Missouri-Kansas-Texas drovers’ caboose No. 350 shows off the car’s extra length. The cars could accommodate extra riders overseeing livestock shipments. Harold Schupp Q Where, in the train’s consist, were drovers’ cabooses placed? Were they at the rear with the regular caboose, or somewhere in the train’s consist near the stock cars? Were they used only […]
LAKE OSWEGO, Ore. — The stock price of The Greenbrier Companies has been trying to recoup some of the ground lost when the rail-car builder issued preliminary fiscal-second-quarter earnings well below what financial analysts were expecting. Greenbrier stock lost $3.62 a share and settled at $33.76 — a drop of more than 9 percent — […]
The Athearn Genesis 2.0 SD90MAC-H will be decorated for Union Pacific, Fortescue Metals Group, EMD demonstrator, and Union Pacific. Pre-production samples shown. The newly tooled SD90MAC-H features etched-metal see-through steps, illuminated number boxes, and ground effect lighting. Pre-production sample shown. The SD90MAC-H has an injection-molded plastic body with etched-metal screens, plastic handrails, and factory-installed and […]
Broadway Limited Imports HO scale Reading Co. class T1 4-8-4 steam locomotive HO scale locomotives Reading Co. class T1 4-8-4 steam locomotive. Chessie System Special (one road numbers), American Freedom Train (one number), Delaware & Hudson Centennial locomotive (one number), in-service scheme (two numbers), and “Iron Horse Rambles” excursion (two numbers). Also available painted black […]
WINNER: The HO MP15DC locomotive is available in DCC ready and DCC and sound-equipped versions. HO SCALE DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE WINNER | Atlas Model Railroad Co.: HO MP15DC Locomotives RUNNER UP | ScaleTrains.com: Rivet Counter GE Tier 4 GEVo N SCALE DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE WINNER | Broadway Limited Imports: EMD F3/F7 RUNNER UP | Kato Trains: EMD […]
CHICAGO — Metra is seeking bids for new commuter rail cars and says it is willing to break with 70 years of Chicago rail commuting tradition if it gets a better idea. The agency Wednesday issued a request for proposals for at least 200 new railcars and is urging manufacturers to suggest alternative designs that […]
HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division F59PHI diesel locomotive. Amtrak (“Stay off the tracks. I pack a punch.” slogan [one road number], “Stay off! Stay Away! Stay Alive!” slogan [one number], blue-and-silver scheme, and Cascades scheme), Metra (Cascades patchout in one number and blue-and-silver patchout), Metropolitan Transport Agency (Montreal), Utah Front Runner, and fantasy paint schemes […]
WalthersProto HO scale 70-foot heavyweight RPO-baggage car Price: $84.98 Manufacturer Wm. K. Walthers Inc. 5601 W. Florist Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53218 www.walthers.com Era: 1914 to 1971 Road names: Clerestory roof: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; Great Northern; Milwaukee Road; New York Central; and Soo Line. Round roof: Illinois Central, Denver & Rio Grande Western, Southern […]
HO scale locomotives Norfolk Southern SD60E diesel locomotive. GoRail (one road number), Honoring First Responders (one number), and thoroughbred scheme (six numbers). Prototype-specific details; light-emitting-diode headlights, deck-mounted ditch lights, number boxes, and ground lights above front truck; and detailed cab interior. Direct-current model with 21-pin NEM connector for Digital Command Control decoder, $219.98; with dual-mode […]
During the prewar and postwar eras, every manufacturer of toy trains added a miniature gondola. Other than a flatcar, it was the simplest and least expensive item to mass-produce, regardless of the size and materials used. Also, gondolas were very popular with youngsters, who could fill them with all sort of items. Kids put in […]
HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division GP40-2 diesel locomotive. Conrail (blue in three road numbers, Reading Co. patchout in two numbers); CSX (dark blue and yellow, three numbers); Denver & Rio Grande Western (black and orange); Detroit, Toledo & Ironton (orange); Grand Trunk Western (red, white, and blue); Reading Co. (green and yellow, three numbers); and […]
Part of the Gunderson exhibit at the Oregon Rail Heritage Center. Greenbrier PORTLAND, Ore. – One of America’s leading rail car manufacturers is celebrating its 100th anniversary with a new exhibit at the Oregon Rail Heritage Center. Gunderson, a rail car manufacturer owned by Greenbrier Cos. and based in Portland, unveiled the new exhibit on […]
