Randy Kennie during his career at Bachmann Trains. Lloyd “Randy” Kennie, a longtime sales manager in the hobby industry, passed away on April 14, 2019. Randy served in the Navy as a Radioman 2nd Class in his younger years. After leaving the military, he worked at several companies in the hobby/crafts industry, including Felix V. […]
BNSF Railway distributed power pushes an eastbound empty coal train at Hathaway, Mont., in June 2014. Tom Danneman Q In two recent issues, Trains stated that distributed power helps maintain trainline air for brakes. How can this be without giving up lead unit control of the brakes? – Jay Noyes, Lowell, Ind. A In distributed […]
Name: Ray Wheeler Railroad Name: Jericho & Mt Zion Railway Description: April 2019 ops. […]
Following the success of the HO scale Siemens ACS-64 (reviewed in the January 2019 Model Railroader) Bachmann Industries announced three new HO scale models based on Siemens Mobility prototypes: the Charger SC-44 passenger locomotive, the S70 light rail-vehicle, and a single-level mainline passenger car. The SC-44 Charger will be the first model released, due out […]
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Bowing to opposition from the communities of Glenview and Lake Forest, the Illinois Department of Transportation will no longer support plans for two sidings that are part of a plan to increase Amtrak Hiawatha service between Chicago and Milwaukee. Patch.com reports that acting IDOT Secretary Omer Osman said in a letter, released […]
HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division SDP40F. Amtrak (phase 1 and 3 schemes); Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (blue and yellow warbonnet); and BNSF Ry. (Maersk Sealand in one road number, Santa Fe patchout in two numbers). Four numbers per scheme unless noted. Prototype-specific details, factory-installed and painted wire grab irons, and McHenry scale couplers. Direct-current […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Repairs on two cracked beams that led to the closure of the Transbay Transit Center have been completed ahead of schedule, setting the stage for reopening of the $2.2-billion facility. Officials with the Transbay Joint Powers Authority announced Thursday that the repairs were done, KTVU-TV news reports. Previously, the authority had indicated […]
HO scale locomotives Alco RS-3 diesel locomotive. Chicago & North Western (“Route of the 400” slogan); Central RR of New Jersey (red and white, three road numbers); Delaware & Hudson; Milwaukee Road (orange and black with The Milwaukee Road herald on cab); Providence & Worcester (white, orange, and brown); Rock Island (maroon with white pinstripes); […]
Two Southern Pacific Mt-4s head east through Guadalupe, Calif., on an eastbound power move on October 4, 1954. Video by Brian Moore. […]
Doug Gary brought his Disneyland model from New Mexico to the Colorado Model Railroad Museum. Doug started building the display in 1998, and has been adding to it and traveling with it ever since. The trains on the layout are N scale. The layout is 4 by 20 feet. It’s made up of 9 modules, […]
Two Southern Pacific Mt-4s head east through Guadalupe, Calif., on an eastbound power move on October 4, 1954. Video by Brian Moore. […]
Doug Gary brought his Disneyland model from New Mexico to the Colorado Model Railroad Museum. Doug started building the display in 1998, and has been adding to it and traveling with it ever since. The trains on the layout are N scale. The layout is 4 by 20 feet. It’s made up of 9 modules, […]
