An Amtrak Northeast Regional train departs downtown Richmond, Va. Chase Gunnoe RICHMOND, Va. — The state of Virginia’s Atlantic Gateway Project is getting a major funding boost. Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced this week that the project has been selected as a recipient of a federal FASTLANE grant of $165 million. The federal grants will […]
One of SEPTA’s Silverliner V transit vehicles at a station stop at Philadelphia’s 30th Street station. Joseph M. Calisi PHILADELPHIA — Typical rail commuters in the City of Brotherly Love are finding other ways to get on with their week while as many as one-third of all Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority regional commuter cars are […]
AMARILLO, Texas – Two BNSF Railway trains collided head on near the small town of Panhandle, about 27 miles northeast of Amarillo on Tuesday morning. Preliminary reports from KFDA-TV NewChannel 10 in Amarillo show two double-stack container trains derailed and on fire in a field along the Class I railroad’s main line in the area. […]
After holding a preview and reception in the space on June 23, Amtrak this week opens its new Metropolitan Lounge at Chicago Union Station. The facility for sleeping-car and business-class passengers is twice the size of the 25-year-old lounge it replaces. Join Trains Associate Editor David Lassen for a tour of the facilities and work […]
Adding lighting effects like flashing signals, flickering gas lamps, warning strobes, and rotating beacons to a model railroad has never been easier thanks to the Model Rectifier Corp. Light Genie lighting controller. Check out some of the features of this powerful model railroad accessory with Model Railroader associate editor Steve Otte. […]
Kevin Strong 4-amp DCC motor/sound decoder ECO-400 Soundtraxx “Econami” Soundtraxx 210 Rock Point Drive Durango CO 81301 Price: $149.95 Website: www.soundtraxx.com Size: 2 3/4″ x 13/16″ x 5/8″ Pros: Excellent motor control; choice of sounds allows for a good degree of customization; good sound quality; plenty of volume Cons: No external trigger for synchronized chuff—must […]
EMDX SD70ACe T4s Nos. 1609 1610 are being outfitted for demonstration service at CSX’s Queensgate Yard locomotive shop on June 19, 2016. J.E. Landrum CINCINNATI, Ohio – Railfans along CSX Transportation’s Cincinnati to Nashville, Tenn., rail lines may have caught a glimpse of new Electro-Motive Division SD70ACe Tier 4 demonstrators early this week. EMDX SD70ACe […]
HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Diesel SD70ACe diesel locomotive. Canadian National (SD70ACe demonstrator patchout), Kansas City Southern, Norfolk Southern (Lackawanna, New York Central, and Wabash heritage units in one number each and horsehead silhouette), Union Pacific (George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum and Chicago & North Western, Denver & Rio Grande Western, and Southern Pacific […]
The Rivarossi/Hornby USA HO scale General Electric U28C features newly designed handrails and an ESU LokSound Select Digital Command Control (DCC) decoder. See and hear this diesel locomotive and it hauls a freight train around the Model Railroader staff’s Milwaukee, Racine & Troy model railroad. […]
Strata-Domes and streamlined diesel locomotives highlight the HO scale Capitol Limited passenger train from Walthers. Each passenger car and locomotive is prototypically detailed. Both E unit diesels are powered and include SoundTraxx Tsunami Digital Command Control (DCC) sound decoders. See and hear this magnificent passenger train as it makes a run along the Model Railroader […]
Union Pacific 4-8-4 Northern-type No. 844 pictured at LaSalle, Colo., in 2009. Sources in Cheyenne, Wyo., say the giant locomotive had a steam test this week in preparation for a July return to mainline operation. Bruce A. Daugherty CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Working toward returning their much loved 4-8-4 to the high iron, the Union Pacific […]
The Walthers HO scale Capitol Limited is lead by two prototype-specific Electro-Motive Division E units EMD E9A, EMD E8Bm, PS baggage-dormitory-coffee shop-lounge, and Budd Slumbercoach sleeper Pullman-Standard 56-seat coach, Pullman Standard Strata-Dome coach, Pullman-Standard kitchen-dormitory, and Pullman-Standard 56-seat diner Budd Strata-Dome sleeper, Budd 16-4 sleeper, Pullman-Standard 10-6 sleeper, and Pullman-Standard 5-bedroom buffet lounge observation car […]
