BALTIMORE — CSX Corp. has announced a $5 million gift to the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum, which will go toward the museum’s $30 million capital campaign as it prepares for the bicentennial of the B&O in 2027. The donation will be used to build the CSX Bicentennial Garden, an amphitheater and multiuse space that […]
N scale decoder woes: This month I’m going to vent about a round of recent frustrations dealing with N scale Digital Command Control (DCC) decoder installations. The villain of the story will be the Internet, but in an unexpected twist of plot, that same villain shall emerge as the hero. The moral is that the […]
Q: I would like some advice on cleaning an airbrush while weathering. I use an older Paasche airbrush to weather my N scale rolling stock. Since N scale models take very little paint, the painting process usually only takes a few seconds to a minute per color. But cleaning the tip, the air point, and […]
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. — Operating plans for Amtrak’s Pacific Surfliner have been updated to reflect the ongoing service disruption from debris at the site of an earlier landslide in San Clemente. A new schedule, for service through Sunday, June 11, is now available here. It includes cancellation of four trains, four trains that originate or […]
BOULDER CITY, Nev. — The Nevada State Railroad Museum in Boulder City will receive more than $23 million to build a new visitor’s center as part of a capital bill passed this week by the state legislature. Assembly Bill 1, passed Tuesday in a special legislative session, includes almost $2 billion for capital projects ranging […]
The Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum operates its Hoosac Valley Train Ride between Adams and North Adams, a distance of approximately 5 miles, on a state-owned one-time New York Central branch. The Lenox Station Museum and rolling stock collection are located in Lenox, approximately 25 miles south of Adams. Choices Berkshire Scenic operates Memorial Day weekend, […]
Summer has arrived, and so has the busy season for museums and tourist railroads! Mainline steam excursions were once a flourishing tradition around this time. While this summer’s schedule is relatively slim, there are still opportunities to experience Big Steam in summer 2023. Here are eight mainline steam locomotives for you to check out. Grand […]
The Conway Scenic Railroad offers a variety of old-fashioned railroad trips that depart from a restored 1874 Victorian train station located in the New England village of North Conway. Many trains feature diesel locomotives pulling 1950s-era streamlined passenger cars, while others have open-window coaches that are pulled by a historic steam or diesel locomotive. Choices […]
SCRANTON, Pa. — The Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad will reduce trip times and restore capacity on two key routes as part of its 2023 capital program, the railroad has announced. The projects will focus on lines owned by the Pennsylvania Northeast Regional Railroad Authority and operated by Delaware-Lackawanna, part of the Genesee Valley Transportation rail network. Work […]
OTTAWA, Ontario — A Canadian judge has found CPKC to be in contempt of court for forcing train crews to work excessive hours in violation of a court order. The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference announced the Wednesday ruling by Judge Ann Marie McDonald on its website. The union had filed a contempt motion with the […]
MALONE, Wash. — Arson is now suspected in a fire that damaged a wood trestle on the Puget Sound & Pacific Railroad last weekend, KLFD Radio reports. The Grays Harbor Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a fire on the trestle on Saturday, June 3, near Malone, an unincorporated community about 20 miles east […]
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum has been fined $12,000 for safety violations that led to the death of long-time staff member George Walker in January, the Chattanooga Times Free Press reports. Walker, the museum’s general manager, had been with the museum for nearly 30 years. He died Jan. 4 in what the […]
