One of TTX’s new Dynastack well cars sits outside the Alabama plant. Chris Guss CHICAGO – FreightCar America has landed its first order for its Dynastack five-unit intermodal car. The order is for 50 five-unit, 40-foot well cars for delivery to TTX beginning in early 2014. The cars feature a lower tare weight than traditional […]
No. 1009 Norfolk Southern CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – Norfolk Southern has completed the cosmetic restoration of the Virginia Museum of Transportation’s Wabash E8 No. 1009. The unit was the 10,000th diesel locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division, commemorated on June 14, 1951, at its La Grange, Ill., facility. The locomotive saw service pulling streamliners such […]
Model Rectifier Corp. Tech7 Ampac 760 power pack Price: $99.98 Manufacturer Model Rectifier Corp. 80 Newfield Ave. Edison, NJ 08837 www.modelrectifier.com Comments: Model Rectifier Corp. has launched its latest set of direct-current power packs, the Tech7 line. The Ampac 760 includes built-in momentum and enough power to run even large scale locomotives. One of the […]
Broadway Limited Imports LLC HO scale PRR K4s steam locomotive With smoke puffing in synch to the exhaust sounds and motion of the drivers, this accurately detailed K4s from Broadway Limited Imports captures the sights and sounds of one of America’s best-known steam locomotives. Model Railroader reviewed the first release of BLI’s K4s in the […]
Exact Rail HO scale HO scale CoilSHIELD car A ready-to-run plastic model of the unique Conrail CoilSHIELD car is available for the first time in HO scale. The ExactRail car is a dimensionally accurate model of a steel industry workhorse. The prototype. Conrail hauls large quantities of coil steel for its on-line steelmakers. Much of […]
No. 3105, a boxcar, and a caboose are placed at the Rail Giants museum in Pomona. UP gave the equipment to the museum as part of the deal to reacquire 4-8-8-4 Big Boy No. 4014. Bob Miller POMONA, Calif. — Workers placed Union Pacific SD40-2 No. 3105 and two pieces of rolling stock at the […]
Marc Horovitz Large scale, gauge-1 tram engine Bachmann 1400 East Erie Avenue Philadelphia PA 19124 Price: $295 Website: www.bachmanntrains.com Large scale, gauge 1 model of Toby the Tram (#91405) from the Thomas the Tank Engine range; 0-6-0 wheel arrangement; all wheels flanged; power pickup from all wheels; moving eyes on the face at one end; […]
TrainPro Manufacturing Co. analog rivet counting tool Price: $19.99 (special finish $29.99) Manufacturer TrainPro Manufacturing Co. 1027 Commerce St. Green River, UT 84525 www.TrainProRivet.com Comments: For exacting model railroaders, TrainPro Manufacturing Co. has come up with the perfect tool: the TrainPro Rivet Counter. This tool is easy to use and requires no special instructions or […]
Broadway Limited Imports upgraded its HO scale Pennsylvania RR K4s with its Paragon2 Digital Command Control sound decoder and electronics. The model also features lighting effects and puffing smoke. Watch the HO scale steam locomotive as it hauls a PRR passenger consist around the Model Railroader staff’s club layout, the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy. […]
GP38-3 No. 2000 and GP40-3 No. 6500 lead a coal train after release from the Huntington shop earlier this month. Chase Gunnoe HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — CSX has released the first rebuilt GP38-3 and GP40-3 locomotives constructed at its Huntington locomotive shop. The four-axle locomotives, similar to the Huntington-designed SD40-3 project, include upgraded cabs, electronic handbrakes, […]
WASHINGTON – The federal government is offering surplus locomotives and passenger cars for sale though a bidding process at its at its website for disposing of surplus property. Included in the sale are Baldwin and GE locomotives located at Hill Air Force Base near Ogden, Utah, which closed its base railway in May 2011. Bidding […]
Walthers HO scale SW1 diesel locomotive After a lengthy hiatus, the HO scale Electro-Motive Division SW1 has returned to the Walthers product lineup. The WalthersMainline model features upgrades from the original 1993 version, including a new drive mechanism with 14:1 helical-cut gears, factory-installed plastic and wire handrails, and an eight-pin plug for a Digital Command […]
