In the December 2014 Model Railroader, Seth Neumann and Chris Drone wrote an article about using radio-frequency identification (RFID) and a computer to track rolling stock and new possibilities for operation. Prototype railroads have been using scanning technology since the late 1960s. Automatic Car Identification (ACI) used an optical reader and a color-coded plate to […]
Pacific 2119 leads Northern Pacific train 288 east in Silver Bow Canyon, a dozen miles west of Butte, Mont., in the late 1940s. Linn H. Westcott photo […]
A westbound trackage rights train is seen at Otis, Ind., in March 2014 with Canadian Pacific and CSX Transportation power. Bruce Stahl Procter & Gamble agrees to buy Gillette. Kmart takes over Sears. Federated Department Stores gobbles up rival May. Mergers filled the business news in 2004 and early 2005, and experts predict the trend […]
An early rendering of a bridge on the proposed line. Utah Department of Transportation An early rendering of a yard on the proposed line. Utah Department of Transportation SALT LAKE CITY – New oil development in eastern Utah could spur the largest railroad-building project in a generation. The Utah Department of Transportation is looking at […]
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Norfolk Southern train 11V passes Highland Cut, Pa., on Jan. 18, 2014. Photo by Cynthia Luther […]
CSX train Q389 crests “Hicksville Hill” near the Ohio-Indiana line on Track 2 as an empty BNSF-powered coal train waits for a crew on Track 1 in March 2014. The bridge has since been removed. Photo by Joe Kohnen […]
CSX train Q243 rounds a curve north of Campbellsburg, Ky., on CSX’s LCL Subdivision on March 13, 2014. Photo by Jeff Wagoner […]
A westbound Union Pacific freight crosses the Burnt River near Weatherby, Ore., in June 2010. The train is headed for Baker City. Photo by Kevin Dellinger […]
Canadian Pacific train No. 810, with some borrowed power, makes its run for Wisconsin as the sun settles behind the bluffs along the Mississippi River in southeast Minnesota on Jan. 5, 2014. Photo by Matt Krause […]
A BNSF loaded coal train approaches the Evans Avenue overpass in Denver, Colo., as two empty hopper trains wait to make their way north on Feb. 8, 2014. Photo by Michael S. Murray […]
