest crosses the spillway […] https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/2388/ Mon, 01 Sep 2025 04:09:57 +0200 A Crescent Lines Manifest crosses the spillway between Spanish Fort & Ellison. Founded in 1956 The Crescent City Model Railroad Club models the fictitious Crescent Lines River Division.

]]> 0 5750730a281b9f7c5010ad8d447549ae LN1975 created the group Modeling The 1970s https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/2387/ Mon, 01 Sep 2025 03:12:12 +0200 0 0424931075257c9e483052d981a4d825 LN1975 posted an update in the group Show Your Layout – Feedback & Inspiration: A Crescent Lines Manifest crosses the spillway […] https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/2379/ Mon, 01 Sep 2025 03:00:57 +0200 A Crescent Lines Manifest crosses the spillway between Spanish Fort & Ellison. Founded in 1956 The Crescent City Model Railroad Club models the fictitious Crescent Lines River Division.

]]> 0 024235cab20587a1b2d673782805f7f4 LN1975 posted an update in the group British Railways (1948-1997): Taken on a friend's layout. A 9f pulls the Louisville […] https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/2378/ Mon, 01 Sep 2025 02:57:06 +0200 Taken on a friend’s layout. A 9f pulls the Louisville & Nashville commuter. How it got to Mississippi, we’ll never know.

]]> 2 bdf004f6118d555bba5d356448463aea LN1975 posted an update in the group 🇺🇸 Model Railroading USA: A Crescent Lines Manifest crosses the spillway […] https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/2365/ Mon, 01 Sep 2025 02:46:56 +0200 A Crescent Lines Manifest crosses the spillway between Spanish Fort & Ellison. Founded in 1956 The Crescent City Model Railroad Club models the fictitious Crescent Lines River Division.

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