MARIAS PASS, Mont. — BNSF Railway’s operations across northern Montana and the Pacific Northwest are slowly getting back to normal after being shuttered twice in the last week due to a series of avalanches on the southern edge of Glacier National Park. The railroad closed its Hi Line Subdivision over Marias Pass from Feb. 5 […]
Saginaw Timber No. 2, lettered for later owner Polson Logging, makes a test run following work at the Mid-Continent Railway Museum in May 2016. Ken Hojnacki NORTH FREEDOM, Wis. — A longstanding dispute over restoration of a steam locomotive ends in victory for the engine’s owner and major financial implications for one of the nation’s […]
WASHINGTON — The Federal Railroad Administration’s proposal to put two crew members in most locomotive cabs has been caught in limbo between two administrations. A senior FRA official speaking on background tells Trains News Wire that the Department of Transportation had forwarded the final proposed rule to the Office of Management and Budget for approval […]
No. 4449 leads an excursion at Cut Bank, Mont., on the BNSF Railway Hi Line in October 2009. Justin Franz PORTLAND, Ore. – Tickets to ride behind Southern Pacific Daylight No. 4449 in June will go on sale around Feb. 15, and if you want to ride coach, it will cost you $595 for the […]
HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division F45 diesel locomotive. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (“Kodachrome” scheme); Burlington Northern (Great Northern patchout); and Great Northern. Three road numbers per scheme. Road-number-specific details, Flexicoil-C truck sideframes with high brake cylinders, and 4,000-gallon fuel tank. Direct-current model with 8- and 9-pin connectors for Digital Command Control decoder, $179.98; with […]
O gauge Premier line GE 44-tonner by MTH Price: $449.95 (no. 20-20466-1) Min Curve: O-27 Cmd Low: 3.04 smph Cnv Low: 3.25 smph High: 65.4 smph Drawbar pull: 1 lb., 7 oz. Features: Two can-style motors, ProtoSound 3.0 command and sound system, coil couplers Current production road names: Baltimore & Ohio; Boston & Maine; Great […]
O gauge LionChief Plus EMD GP20 by Lionel Price: $339.95 (no. 82172) Min Curve: O-31 Cmd Low: 2.32 smph Cnv Low: 3.7 smph High: 80.8 smph Drawbar pull: 1 lb., 11 oz. Features: Two can-style motors, LionChief Plus command system, RailSounds RC sound system, fan-driven smoke unit, coil couplers (operable only with remote), command- or […]
Matt Herman, General Manager at ESU, LLC., stopped by to show the Model Railroader staff some of the new Full Throttle diesel locomotive features available in the latest LokSound Select decoders. Check out this demo of the realistic sound and control effects. […]
CSX SD40E3 No. 1700 idles at the railroad’s Tilford Yard in Atlanta in January 2017. James F. Jackson ATLANTA – CSX Transportation is the latest Class I railroad to take possession of six-axle ‘Eco’ locomotives for use in local and yard service. Progress Rail recently rebuilt 13 former CSX EMD SD40-2 locomotives into a new […]
Crete, Ill. Google Maps CHICAGO — The perennial problem of train and truck congestion in the Chicago region might have a major new safety valve if plans proceed for a new CSX Transportation intermodal ramp in the region. CSX is planning for a new ramp outside of the village of Crete, 33 miles south of […]
The Hoosier State passenger train with its Iowa Pacific consist. Don Nickel INDIANAPOLIS — Iowa Pacific Holdings is dropping its popular Hoosier State passenger train after only 20 months of operation. Amtrak will take over the service on March 1, according to Amtrak officials and the Indiana Department of Transportation. Officials said that Iowa Pacific […]
Atlas Model Railroad Co. HO scale Bombardier Transportation ALP-45DP dual-mode locomotive HO scale locomotives Bombardier Transportation ALP-45DP dual-mode locomotive. Agence Métropolitaine de Transport (Montreal’s commuter agency). Details, release date, and price to be announced. Atlas Model Railroad Co., 908-687-0880, www.atlasrr.com Atlas Model Railroad Co. HO scale Bombardier Transportation ALP-45DP dual-mode locomotive Bombardier Transportation ALP-45DP dual-mode […]
