New model trains for the week of November 9, 2017

Athearn HO scale Electro-Motive Division SDP40F diesel locomotive

Athearn HO scale Electro-Motive Division SDP40F diesel locomotive HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division SDP40F diesel locomotive. Amtrak (as delivered) and Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (SDF40-2). Four road numbers per scheme. Prototype-specific details, illuminated number boxes, and factory-installed wire grab irons and lift rings. Direct-current model with 21-pin connector, $209.98; with dual-mode Tsunami 2 sound […]

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O gauge F40PH diesel from MTH

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O gauge F40PH diesel from MTH   Price: $499.95 (No. 20-20683-1) Min Curve: O-31 Cmd Low: 2.3 smph Cnv Low: 2.9 smph High: 73.6 smph Drawbar pull: 1 lb., 2 oz. Features: Two can-style motors, ProtoSound 3.0 command and sound system, smoke unit Current-production road names: Amtrak (Phase III and Phase IV), MBTA, Metra, VIA […]

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O gauge GP38-2 diesel from MTH

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O gauge GP38-2 diesel from MTH Price: $499.95 (no. 20648-1) Min Curve: O-31 Cmd Low: 3.63 smph Cnv Low: 3.86 smph High: 66.1 smph Drawbar pull: 1 lb., 9 oz. Features: Two can-style motors, ProtoSound 3.0 command and sound system, smoke unit Current-production road names: Canadian Pacific; Detroit, Toledo & Ironton; Family Lines (Seaboard); New […]

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CSX to run repainted F unit for annual ‘Santa Train’

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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Children and railfans waiting along the route of CSX’s Santa Train this year will get an extra treat from Santa Claus — an original Clinchfield Railroad F unit in new paint pulling the trainload of cheer. CSX Transportation unveiled the cosmetically restored Clinchfield F3 No. 800 in yellow and gray at its […]

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How CSX uses block-swapping to replace Ohio sorting terminal NEWSWIRE

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Transportation is increasingly relying on block-swapping intermodal traffic as it prepares to shut down its massive container-sorting hub in North Baltimore, Ohio, which last year handled more than a quarter of the railroad’s intermodal loads. The Northwest Ohio Intermodal Terminal was designed to support CSX’s hub-and-spoke approach to serving smaller intermodal […]

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New CSX strategy dooms Ohio and North Carolina terminals NEWSWIRE

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A 2011 CSX Transportation video touting North Baltimore’s place in intermodal strategy. Via YouTube. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The days of CSX Transportation’s hub-and-spoke intermodal strategy are drawing to a close. The railroad aims to end container sorting at its busy intermodal terminal in North Baltimore, Ohio, by Nov. 11. And CSX will not build the […]

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Maryland wants explanation for CSX Howard Street Tunnel decision

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WASHINGTON — Maryland’s entire congressional delegation has written to CSX Transportation CEO E. Hunter Harrison, asking him to explain the railroad’s decision to drop out of a partnership to raise clearances in the Howard Street Tunnel. On Nov. 1, in response to media inquiries, CSX confirmed that it no longer considered the long-sought tunnel project […]

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In Memoriam: Flemming Örneholm, 1934-2017

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Flemming Örneholm A scene from the HO scale Eaglecreek & Northern. Flemming Örneholm, 83, of Vanlose, Denmark, died on Sept. 30, 2017. Three versions of his HO scale Eaglecreek & Northern Ry. were featured in Model Railroader magazine. The first appeared in July 2005; the second was the cover story in October 2006; and the […]

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New model trains for the week of November 2, 2017

Bachmann Trains HO scale American Car & Foundry 50-foot boxcar

HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Diesel SD70ACe diesel locomotive. New paint scheme: Union Pacific (“Spirit of the Union Pacific”). Vinyl m.u. hoses, light-emitting-diode headlights and ditch lights, and late handrails. Direct-current model, $239.98; with dual-mode SoundTraxx Tsunami2 sound decoder, $329.98. June 2018. Genesis series. Athearn Trains, 800-338-4639, www.athearn.com General Electric ES44AC diesel locomotive. BNSF Ry. (Heritage […]

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