only i would wake up on an empty NJTransit train parked and shut down in a trainyard 2 hours from my home. that was an interesting 911 call pic.twitter.com/cdSkCTtQry — claire bridget (@claaiirreeyyy) September 6, 2017 NEWARK, N.J. — A college student who was evacuated from her campus in Florida woke up on an empty […]
Section: News & Reviews
Three-hour ride between Chicago and Cincinnati possible, Midwest group says NEWSWIRE
Amtrak’s southbound Saluki seen leaving Chicago from the City of New Orleans on an existing grade-separated, former Illinois Central right-of-way that could accommodate high speed trains. Bob Johnston CHICAGO — The Midwest High Speed Rail Association this week released a 50-page white paper which describes how a combination of high-speed trunk lines and upgraded feeder […]
MARTA general manager and CEO to resign NEWSWIRE
ATLANTA — The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority will soon begin a nation-wide for a new CEO. MARTA General Manager and CEO Keith Parker announced this week he would be resigning from the top spot at Atlanta’s transit agency to become CEO at Goodwill of North Georgia. Parker has held his current position at MARTA […]
Texas short line railroad starts construction on new 9-mile segment NEWSWIRE
HONDO, Texas — A project that looks to build a new freight rail line west of San Antonio is moving forward with preliminary surveying and right-of-way work. The Southwest Gulf Railroad Co. recently announced it has started construction on its Medina Line, a proposed 9-mile rail line operating north from Dunlay. Crews are starting to […]
New model trains for the week of September 7, 2017
Broadway Limited Imports HO scale Electro-Motive Corp. EA, EB, E1A, and E1B diesel locomotives HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Corp. EA, EB, E1A, and E1B diesel locomotives. EA and EB: Alton (A unit), Baltimore & Ohio (powered A unit and unpowered B unit set; individual powered A and B unit), and Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (A […]
MTH O gauge BL2 diesel engine
O GAUGE BL2 DIESEL FROM MTH Price: $499.95 (no. 20-20697-1) Min Curve: O-31 Cmd Low: 2.8 smph Cnv Low: 3.0 smph High: 66.1 smph Drawbar pull: 1 lb., 7 oz. Features: Two can-style motors, ProtoSound 3.0 command and sound system, smoke unit, coil couplers Current-production road names: Boston & Maine, Chesapeake & Ohio, Chicago & […]
O gauge Pepsi bottling plant structure from Menards
O GAUGE PEPSI BOTTLING PLANT FROM MENARDS Price: $99.99 (no. 279-3860) Features: Exterior lighting, flashing Pepsi signage, red light on Pepsi can water tower, worker figures, decorated base. The no. 279-4062 power supply (sold separately) costs $9.99 plus shipping. Order at www.Menards.com and select free shipment to your local Menards. The credit for these giant […]
G&W partners on Alabama-Mexico car ferry service NEWSWIRE
Genesee & Wyoming and SEACOR have announced a joint venture to own and operate a rail ferry service, CG Railway, between the U.S. and Mexico. Business Wire via Genesee & Wyoming One of two 585-foot roll-on-roll-off rail ferries providing four-day CG Railway service between the ports of Mobile, Ala., and Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, in Mexico. Each […]
‘Selling Sunshine: The Florida Trains’ to premiere Oct. 13 in Winter Park NEWSWIRE
WINTER PARK, Fla. — A video production telling the story of Florida’s historic trains will premiere at Mead Botanical Garden in Winter Park at 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 13. The one-hour documentary, Selling Sunshine: Florida Trains, is produced by Rich Luckin of Luckin Productions in conjunction with Kalmbach Publishing’s Trains Magazine and Pete Hansen. The […]
Railroads still recovering from Hurricane Harvey NEWSWIRE
A BNSF Railway photo shows water rising above the rail on the Conroe Subdivision in Cleveland, Texas. Cleveland is approximately one hour north of Houston. BNSF Railway This BNSF-issued map illustrates the current state of its network in the Houston area as of Tuesday evening. BNSF Railway HOUSTON — Historic flooding from Hurricane Harvey is […]
UPDATE: Chicago bypass proposal halted by STB NEWSWIRE
A screenshot of a map of the proposed Great Lakes Basin Railroad that was intended to bypass Chicago congestion. The Surface Transportation Board rejected the parent company’s application on Aug. 31 as incomplete. Great Lakes Basin Transportation Co. WASHINGTON — In a unanimous decision today, the Surface Transportation Board rejected an application by the Great […]
Cargill to spend $18 million on rail-served grain storage facility in Nebraska NEWSWIRE
An eastbound Union Pacific-Ferromex grain train rolls through Gothenburg, Neb., in October 2016. Chase Gunnoe MINNEAPOLIS — Cargill is investing $18 million to expand a Union Pacific-served grain facility in Gibbon, Neb. The expansion will increase the facility’s capacity by an additional 2 million bushels of grain storage and increase its unload capacity of 65,000 […]
