MOUNTAIN IRON, Minn. — You want to shout at the truck driver and yell, “stop!” wave your arms, do something. But you know it’s already too late because in the video you’re watching, the driver is seconds away from plowing into the lead locomotive of a Canadian National freight train. The Minnesota State Patrol this […]
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Now up for auction: a home-built steam-powered speeder car NEWSWIRE
A Washington state man home-built a coal-or wood-fired standard-gauge steam speeder and placed it for sale on eBay. The asking price is $14,000. Ross Bendixen SAMMAMISH, Wash. — The railroad speeder can be the basis for a lot of projects. Some people like to restore motorcars to their original appearances. Others like to create their […]
AAR launches latest update to Freight Rail Works website NEWSWIRE
A screen capture image of the Association of American Railroads’ latest updated Freight Rail Works website. Association of American Railroads’ website WASHINGTON — The Association of American Railroads today debuted the newest installment of its Freight Rail Works campaign, which explores how freight rail’s ongoing private investments in building, growing and maintaining the nation’s rail […]
Keolis loses millions of dollars on its MBTA contract NEWSWIRE
BOSTON — Keolis, the international company that won a tough competition to run commuter trains out of Boston, may have second thoughts about its contract with the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. According to a report by State House News Service, Keolis lost $29.3 million over the first year of its long-term contract, requiring its French […]
Bachmann animated cattle cars
Marc Horovitz 1:22.5 scale, gauge 1, animated cattle cars Bachmann Industries 1400 East Erie Avenue Philadelphia PA 19124 Price: $129 Website: www.bachmanntrains.com Cattle car with openings through which horse or cow heads appear; opening doors; plastic construction; plastic arch-bar trucks; metal wheelsets; working, truck-mounted knuckle couplers installed; hook-and-loop couplers also supplied; two road names available […]
Kadee Barber S-2 freight car trucks
Marc Horovitz 1:29 scale, gauge-1 trucks Kadee Quality Products Co. 673 Avenue C White City OR 97503 Price: $49.99/pair Website: www.kadee.com 1:29 scale, gauge 1, Barber S-2, roller bearing, freight-car trucks; cast-metal side frames; metal wheels and axles; plastic brake detail; equalized Pros: Mostly-metal construction; weight of trucks will lower the car’s center of gravity; […]
MTH F7 locomotive
Kevin Strong 1:32 scale, gauge 1, A-A diesel locomotives MTH Electric Trains 7020 Columbia Gateway Drive Columbia MD 21046 Price $999.95 Website: www.mthtrains.com 1:32 scale, gauge 1, plastic-and-metal A-A set of EMD F7 locomotives; ProtoSound3; smoke; analog DC, AC, DCC, and MTH DCS-compatible control Pros: Accurate scale/gauge combination; well detailed with good fidelity to the […]
Peter Angus: Locomotive Builder book
Peter Angus: Locomotive Builder by Peter Angus Camden Miniature Steam Services Barrow Farm Rode, Frome, Somerset BA11 6PS Great Britain 8 3/4″ x 11 3/4″, hardbound, 222 pages, color and b&w photos Price: £32.50 + £10.02 s&h to the US Website: www.camdenmin.co.uk Peter Angus, while relatively unknown in the US, is a quite-well-known builder of […]
Vilas County Lumber Company buckboard wagon plan sets
Buckboard wagon plan sets in 1:24 and 1:13.7 scales Vilas County Lumber Company 12306 Lakeview Trail Homer Glen IL 60491 Prices: 1:24 scale, $14; 1:13.7 scale, $15 Website: www.VCLCo.com Comprehensive plan set for the construction of a buckboard wagon; four 91/2″ x 13″ pages and six (1:24) or eight (1:13.7) 13″ x 19″ pages; spiral […]
Siemens places first Cummins engine inside a Charger locomotive w/Video NEWSWIRE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Siemens celebrated a production milestone in Sacramento rail manufacturing plant recently by installing the first Cummins QSK95 engine with alternator that will power the new diesel-electric Charger locomotives. The 42,000-pound power unit, the first engine to be installed at Siemens Sacramento manufacturing plant, was successfully lowered into the locomotive by overhead […]
Western Maryland Scenic’s new leader is dedicated to restoring 1309 NEWSWIRE
Chesapeake & Ohio 2-6-6-2 No. 1309 traveled from Baltimore to the scenic railroad’s shops in 2014 and will be one of the largest operational steam locomotives in North America when it is restored for service later in 2016. Mason Y. Cooper Michael Gresham, center, resigned this week as the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad’s general superintendent. […]
Video: Bachmann HO scale E-Z App Alco RS-3
This HO scale Alco RS-3 diesel locomotive from Bachmann Trains features the firm’s new E-Z App control system. Using Bluetooth technology, this app allows modelers to run an E-Z App locomotive using an Apple iOS device. Watch senior editor Dana Kawala, run the E-Z App RS-3 and trigger sound effects along the Model Railroader staff’s […]
