Cummins’ test locomotive for its Tier 4 compliant QSK-95 engine is CECX No. 1919, a re-powered SD90AC. Photographers spotted the locomotive dead-in-tow on CSX Transportation’s westbound Q369 in Fostoria, Ohio. The Indiana Rail Road will host further tests on the locomotive. Dale A. DeVene Jr. WILLARD, Ohio — Despite depressing news from other locomotive makers, Cummins […]
One of Metra’s most recently acquired locomotives is No. 97, an F59PH locomotive originally built for Go Transit in Toronto. Tom Danneman Another view of Metra No. 97 on test runs. Mark Llanuza CHICAGO — Be on the lookout for new locomotives and paint schemes on Metra in the coming weeks as the Chicago commuter […]
Union Pacific’s former Chicago & North Western locomotives Nos. 8646 and 8701 lead a manifest train into Milwaukee. The units are now in storage at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Ill. Chris Guss UNION, Ill. — As Union Pacific continues to store excess locomotives this fall due to depressed business levels, two of the […]
Everett Railroad 2-6-0 No. 11, a Mogul-type steam locomotive pulls a passenger excursion in southwestern Pennsylvania in October. Chris Starnes DUNCANSVILLE, Pa. — Pennsylvania’s Everett Railroad recent startup of steam-hauled excursion service, the nation’s newest, features a handsome 1920 Alco 2-6-0 Mogul-type on the head end. Everett president Alan Maples spoke with Trains about the […]
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Norfolk Southern’s yard in Jackson, Mich., as seen from a drone in Aug. 2014. Federal regulators are talking about making even hobbyist photographers register their aircraft. Drayton Blackgrove WASHINGTON — In a move that could affect rail photographers nationwide who use drones, Federal regulators say they want to require all drone users to register their […]
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CSX Transportation train E-125, an empty coal hopper train, heads to Erwin, Tenn., in March 2010. The railroad announced cutbacks at the Tennessee coal terminal and along the former Clinchfield mainline early on Thursday. Michael S. Murray ERWIN, Tenn. — Just one day after hosting its third-quarter financial earnings call where CSX Transportation cited decreased revenues […]
DOT-111 tank cars placarded for alcohol transport sit in a yard in Bloomington, Ill., in 2013. Water Train managers say that tank cars decommissioned from crude oil, ethanol, and other services can be turned to water service for California agriculture. Steve Smedley California relies on rail to get produce to market, but would farmers pony […]
A sampling of Mary Jayne’s Railroad Specialties post cards for sale on Internet auction website eBay. Founder Mary Jayne Rowe died Oct. 9 in Virginia. She was 82. Screen capture image from eBay Happen to have any postcards of railroad equipment in your collection? If you do, flip them over and look carefully at the […]
Jim Lesiak of Over The Top Construction & Demolition directs two large cranes as they lift the first car from the former Lincoln Depot Restaurant site in Lincoln on Tuesday. Three photos, Steve Smedley LINCOLN, Ill. – Two former Illinois Central passenger cars are on the road to restoration this week. On Tuesday, two 150-ton […]
WAUKESHA, Wis. – Longtime Model Railroader editor Andy Sperandeo died Oct. 3, in Brookfield, after a long illness. He was 70. Sperandeo joined the Model Railroader staff in 1979. Over the years he worked his up through the ranks, becoming editor in 1993 and, later, executive editor. Most recently he was editor of Model Railroader’s […]
