Walthers Mainline HO scale F40PH diesel locomotive

WalthersMainline HO scale F40PH

WalthersMainline HO scale F40PH A powerful passenger hauler, the Walthers HO scale Electro-Motive Division F40PH, is back as part of the WalthersMainline series. Although not as highly detailed as a WalthersProto locomotive, the F40PH has been upgraded with the same mechanism as a top-of-the line model. It’s also one of the first WalthersMainline locomotives to […]

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Athearn HO scale SD70M diesel locomotive

Athearn HO scale SD70M

Athearn HO scale SD70M Electro-Motive Division’s SD70M, one of the most numerous locomotives on North American rails today, is now offered in an HO scale model equipped with Digital Command Control and sound. This isn’t the first HO scale SD70M in Athearn’s Genesis line. Senior editor Jim Hediger ­reviewed a previous model in the ­November […]

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Moloco HO scale 50-foot plug door boxcar

Moloco HO scale 50-foot plug door boxcar

Moloco HO scale 50-foot plug door boxcar Like the prototype the 1981 repaint version of the HO scale Moloco boxcar doesn’t have running boards and features rooftop grab irons on the B end. The Moloco HO scale Santa Fe boxcar features a fully detailed underframe. Want a little color in your HO scale boxcar fleet? […]

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BNSF Logistics arm touts Schnabel car service NEWSWIRE

BNSFSchnabel

BNSF Logistics says it has priority access to Schnabel car KWUX 101: a 20-axle flat car used to move heavy loads over railroads.  BNSF Logistics FLOWER MOUND, Texas — BNSF Logistics, a third-party logistics provider, says that the company, along with Siemens Energy, Inc., has an exclusive arrangement to market and operate the KWUX 101 […]

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Cargo theft looms as railroad problem NEWSWIRE

Cargotheft

Westbound stacks on the BNSF Clovis Sub glide through Mountainair, N.M., and begin their descent to Abo Canyon and Belen. Jan.1, 2013. BNSF Railway Police recently busted a ring of cargo thieves in this area. William P. Diven ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico — While the public fixates on burning oil trains and security agencies contemplate terror […]

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CSX-NS trade locos headed to Idaho NEWSWIRE

CSXrebuilds

Ex-Norfolk Southern SD40-2 locomotives sport new CSX Transportation liveries. They will be re-built in Idaho to SD40-3s. James D. Moore HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – CSX Transportation plans to rebuild all SD40-2s acquired from Norfolk Southern into SD40-3s. The current locomotives will not yet enter revenue service as originally speculated. In March, CSX and NS traded 12 […]

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