Though its history is tied to track, the product line for Atlas Model Railroad Co. has grown and diversified from Z to O scale. General Manager Matt Moceikis and Sale Manager Ross Medine joined Model Railroader and Classic Toy Trains editors Eric White and Rene Schweitzer to discuss what’s in store for the future of […]
Delivery robot vs Brightline 🚆 🎥: trainwithgui/IG pic.twitter.com/psQvZqztlr — Joel Franco (@OfficialJoelF) January 16, 2026 WASHINGTON — When a video went viral recently of a food-delivery robot being crushed by a Brightline train at a Miami grade crossing, most people viewed it as a source of one-liners. (“Looks like they ordered a smashburger,” one commenter […]
MONTREAL — Stacy Alderson, Canadian National’s assistant vice president, investor relations, will retire in May, CEO Tracy Robinson announced today (Jan. 30) at the end of the company’s quarterly earnings call. Alderson will be succeeded by Jamie Lockwood, appointed as vice president, investor relations and special projects. Robinson said Alderson has “had an exceptional 30-year […]
Set in Southern California, my HO scale layout includes a Southern Pacific train order office surrounded by a desert scene. Although this arid landscape has sparse vegetation, my scene needed two prominent desert plants – palm trees and cacti – to look complete. I found good artificial palm trees, but commercially available artificial cacti didn’t […]
MONTREAL — Canadian National showed gains in traffic, revenue, and operating income in the fourth quarter of 2025, the company announced today (Jan. 30). Financial results (all converted to U.S. dollars) showed revenues of $3.3 billion, a gain of 2% over the same quarter in 2024. Operating income was $1.28 billion, up 6%, with adjusted […]
DALLAS — David Ivan has been named president and CEO of BNSF Logistics, a third-party logistics firm and subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway’s Burlington Northern Santa Fe, LLC. The company announced the move, effective immediately, on Thursday, Jan. 29. Ivan has more than 25 years of experience in leading complex, multi-site operations in manufacturing, logistics, and […]
PORT JERVIS, N.Y. — The City of Port Jervis has initiated conversations with TOYX regarding a direct lease of the former Erie Railroad turntable site near downtown, according to a statement posted on the TOYX Facebook page. In December 2025, the city terminated the TOYX lease agreement instructing the nonprofit group to vacate the 8.67-acre […]
GEORGIANA, Ala. — Revenue freight is once again moving on a short line in southern Alabama. The Pinsly Railroad Co.’s Georgiana & Andalusia Railroad recently restored freight service on the 36-mile rail line between the CSX interchange at Georgiana and Andalusia, Ala. The first railcars in more than a year were delivered on Jan. 20, […]
CALGARY, Alberta — Canadian Pacific Kansas City on Wednesday reported higher fourth-quarter profits despite flat volume. “Our story is about continuing to do what we do best: Controlling what we can control, and executing our PSR model, which remains key to setting CPKC apart and allows us to shine in times of uncertainty,” CEO Keith […]
MEXICO CITY — The train involved in a fatal derailment in Mexico on Dec. 28 was traveling at excessive speed, the federal Attorney General’s Office said Tuesday (Jan. 27) in its initial report on the accident that killed 14 passengers. The Interoceanic Train was traveling at 65 kilometers per hour (40 mph), 15 kph (9.3 […]
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth and U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley (both D-Ill.) on Wednesday introduced legislation to create a $1.5 billion grant program to fund bridge repair, maintenance, and replacement on commuter rail lines. The Building Rail Infrastructure for a Durable and Growing Economy (BRIDGE) Act would use funds from the Mass Transit Account […]
TROY, Mich. — Michigan State University’s Eli Broad College of Business will host “Rails to the Future: 200 Year of Progress, Building What’s Next,” a conference featuring key rail industry officials May 11-13 at the MSU Management Education Center in Troy. Keynote speakers will include Federal Railroad Adminstration Administrator David Fink; Surface Transportation Board […]
