The former Southern Pacific dome passes Davenport Iowa on June 1, 2018, on Canadian Pacific train No. 475. Erik Rasmussen CALGARY, Alberta – Canadian Pacific has acquired a former Southern Pacific three-quarter-length dome car. Railroad spokesman Andy Cummings confirms the purchase to Trains News Wire. The car was purchased from Colorado’s Royal Gorge Route Railroad, […]
Rail-Scale-Models, a North Carolina-based provider of laser-cutting services and manufacturer of railroad craftsman kits, laser-cut details, and custom scale structures, has acquired the Laser-Cut Details line from Rusty Stumps Scale Models. The product line includes more than 300 items, including windows and doors, roofing material, ladders and stair stringers, fences, crates and pallets, and wall […]
Stacey Walthers Naffah (pictured with her father, Phil Walthers) will become the fourth president of Wm. K. Walthers Inc. Phil Walthers is retiring from day-to-day operations but will remain chairman of the board. Model railroad manufacturer Wm. K. Walthers Inc. has announced Stacey Walthers Naffah will become the company’s fourth president, starting in September 2018. […]
Eight of these Stadler diesel multiple units will provide the equipment for BART’s 10.1-mile Antioch extension. Sam Richards BART passengers will transfer to and from the electric “legacy” cars at a special platform east of the Pittsburg-Bay Point station. Sam Richards ANTIOCH, Calif. — Bay Area Rapid Transit’s new 10-mile Antioch extension, the transit agency’s […]
Chicago & North Western baggage car No. 1236. The Illinois Railway Museum is making the car available to a good home. Illinois Railway Museum website UNION, Ill. — You may know someone whose basement is full of trains, or at least someone who has a few items of train paraphernalia around the house. But the […]
New GE locomotives test near the company’s Fort Worth, Texas, factory in 2016. GE Transportation is becoming part of Wabtec in a deal announced today. TRAINS: David Lassen WILMERDING, Pa. and CHICAGO — Wabtec and GE Transportation are combining, according to a statement released at 7 a.m. Eastern time today, creating what Wabtec says will […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Cody continues working in his emergency grain car project. This time he’s showing a few more painting and weathering techniques used to give the plastic parts the look of real wood. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Cody continues working in his emergency grain car project. This time he’s showing a few more painting and weathering techniques used to give the plastic parts the look of real wood. […]
Broadway Limited Imports HO scale Chesapeake & Ohio class J3a 4-8-4 Greenbrier steam locomotive HO scale locomotives Chesapeake & Ohio class J3a 4-8-4 Greenbrier steam locomotive. “The Greenbrier Presidential Express” (one road number), in-service version (with smoke deflectors in one number, without in four numbers), and excursion service (Chesapeake & Ohio, Chessie System Railroads, and […]
Bachmann HO scale bay window caboose Price: $59 Manufacturer Bachmann Trains 1400 E. Erie Ave. Philadelphia, PA 19124 www.bachmanntrains.com Era: 1952 to 1964 (as decorated) Comments: For those who want to add variety to their caboose fleets, these HO scale bay-window cabooses from Bachmann Trains are worth a look. The plastic models are built with […]
HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division SD45T-2 diesel locomotive. National Railway Equipment (Southern Pacific speed and Roman lettering patchouts and painted light gray with red lettering in one road number each), Montana Rail Link (fictional paint scheme, three numbers), Southern Ry. of British Columbia (fictional paint scheme, one number), St. Louis Southwestern (Cotton Belt, American Revolution […]
John Flann developed a novel car-forwarding system for his Clark Fork RR that used playing cards. He wrote about the system in Great Model Railroads and Model Railroad Planning. John Flann, a noted British and North American model railroader, died in March. A native of England, John was an award-winning modeler and author. When he […]
