HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division GP7 diesel locomotive. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (black-and-gray scheme with “Everywhere West” slogan); Chicago & North Western (repaint in two road numbers and passenger service with “Route of the Streamliners” slogan); Denver & Rio Grande Western (orange-and-black scheme with Flying Grande lettering, four numbers); Maine Central (gold-and-green scheme, four numbers); […]
A CTRail Shore Line East commuter train arrives at the State Street station in New Haven, Conn., as a Hartford Line train waits in the background for its turn to approach the platform. Connecticut’s Department of Transportation is forming an advisory panel of riders to aid in design of new cars for the commuter lines. […]
PHILADELPHIA — SEPTA, the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, has leased nearly a half-dozen railcars from Maryland Transit Authority’s MARC Train service to accommodate anticipated ridership increases on its regional rail network because of long-term construction projects on Interstate 95. According to a recent statement from SEPTA, the agency was to begin using five MARC railcars […]
BOSTON — The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority will purchase 80 more bilevel commuter coaches from Hyundai-Rotem, the agency announced last week. Boston.com reports the cars will begin to arrive in September 2022 and will eventually replace 62 single-level coaches overdue for retirement. The new cars will increase daily capacity by more than 14,000 seats, and […]
Wm. K. Walthers Inc. HO scale Alco PA and PB diesel locomotives HO scale locomotives Alco PA and PB diesel locomotives. New York Central; Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; Delaware & Hudson (PA only, four road numbers [two each in direct current and Digital Command Control]); New York, New Haven & Hartford (PA only, four […]
CHICAGO — Car manufacturing and leasing company FreightCar America has announced a joint venture with a Mexican heavy equipment manufacturer to build railroad cars in Castaños, Mexico. The agreement is with Fabricaciones y Servicios de Mexico, known as Fasemex, which also manufactures railroad cars and has operations in both Mexico and the United States. Moving […]
Trinity Rail’s new Trinflow hopper on display at Railway Interchange in Minneapolis this week. TRAINS: Brian Schmidt MINNEAPOLIS — Two new covered hopper cars from rival manufacturers both displayed at Railway Interchange 2019 in Minneapolis promise to revolutionize grain transportation in North America. Both hoppers use new adjustable gates that enable the cars to carry […]
TRAINS: Brian Schmidt MINNEAPOLIS — FreightCar America is displaying the industry’s first forged steel coupler knuckle at the Railway Interchange 2019 trade show in Minneapolis this week. The coupler is expected to offer three times the life of a traditional cast coupler. “The idea came about as we were looking for ways to grow our […]
MINNEAPOLIS — Join Trains’ editors for a quick tour of the convention floor for the bi-annual Railway Interchange conference being held, this week, in Minneapolis. More information is available online. […]
Atlas Model Railroad Co. HO scale General Electric U30C diesel locomotive HO scale locomotives General Electric U30C diesel locomotive. New road numbers: Rock Island (red and yellow with speed lettering), Chessie System (Chesapeake & Ohio reporting marks), Chicago & North Western (green and yellow with herald on cab and road number on hood, two numbers), […]
TORONTO — Ontario transit agency Metrolinx has announced it will buy 36 new bilevel railcars from Bombardier for GO Transit. The order will include 31 standard coaches and five accessible cars, and will add more than 6,000 new seats for GO Transit operations. The cars will be built at Bombardier’s Thunder Bay, Ont., plant, which […]
HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division SD70M diesel locomotive. CSX (dark blue and yellow with boxcar herald in two road numbers), Norfolk Southern (Thoroughbred scheme with Positive Train Control antennas and primer gray, both with flared radiators in three numbers each), Progress Rail (CSX patchout, three numbers), Southern Pacific (as-delivered scheme, four numbers), and Union Pacific […]
