TOLEDO, Ohio — A Toledo governmental organization will help fund a feasibility study on reinstating train service between Toledo and Detroit, the Toledo Blade reports. The Toledo Metropolitan Area Council of Government will provide $20,000 toward the study, expected to cost $50,000, and is asking the city of Toledo to fund the remainder. The roughly […]
MONTREAL — Canadian National today announced it has reached an agreement to acquire Winnipeg, Manitoba-based The TransX Group of Companies, one of Canada’s largest and oldest transportation companies, focused on truck transportation. “This strategic acquisition allows CN to deepen its supply chain focus, strengthening our exceptional franchise, including our intermodal business, notably the specialized, fast-growing […]
SEATTLE — BNSF Railway is starting work on a number of major bridge and tunnel projects in Washington, Idaho, and Montana that promise to maintain and even increase freight capacity in the Pacific Northwest. In Seattle, BNSF is working with the U.S. Coast Guard to determine how it will replace a century-old bridge across Salmon […]
HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division GP40-2 diesel locomotive. Alaska RR (dark blue and yellow with “Alaska Railroad” on long hood), BNSF Ry. (blue-and-white scheme, one road number), Conrail (“Quality” scheme), GATX Locomotive Group (blue-and-black scheme), Indiana Harbor Belt (orange-and-black scheme, three numbers), Norfolk Southern (Conrail “Quality” scheme patchout, two numbers), and Union Pacific (lighting stripe […]
An eastbound Ft. Wayne and Eastern freight passes the former Pennsylvania Railroad and Amtrak station in Warsaw, Ind., in 2013. Warsaw, which last saw Amtrak service in 1990, would be one of the stops on a proposed service between Chicago and Columbus, Ohio. Bob Johnston VALPAIRAISO, Ind. — Proposed passenger service between Chicago, Fort Wayne, […]
Canadian Pacific FP9 No. 1401 leads a business train through Mechanicville, N.Y. Railroad officials were rumored to be on the train as it moved through upstate New York on Oct. 29. Dan Kittay ALBANY, N.Y. — Observers are speculating on the purpose behind a Canadian Pacific special train that made its way through New York […]
Former Great Northern “Ranch” car White Pines Lake in Ohio. Minnesota Transportation Museum ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota Transportation Museum is seeking funds to move a former Great Northern Empire Builder “Ranch” lounge car from Ohio to Minnesota. The car, former GN White Pines Lake, has been restored by The Depot Event Center in […]
VIA Rail Canada’s flagship Canadian pauses at Sioux Lookout, Ontario, on Oct. 15, 2018. Bob Johnston Dining car Palliser may be more than 60 years old, but it looks flawless as it awaits dinner service as the eastbound Canadian rolls through a sparsely populated portion of Ontario. Bob Johnston SIOUX LOOKOUT, Ont. — The official […]
LGB starter set Piko electric locomotive Engines & rolling stock LGB (Märklin) is offering several items for the Christmas market. A Christmas Train Starter Set (#L72305, shown) includes a Christmas design, old-timer steam locomotive with Bühler motor, working headlight, and built-in smoke unit; two passenger cars; 12 sections of curved track; power supply and controller; […]
Marc Horovitz 1:32 scale, gauge-1 British passenger cars Accucraft 33260 Central Ave. Union City CA 94587 Price: $275 ea. Website: www.accucraft.com Gauge 1, 1:32-scale British MK I coaches; mostly plastic bodies; full interior detail; rubber diaphragms; metal trucks (equalized) and wheelsets; working knuckle couplers; sprung buffers. Dimensions: length over end beams (per coach), 23 3/4″; […]
Marc Horovitz Gauge 1 electric locomotive LGB (Märklin) Price: $1,099.99US Website: www.lgb.com Gauge-1 model of an RhB Ge 4/4 II locomotive; analog DC or DCC control; multi-protocol DCC decoders; can be run from track power or overhead catenary (analog only); multi-purpose socket; sound equipped; pantographs operate automatically; traction tire on one wheel; 11 electrical track-pickup […]
Murder to Scale by Debra B. Schiff, with Mike Blumensaadt Available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble online, or can be ordered from any bookstore; Kindle version also available 4″ x 7″, softbound, 190 pages Price: $7.99 + s&h Cozy mysteries are those that take place within a small, well-defined community, such as a hobby or […]
