The Model Railroader staff’s Milwaukee, Racine & Troy layout stands in for northern New Jersey in this exclusive product video. Check out the Atlas HO scale Bombardier ALP-45DP and multilevel passenger cars. All the equipment is decked out in contemporary NJ Transit paint schemes. The cars feature overhead lighting and the locomotive features realistic sound […]
CSX yard jobs serve Selkirk’s east end departure yard tracks in this May 7, 2017 view of Selkirk Yard. Gary R. Schermerhorn SELKIRK, N.Y. — CSX Transportation may be in the earliest stages of converting its Selkirk hump yard to a flat switching facility. Labor groups representing local train service workers sent out notices to […]
Chris Comport, 68, died on May 4 in Wisconsin. Chris wrote several stories for Model Railroader and other hobby magazines and was a professional model builder who built client layouts while working with Raildreams Inc. Chris also worked for A.I.M. Products (now part of Monroe Models) and offered his own line of model railroad structures […]
UP has created this new 150th anniversary logo celebrating the completion of the transcontinental railroad in May 1869. Union Pacific OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific is launching a two-year-long celebration commemorating the great race to complete the Transcontinental Railroad nearly 150 years ago. During the next two years, the railroad will host a traveling exhibit, […]
Atlas HO scale NJ Transit commuter train The Atlas locomotive’s mechanism, including a dual-flyweel-equipped motor, ride on a heavy, die-cast metal chassis Both the top and bottom interior levels of the trailers and cab cars feature overhead lighting. Several surface-mount light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are attached along the length of each light board. All the cars’ […]
WalthersMainline HO cylindrical covered hopper A 59-foot cylindrical covered hopper has been added to the WalthersMainline family of HO scale products. The ready-to-run car features an injection-molded plastic body with separate end sheets and one-piece end cages. The underbody is a separate piece with freestanding outlet gates and brake appliances. North of the border. The […]
Woodland Scenics HO scale Just Plug Police Car Price: $29.99 Manufacturer Woodland Scenics P.O. Box 98 Linn Creek, MO 65052 www.woodlandscenics.com Era: 1940s to 1950s Comments: As a modeler who has burned out more lightbulbs and light-emitting diodes (LEDs) than he has successfully wired, I was pleased when Woodland Scenics came out with its Just […]
Fox Valley Models N scale 7-post boxcar Price: $19.95 Manufacturer Fox Valley Models P.O. Box 1970 Des Plaines, IL 60017 www.foxvalleymodels.com Era: 1964 to present Road names: Wisconsin Central, Burlington Northern, BNSF Ry. (post-2005 scheme), Great Northern (Glacier Green), Montana Rail Link, Soo Line (three paint schemes). Three road numbers per scheme. Comments: Fox Valley […]
Prior to departing Charleston, W.Va., on May 8, every car of the Ringling Bros. ‘Blue’ unit was switched in order of its upcoming setoff for disposition to private owners. Similar to the Red Unit, many of the Blue Unit cars will be setoff in Oak Island, N.J., after a series of performances end in Uniondale, […]
NEW YORK — For the second time in a decade, the Florida East Coast Railway eluded the grasp of Genesee & Wyoming. Mexican mining company Grupo Mexico won the FEC in March with a $2.1 billion bid, a price that raised eyebrows in the industry. G&W’s bid for the FEC was “not competitive,” CEO Jack […]
HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division GP39-2 diesel locomotive. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; Burlington Northern (two road numbers); BNSF Ry. (Burlington Northern patchout in two numbers); Delaware & Hudson (blue and yellow and blue with yellow nose in two numbers each); Missouri-Kansas-Texas; and Union Pacific. Four numbers per scheme unless noted. Direct-current model, $179.98; with […]
Steam locomotive restoration specialist Gary Bensman cuts out staybolts for replacement on Chesapeake & Ohio 2-6-6-2 No. 1309 on Tuesday, May 9. TRAINS: Jim Wrinn CUMBERLAND, Md. — Work has resumed on Western Maryland Scenic 2-6-6-2 No. 1309 after a two-month hiatus while the railroad worked with state officials to streamline funding for the 1949 […]
