B&O EA 51 is getting a cosmetic restoration at the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore. Wayne Laepple BALTIMORE, Md — An under-the-radar restoration project to cosmetically restore the first streamlined Electro-Motive diesel passenger locomotive is well under way at the B&O Railroad Museum. Built in 1937, B&O EA No. 51 was the first unit with […]
Norfolk Southern’s classic ABBA cab units pass through Harrisburg, Pa., in August 2012. Trains: Jim Wrinn ALTOONA, Pa. — Norfolk Southern’s fabulous four — the F-units that were rebuilt for executive train service in 2007 — are being renumbered. NS will drop the first digit from each unit’s road number to make way for General […]
Atlas Model Railroad Co. HO scale Alco Century 424 and 425 diesel locomotives HO scale locomotives Alco Century 424 and 425 diesel locomotives. New road numbers. C-424: Green Bay & Western (Phase I and II, two numbers each), Delaware-Lackawanna (Phase II, one number), Erie Lackawanna (Phase I, three numbers), and Minnesota Commercial (Phase II, three […]
Broadway Limited Imports N scale EMD F7 Electro-Motive Division’s F7, the most popular hood unit diesel ever made, is being offered in N scale with a little something extra – Broadway Limited Imports (BLI)’s Rolling Thunder. The subwoofer system turns the sounds generated by the model’s Paragon3 decoder into an earth-shaking experience. Broadway Limited’s N […]
HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division SD70ACe diesel locomotive. Union Pacific (George Bush 41 Presidential Library and Museum). One road number (2018 version with black radiator fan housings). Removable cab roof secured with magnets, light-emitting-diode headlights and ditch lights, and commemorative box. Direct-current model with 21-pin NEM plug for Digital Command Control decoder, $249.98; with dual-mode […]
No. 32A is westbound at Cleveland Avenue in St. Paul, Minn., with Chicago-Minneapolis train No. 55 on Sept. 25, 1966. Steve Glischinski collection MINNEAPOLIS – The nonprofit Friends of the 261 has reached an agreement with Watco Cos. and the Wisconsin & Southern Railroad to acquire former Milwaukee Road E9 No. 32A. The fully operable […]
BERLIN — Laurie Tolson sets out a compelling vision for the future of intermodal freight transportation. GE Transportation’s chief digital officer took time out of the biennial InnoTrans tradeshow in Berlin last September to describe software integrating and analysing data from multiple sensors on locomotives, trackside equipment, and even potentially dockside cranes at ports or […]
No. 405 shows off its new Hiawatha nose logo at Grayslake, a detail left out of the first publicity photos shared by Metra. Jimmy Solum GRAYSLAKE, Ill. – When Metra train No. 2119 arrived at Grayslake on Thursday afternoon, it brought a little bit of railroad history with it — in two ways. Most prominent […]
9010 receives its “new” used truck repatriated from France. Pictured, from left, are Rich Alexander, SP 9010 Lead Machinist Bill Stimmerman and Dennis Mann, all PLA volunteers. Robert Zenk Volunteer Rob Fern and SP 9010 Restoration Crew Chief Howard P. Wise look over some of their work. Robert Zenk The once and future 9010 looked […]
No. 405 makes it debut on Jan. 4. Metra CHICAGO – Chicago area commuter railroad Metra is expected release newly painted Milwaukee Road heritage unit No. 405 for revenue service on Thursday, a source close to the railroad tells Trains News Wire. The locomotive is tentatively assigned to Metra train No. 2119 departing Chicago at […]
Indiana Boxcar’s Olin Locomotive Works is nearing completion on a rebuild of former Louisville & Nashville Railroad SD40 No. 1245, built in 1970. The unit belongs to the Chesapeake & Indiana. Steve Smedley OLIN, Ind. — Olin Locomotive Works is close to completing the rebuild of one of three six-axle EMD’s purchased in a sealed […]
HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Diesel SD70AH diesel locomotive. Union Pacific. Two road numbers. Models based on Tier 4 credit units built in 2016. Features Positive Train Control antenna array, light-emitting-diode headlights and ditch lights, and late handrails. Direct-current model with 21-pin NEM plug for Digital Command Control decoder, $239.98; with dual-mode SoundTraxx Tsunami 2 sound […]
