PTC and passenger speeds

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Amtrak’s ‘Empire Builder’ streaks through Brookfield, Wis. The speed limit for Amtrak on Canadian Pacific’s Watertown Subdivision is 79 mph. Tom Danneman Q Most Amtrak trains have a 79-mph speed limit. Will positive train control systems allow Amtrak to operate faster where track conditions allow? For instance, the Southwest Chief operates to 90 mph in […]

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Model Power N scale 2-6-0 Mogul

Model Power N scale 2-6-0 Mogul

Model Power N scale 2-6-0 Mogul The MRC decoder and speaker are housed inside the tender. A die-cast metal weight adds extra heft. Die-cast metal construction and a factory-installed Model Rectifier Corp. (MRC) dual-mode decoder highlight this N scale 2-6-0 Mogul type from Model Power, which is now part of MRC. Built with existing tooling, […]

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ScaleTrains.com HO scale SD40-2

ScaleTrains.com Ho scale SD40-2

ScaleTrains.com HO scale SD40-2 While this isn’t the first HO scale SD40-2 to roll down the tracks, ScaleTrains.com takes a different route by offering many options on drive and detail level, including variations that haven’t been available in plastic before. Electro-Motive Division’s SD40-2 diesel was General Motors’ all-time best-selling locomotive, so there are plenty of […]

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Broadway Limited Imports HO scale P70

Broadway Limited Imports HO scale P70

Broadway Limited Imports HO scale P70 In addition other underframe detail, our P70R sample accurately model’s the prototype’s ice-air conditioning equipment, including the large ice bunker. Like the K4s steam locomotive, GG1 electric, or X29 boxcar, the P70 coach is an icon of the Pennsylvania RR. Broadway Limited Imports has released a definitive HO scale […]

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Quick Look: Walthers Mainline 40 foot AAR boxcar

Walthers Mainline 40-foot AAR boxcar

Walthers Mainline 40-foot AAR boxcar Price: $24.98 Manufacturer Wm. K. Walthers 5601 W. Florist Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53218 www.walthers.com Road names: Chicago & North Western; Lehigh Valley; New York, New Haven & Hartford; Soo Line; Southern Ry.; and Union Pacific, two road numbers each. Also available undecorated. Era: 1937 (as built), 1973 to 1992 (as […]

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Climbing the grade on the AddleDoo Bush Tramway

Name: Rob Mackay-Wood Forum User Name: RobMW Railroad Name: AddleDoo Bush Tramway Location: Brisbane, Australia Scale: G Scale Theme: Bush Logging and Mining in Australia/New Zealand (Freelance) Description: In light of the October 2017 article in GRW on gradients, I thought this video of my Regner Lumberjack climbing a steep 11% grade (1:8.5) might be […]

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New model trains for the week of September 7, 2017

Broadway Limited Imports HO scale Electro-Motive Corp. EA, EB, E1A, and E1B diesel locomotives

Broadway Limited Imports HO scale Electro-Motive Corp. EA, EB, E1A, and E1B diesel locomotives HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Corp. EA, EB, E1A, and E1B diesel locomotives. EA and EB: Alton (A unit), Baltimore & Ohio (powered A unit and unpowered B unit set; individual powered A and B unit), and Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (A […]

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