NEWTON, N.J. — Jim Boyd, an influential railroad photographer, book author, and longtime editor of Railfan & Railroad magazine, died Dec. 31, 2010. Boyd was born in Dixon, Ill., in 1941, and grew up watching steam engines on the nearby Illinois Central. He attended the University of Illinois and the Layton School of Art in […]
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Märklin Trains exits bankruptcy
German model railroad manufacturer Märklin is putting insolvency behind it and moving forward with a restructuring plan approved by creditors in December. Under the plan, Märklin will pay 33 million euros ($43.6 million) to creditors immediately. According to German newspaper Hamburger Abendblatt, the secured creditors — banks including Kreissparkasse Göppingen, BW-Bank and Goldman Sachs — […]
News & Products for December 23, 2010
HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division GP39-2 diesel locomotive. New paint schemes: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (“Kodachrome” scheme); Boston & Maine (Guilford scheme); CSX; and Delaware & Hudson. Two road numbers each; also available undecorated. Five-pole skew-wound armature motor with flywheels, separately applied details, and Accumate magnetic knuckle couplers. $102.95 (undecorated, $97.95). May 2011. Ready-to-run. […]
CSX decommissions last of ex-Monon semaphore signals NEWSWIRE
CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind. — CSX has removed the last semaphore signals from service on its Monon Subdivision in northwestern Indiana. The line was one of the final bastions for the signals anywhere in the U.S. and Canada. The final “blade” to fall, located at milepost 147.1 at North Crawfordsville, came down Tuesday. CSX is replacing the […]
New Commonwealth Railway line set to open NEWSWIRE
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Double-stack trains will begin rolling next week on the Commonwealth Railway. The railroad, owned and operated by Genesee & Wyoming, had operated a line through urban neighborhoods in Portsmouth and Chesapeake, Va., which has 14 grade crossings. To replace the crossing-riddled line, a new route has been constructed that will enable double-stack […]
Fox Valley Models HO scale Hiawatha passenger train
Fox Valley Models HO scale Hiawatha passenger train It’s hard not to smile when watching this HO scale 1935 Hiawatha. The model is of a streamlined train that was an icon of railroading and the Art Deco age. In fact, models of the train have been offered almost as far back as the real train’s […]
Walthers HO scale Trinity 6,351- cubic-foot-capacity covered hopper
Walthers HO scale Trinity 6351- cubic-foot-capacity covered hopper Price: $34.98 ManufacturerWm. K. Walthers Inc.P.O. Box 3039Milwaukee, WI 53201www.walthers.com Era: 2001 to present Comments: An HO model of a TinityRail covered hopper is now available from Walthers. The prototype is a 6,351-cubic-foot car that Trinity debuted in 2001. The car is commonly used in the ethanol […]
Broadway Limited Imports 1941 Morning Daylight parlor-observation car
Broadway Limited Imports 1941 Morning Daylight parlor-observation car One of the most recognizable name passenger trains of the 20th century, the Southern Pacific RR’s Morning Daylight, gets the star treatment with Broadway Limited Imports’ HO scale 1941 Daylight parlor-observation car. The Daylight ran along the SP’s famed Coast Line between San Francisco and Los Angeles […]
Athearn Trains HO scale Electro-Motive SD70ACe diesel locomotive
Athearn Trains HO scale Electro-Motive SD70ACe diesel locomotive This HO scale SD70ACe has the fine detail of a museum-quality brass model. The plastic ready-to-run model features many roadname-specific detail parts. The Athearn Genesis SD70ACe is also available with a factory-installed SoundTraxx Tsunami Digital Command Control (DCC) decoder. To meet strict emissions standards imposed by the […]
Army-Navy game train ‘Liberty Limited’ returns to the rails NEWSWIRE
The Philadelphia-bound Liberty Limited passes Bowie, Md., with 19 cars enroute to the Army-Navy game. Alex Mayes WASHINGTON — Wounded veterans from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars rode a classic passenger train to the Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia Saturday. The “Liberty Limited” operated this year following a year off owing to a death in […]
Trinity Railway Express receives upgraded F59PHs NEWSWIRE
IRVING, Texas — The Trinity Railway Express fleet of F59PHs has begun returning to the Dallas-area commuter agency following upgrades at shops in Iowa and Pennsylvania. The units, jointly owned by Dallas Area Rapid Transit and the Fort Worth Transportation Authority, are being overhauled to meet Environmental Protection Agency Tier 2 standards. The entire seven-unit […]
Museum of Transportation unveils restored Missouri Pacific observation car NEWSWIRE
Missouri Pacific observation car No. 750. Museum of Transportation ST. LOUIS — The Museum of Transportation has unveiled its cosmetically restored Missouri Pacific observation car No. 750. Built in 1940 by American Car & Foundry, it was mainly used on MP’s Missouri River Eagle. The car boasted air conditioning, a public address system, private dining […]
