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Walthers Mainline HO scale F40PH diesel locomotive
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 […]
Athearn HO scale SD70M diesel locomotive
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 […]
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? […]
Quick Look: Wuiske Models HO scale Queensland Rys. 1550 class diesel
Wuiske Models HO scale Queensland Rys. 1550 class diesel Price: $295 (Australian) for HO or HOn3 version Manufacturer Wuiske Models PO Box 131 Jandowae, QLD Australia 4410 www.wuiskemodels.com Era: early 1970s to 2000s Comments: A freight locomotive that served on Australia’s Queensland Rys. is available from Wuiske Models in HO scale standard gauge and HOn3 […]
BNSF Logistics arm touts Schnabel car service NEWSWIRE
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 […]
Cargo theft looms as railroad problem NEWSWIRE
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 […]
CSX-NS trade locos headed to Idaho NEWSWIRE
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 […]
BNSF receives first rebuilt locomotives from GE, EMD NEWSWIRE
FORT WORTH, Texas — BNSF Railway has received the first overhauled locomotives from new rebuild programs at GE Transportation and EMD within the last two weeks. Each program is unique, with both designed to improve the reliability of the locomotives while standardizing much of the mechanical equipment inside. BNSF will overhaul 12 SD70MACs and 20 […]
Seaboard Coast Line SD45 being restored for museum NEWSWIRE
Former Seaboard Coast Line SD45 No. 2024 as it appeared on Sept. 4. The locomotive is being restored for service in Tennessee. Southern Appalachia Railway Museum OAK RIDGE, Tenn. – The Southern Appalachia Railway Museum has acquired former Seaboard Coast Line SD45 No. 2024. Built in September 1971 by EMD, it is operational and includes […]
New model trains for the week of September 10, 2015
HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division SD45-2 diesel locomotives. Arizona & California (two road numbers); Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; Conrail (Quality scheme); Maine Central (Pan Am Rys. scheme, three numbers); Montana Rail Link (two numbers); and Trona Ry. (three numbers). Road-number-specific details, RP-25 contour metal wheels, and McHenry scale couplers. Direct-current model with Quick Plug […]
CSX debuts C&O heritage logo NEWSWIRE
CSX Transportation’s latest heritage logo features a reprise of the Chesapeake & Ohio on engine No. 7376, a GE CW40-8. Allan Williams, Jr. WAYCROSS, Ga. – CSX Transportation has unveiled its latest predecessor railroad emblem on a recent repaint at its Waycross, Ga., Locomotive Shops. CSX GE CW40-8 No. 7376 emerged from Waycross late last […]
