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Model Rectifier Corp. Digital Command Control starter set For modelers interested in an easy way to try Digital Command Control (DCC) without committing to a full- featured system, Model Rectifier Corp. offers the Prodigy Explorer. This no-frills DCC system makes it easy to get a taste for DCC operation and decoder programming. Using other Prodigy […]
The new ‘Hi-Vis’ cab on a new locomotive. Motive Power & Equipment Solutions GREENVILLE, S.C. — Motive Power & Equipment Solutions Inc. has introduced its “Hi-Vis” locomotive cab. The cab is designed to deliver an unprecedented 360 degree view and improved safety in industrial operations, the company says. “We are always looking for ways to […]
Bachmann Industries HO sale Norfolk Southern fleet diesel locomotives It seems model railroaders can’t get enough of the Norfolk Southern heritage fleet. Dressed in the paint schemes of fallen flag railroads, newly tooled HO scale General Electric ES44AC and Electro-Motive Diesel SD70ACe locomotives are now available in the Bachmann Trains Sound Value series. The accurately […]
CAF USA BOSTON – CAF USA has been awarded a $118.1 million contract to build 24 “Type 9” Light Rail vehicles for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Green Line. The cars are needed for the Green Line Extension expected to open in 2019 to Cambridge, Somerville, and Medford. The new cars will include computer controlled […]
HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division FP7 diesel locomotive. New paint schemes: Atlantic Coast Line (black and yellow), Penn Central (black with red “P” on single unit, black with white “P” on two-packs), and Rock Island (maroon with yellow nose). Road-number-specific details, Blomberg B trucks, and etched-metal windshield wipers. Single FP7 (one road number): direct-current model, […]
SCRANTON, Pa. – The Anthracite Railroads Historical Society, which owns an A-B set of F3s painted in Lackawanna Railroad colors, is raising funds to restore F3B No. 664B to operation. The two units, plus F3A No. 664 owned by the Tri-State Railway Historical Society and also painted for the Lackawanna, made the trip to the […]
Paul Scoles’ Sn3 Pelican Bay & Navigation Co. was featured in Great Model Railroads 2010. Well-known model railroader Paul Scoles, of Shoreline, Wash., died May 9 from cardiac arrest after surgery. He was 71. Paul was a well-known Sn3 hobbyist who had written nearly 100 articles for various model railroad publications since the 1970s and […]
No. 390 leads a train in 2005. Tom Danneman LIVINGSTON, Mont. – Just 24 hours after two of the last EMD F45s were sold for scrap, a group of railfans is organizing a last minute effort to save one. Late Wednesday, Dynamic Rail Preservation launched a fundraising campaign to save Montana Rail Link No. 390, […]
Conrail-painted Norfolk Southern heritage unit No. 8098. Tom Danneman NEW YORK — Many never knew his name, but that didn’t change the mark he left on the rail industry. Literally. The designer of the famous Conrail “can opener” logo, Tony Palladino, has died at age 84, the New York Times reports. “People don’t want to […]
HERITAGE IN TWO SIZES: MTH Electric Trains’ salute to the Norfolk Southern Heritage paint schemes is well under way, with examples of several road names available in both the RailKing and Premier product lines. Shown on the left is the no. 30-20136-1 RailKing Illinois Terminal SD70ACe. On the right is the no. 20-20273-1 Premier Wabash […]
The LionChief Plus Canadian Pacific 4-6-2 Pacific steamer is a traditionally sized locomotive with a body style familiar to most O gaugers. The resemblance to a postwar classic is purely cosmetic, however, because this version has a full suite of modern operational features and the added flexibility of being able to operate in command or […]
When I was growing up, the face of the Florida East Coast Ry. was pretty much F units and rusty-around-the-louver GP7s and 9s. Then one momentous day I was at a grade crossing (probably going home from Ernie’s Hobby Shop in Melbourne, Fla.) and it happened: Wham! It was an FEC GP40 blazing down the […]
