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Montana Rail Link photo roster
This Montana Rail Link photo roster from 2015 is a testament to the motive power and scenery of a great regional railroad. BNSF Railway is set to end its operations in the near future as of January 2022. At its start-up in October 1987, Montana Rail Link purchased a total of 52 locomotives, […]
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Water Train promoters thirsty for business NEWSWIRE
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 […]
Founder of Mary Jayne’s Railroad Specialties dies at 82 NEWSWIRE
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 […]
Iowa Pacific rescues restaurant relics in Illinois NEWSWIRE
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 […]
Andy Sperandeo, former Model Railroader editor, dies NEWSWIRE
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 […]
B&O GP9 restored to its original colors
STAUNTON, Va. — A piece of Baltimore & Ohio locomotive history has been preserved. The Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad recently restored ex-B&O GP9 No. 6512 to its original blue and yellow paint scheme. The GP9 locomotive will be used on the Shenandoah Valley Railroad’s 20-mile short line between Staunton and Pleasant Valley in north […]
Ex-D&RGW No. 168 safely at Antonito NEWSWIRE
Former Denver & Rio Grande and Denver & Rio Grande Western No. 168, a narrow-gauge 4-6-0 Ten Wheeler steam locomotive is now on Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad property. Workers moved the locomotive from downtown Colorado Springs on Sept. 24 to restore the engine to operating condition. John Bush ANTONITO, Colo. – Former Denver & […]
Railroads finding hidden freight car trackers NEWSWIRE
What’s in a picture? In this one a brown-painted automatic equipment identification, or AEI, reader barely pokes out of a slope along a Conrail right-of-way in New Jersey. Railroads are alarmed that the AEI readers might be spread throughout the country, gathering and sharing information on freight moves without their knowledge. Two images: An Association […]