MONTREAL — Troubled rail and aviation equipment manufacturer Bombardier Inc. is in talks with Alstom about the possibility of combining the two companies’ rail business, Bloomberg reports. Bloomberg, citing “people familiar with the matter,” said preliminary talks had been held in recent months. Representatives of the two companies declined comment. The news came after Bombardier […]
Railroad Passenger Car Alliance members arrive at the AT&SF 2926 restoration site in Albuquerque, N.M. Thomas Scalf AT&SF No. 2926 restoration crew used compressed air to do a blowdown after a recent steam up. Thomas Scalf Albuquerque, N.M. — Railroad Passenger Car Alliance members held their annual conference in Albuquerque, N.M., Jan. 16-20. Topics included […]
HO scale locomotives General Electric ES44AC diesel locomotive. BNSF Ry. (Heritage III in five road numbers, one number with primer repairs, one number with silver plow, and two numbers with replacement Nathan K3LA air horn), Canadian Pacific (as delivered in two numbers, with Hi-Ad trucks and Positive Train Control antennas in four numbers), and Union […]
Greenbrier’s Lorrie Tekorius TRAINS: David Lassen LOMBARD, Ill. – As Precision Scheduled Railroading sweeps the rail industry its effect is also being felt throughout the rail supply industry. Around 408,000 North American freight cars are stored. Some of that is attributed to a 5.1 percent decline in traffic in 2019, but some can also be […]
Scientific HO scale rural farm structure kits from Micro-Mark For the second annual Micro-Mark Model Challenge, build any Scientific model kit, either on its own, with other Scientific model kits, in a diorama, on a railroad layout…the choice is yours…as long as a Scientific kit is featured. The winner will receive a $1,000.00 gift certificate […]
HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division GP40-2 diesel locomotive. Boston & Maine (as-delivered scheme in two road numbers, all blue and black repaint in one number), Canadian Pacific (non-standard simplified repaint in one number, with gold beaver herald and red-and-white frame stripe in two numbers), Norfolk Southern (black and white, three numbers), Southern Pacific (scarlet and […]
HO scale freight cars General American 20,000-gallon general service tank car. Alaska RR (five road numbers [two single cars and one three-pack]), Emery (white with GATX reporting marks in four numbers), GATX (black with Clean, Oil, Test & Stencil panels and Automatic Car Identification tag; black with “Service Driven” logo; and white), and Reagent Chemical […]
DALLAS — Progress Rail has sold its rail maintenance-of-way equipment leasing company to affiliates of Paceline Equity Partners, Paceline announced Thursday. Paceline is a Dallas-based private equity manager with investments in assets, corporate debt, and private equity. Progress Rail Equipment Leasing Corp., headquartered in the Detroit area, provides equipment for maintenance work including tie replacement, […]
Without question, 2019 has been Wabtec’s year to shine. It has been, for starters, the 150th anniversary year for the company that George Westinghouse founded with his invention of the automatic air brake. Despite competition in making the practical safety devices today, air brakes are used on virtually every freight and passenger car, and locomotive […]
Rapido Trains HO Gunderson Husky-Stack The well has sockets for pins for one long or two short containers. Rapido Trains has released an HO scale Gunderson 53-foot Husky-Stack well car, with etched-metal running boards, new trucks, and factory-installed grab irons. The die-cast metal cars are accurately finished and include two individually numbered 53-foot containers. In […]
Tangent Scale Models HO scale PS-3 hopper This close-up view of the “B” end shows the many fine details applied to Tangent’s 2750 three-bay hopper. Tangent Scale Models has released its HO scale Pullman-Standard PS-3 2,750-cubic-foot-capacity three-bay hopper in seven new paint schemes. The injection-molded plastic HO scale car features prototype-specific unloading door mechanisms, handbrake […]
Private car ‘Pawnee’ Illinois Railway Museum UNION, Ill. – The Illinois Railway Museum has acquired the historic Pullman private car Pawnee. The car was built in 1930 and is the second-to-last traditional heavyweight private car built by the Pullman Co. of Chicago. The museum is raising funds to cover the acquisition and transportation of this […]
