Bachmann Sound Value N&W Class J 4-8-4 The Norfolk & Western Ry. Class J 4-8-4 was the last new steam locomotive built for passenger service in the United States. And the third-to-last passenger steam locomotive, no. 611, is still running, wowing steam fans old and young in excursion service. Bachmann’s model of the 611 has […]
WalthersMainline HO scale insulated boxcar The plastic underframe features some brake system detailing. Walthers continues to expand its Mainline series of HO scale freight cars with the addition of a 50-foot insulated boxcar based on a Pacific Car & Foundry prototype. The injection-molded plastic model features a one-piece body and underframe casting and a separate […]
The Trainmaster HO scale yard bunkhouse kit The kit includes wood parts that fit together well with minimal sanding. Price: $25 Manufacturer The TrainMaster LLC 2830 Fort Island Dr. Fairlawn, OH 44333 www.thetrainmaster.com Era: 1900 to 1960 Comments: A yard bunkhouse is the latest addition to The TrainMaster HO scale QuicKit line. The kit features […]
Atlas N scale PS 4000 covered hopper Price: $29.95 (undecorated, $24.95) Manufacturer Atlas Model Railroad Co. 378 Florence Ave. Hillside, NJ 07205 www.atlasrr.com Era: 1962 to 1986 (as decorated) Road names: Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern (two road numbers); Baltimore & Ohio; Illinois Central Gulf; Norfolk & Western; and undecorated. New road numbers: Chessie System and […]
Churchill, Manitoba Google Maps OTTAWA, Ont. — The Canadian federal government has launched an $18-million dollar lawsuit against Omnitrax, the U.S.-based shortline operations company. The lawsuit alleges that Omnitrax allowed tracks leading to the isolated community of Port of Churchill, Manitoba, to fall into disrepair after flooding washed away portions of the tracks. If proven […]
Looking for a great movie featuring a train? If so, then consider avoiding the cost of a theater ticket for the most recent incarnation of “Murder on the Orient Express.” See the film if you were going to see a movie anyway, because there are high points and good acting, but it lacks greatness. A […]
A Talgo car body on a flatbed truck headed from Seattle to Milwaukee, Wis., for repairs. J. Johnson The Talgo trainset stayed mostly upright and did not jackknife when train 502 derailed on July 2, 2017, thanks to the semi-permanent couplings and steering linkage, shown here between the first and second units behind the locomotive. […]
Amtrak ACS64 No. 627 shortly after it crashed into a maintenance-of-way backhoe that was fouling a track on the Northeast Corridor near Chester, Pa., in April 2016. National Transportation Safety Board WASHINGTON — If Amtrak had deployed a familiar device that trips “stop” signals, it could have avoided an accident at Chester, Pa., on April […]
A cosmetically restored Chesapeake & Ohio 2-8-4 No. 2700 as it now appears in Dennison, Ohio. Jason Johnson Workers install boiler jacketing on C&O No. 2700. Jason Johnson DENNISON, Ohio — The first example of Chesapeake & Ohio’s fleet of 2-8-4s has been cosmetically restored by the Dennison Railroad Depot Museum. C&O No. 2700 was […]
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – A former BNSF Railway employee in Oregon has been convicted of murdering a supervisor in 2014, the Herald and News reports. James Forshee, 62, was convicted of murder last week in the April 2014 shooting death of Emery Connor, 42, at BNSF’s yard in Klamath Falls. After a week of testimony […]
CHICAGO – General Electric announced plans on Monday to focus on three core industries – aviation, power, and healthcare – leading to the sale of its GE Transportation division and its locomotive product line within two years, the Chicago Tribune reports. “Today, GE announced that it will divest the Transportation business from its portfolio. The […]
Various preserved motive power is seen at the Illinois Railway Museum at Union in July 2005. Michael Karlik UNION, Ill. – The Illinois Railway Museum has retired the last of its land acquisition mortgages, a move that museum staff says makes the operation debt-free for the first time in 50 years. Communications director Frank Hicks […]
