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CHICAGO — Metra is starting the next phase of its in-house railcar rehabilitation program in which the agency will restore more than 300 Nippon Sharyo passenger cars. The bilevel commuter cars were delivered to the agency between 2002 and 2008. Metra workers plan to rehab about 35 passenger cars per year until 2020, when the […]
BELLEVUE, Ohio — Residents in a northern Ohio community are filing a federal lawsuit against Norfolk Southern because they allege its Moorman hump yard in Bellevue is too noisy. The Murray & Murray law firm recently filed a class-action federal lawsuit against the Class I railroad for what they refer to as “one of the […]
A southbound VRE commuter train arrives at Alexandria, Va., in August 2013. Alex Mayes ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Managers at Virginia Railway Express have decided to table further studies on extending commuter rail service to Gainesville or Haymarket in northern Virginia, Inside Nova reports. Instead, the agency is shifting its efforts on a rehabilitation of its […]
Freshly painted C&O GE B30-7 No. 8272 sits outside of CSX’s paint booth in Huntington, W.Va., on Saturday, March 18. Chase Gunnoe HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — A locomotive repainted into Chessie System colors has emerged from CSX Transportation’s Huntington locomotive shops. The B30-7, C&O No. 8272, formerly CSX No. 5554, was spotted outside of the facility’s […]
Employees of Motive Power Resources, Inc. celebrate the completion of the company’s first locomotive overhaul in Minooka, Ill. Motive Power Resources, Inc. MINOOKA, Ill. — Motive Power Resources, Inc., has completed its first locomotive overhaul at its shop complex in Minooka. The rebuilt EMD SD38 locomotive features new on-board preventative maintenance technologies, rebuilt mechanics and […]
A Connecticut Department of Transportation GP40 leads a westbound Shore Line East train at Clinton, Conn. Scott Hartley MT. VERNON, Ill. — National Railway Equipment will overhaul six Connecticut Department of Transportation GP40-2H locomotives, according to an NRE press release. The release states that NRE will produce over 90 percent of the locomotive content in […]
NEW POWER FROM ATLAS O: Atlas O has added two more locomotives to its lineup of O gauge power. The Baldwin VO-1000 diesel switcher joins the Master Line in Lehigh Valley, Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis; Rock Island, Southern Pacific, Santa Fe and Western Pacific road names. The Alco RS-11 is joining the Trainman line […]
LOS ANGELES — The sale of bankrupt Pacific Imperial Railroad assets with a potential intermodal connection to Mexico is moving forward as court proceedings continue in California. On March 10 a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge approved the sale of track leases and development rights on the Pacific Imperial’s Desert Line to International Transportation Association LLC. […]
CUMBERLAND, Md. — Western Maryland Scenic Railroad and Trains Magazine are offering the first opportunity to photograph newly rebuilt 2-6-6-2 No. 1309 with a freight train in a special three-day event in September. On Sept. 26 to 28, the locomotive from 1949 will pull 14 to 18 freight cars, stopping at several locations on the […]
Canadian National SD60F No. 5542 as seen at Stillwell, Ind., in 2009 is among the list of cowl units now retired or set to be scrapped. Greg Mross CHICAGO — The ranks of operating cowl locomotives on class I railroads is thinning once again, as Canadian National and Canadian Pacific purge additional locomotives from their […]
Digitrax Evolution advanced DCC starter set Digitrax adds another advanced command station, the DCS210, and a new DT500 throttle to its Digital Command Control (DCC) lineup. The new throttle and command station are also key components of the firm’s Evolution DCC starter set. [Another new Digitrax product, the DCS240 advanced command station, was reviewed in […]
Bachmann SoundValue HO scale EMD E7A Our review sample is sharply decorated in the Pennsyvlania RR Tuscan five-stripe paint scheme. Separate detail parts include handrails, horns, and windshield wipers. For those modeling passenger service in the last half of the 20th century, General Motors’ Electro-Motive Division E-units are essential. This EMD E7A from Bachmann Trains […]
