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Davenport Locomotive Works, Vol. 1 from SilverLake Images LLC Price: $35 Publisher: SilverLake Images LLC, available from Ron’s Books, P.O. Box 714, Harrison, NY 10528; 914-967-7541; ronsbooks.com Davenport Locomotive Works, Vol. 1 features: Softcover 140 pages Includes reproductions of the following Davenport Locomotive Works catalogs: Davenport Locomotive Works Tenth Edition, Davenport Locomotive Works Catalog 24, Davenport […]
West Edge 3D assorted figures and details Scale: N (1:160) Price: Varies (see below) Manufacturer: West Edge 3D, 0412 574 151, westedge3d.com.au Assorted figures and details feature: Full-color, no painting required Printed in UV-cured color resin Release date: Now available Packs: Figures (mixed people, people waiting 1 and 2, summer figures, and young adults), $19.95 […]
Meet Randy Mower In a paragraph, how did you get started in the hobby? I started my garden railway 30 years ago after attending a National Garden Railway Convention in Washington D.C. My father lived in Chicago at the time and had a small LGB garden railway, so I was somewhat familiar with it, […]
Assorted figures and details from West Edge 3D Scale: O (1:48 and 1:43.5) Price: Varies (see below) Manufacturer: West Edge 3D, 0412 574 151, westedge3d.com.au Assorted figure and detail features: Full-color, no painting required Printed in UV-cured color resin Release date: Now available Packs: Figures (mixed people, people waiting 1 and 2, summer figures, and […]
NEW YORK — Canadian Pacific’s experimental hydrogen-powered locomotive made its maiden revenue run last month in Calgary, Alberta, taking the first step in determining whether the technology could one day replace diesel-electric locomotives. “I’ll tell you, the excitement around it, the potential of it, is real,” CEO Keith Creel told the RailTrends conference on Tuesday. […]
NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. – R.J. Corman Railroad Co., has reached an agreement to purchase a 43-mile branch line and lease another 20-mile branch in North Carolina from Norfolk Southern. This will be the 19th railroad operated by Corman. The sale is subject to customary regulatory approvals. The newly created Raleigh & Fayetteville Railroad, LLC (RFCC) […]
Assorted figures and details from West Edge 3D Scale: HO (1:87.1) Price: Varies (see below) Manufacturer: West Edge 3D, 0412 574 151, westedge3d.com.au Assorted figures and details feature: Full-color, no painting required Printed in UV-cured color resin Release date: Now available Packs: Figures (mixed people, people waiting 1 and 2, summer figures, and young adults), […]
MIAMI – The South Florida Regional Transportation Authority, which oversees commuter railroad Tri-Rail, has signed an agreement with Florida East Coast Railway and Brightline, that allows SFRTA personnel to begin training and testing on Brightline/FEC’s route into MiamiCentral Station. The agreement is part of ongoing negotiations to operate Tri-Rail trains on the eight-mile portion of […]
LA PLATA, Mo. – Officials from Amtrak and the La Plata-based American Passenger Rail Heritage Foundation marked the completion of a $6 million upgrade of the former Santa Fe La Plata station with a ribbon cutting ceremony Nov. 12. The station is served by Amtrak trains Nos. 3 and 4, the Southwest Chief. APRHF is […]
FORT WORTH, Texas – Union Pacific’s Tower 55 in Forth Worth, which once controlled the busiest railroad junction in Texas, is being demolished this week. Demolition work began Nov. 14. Originally a wood structure, it was replaced by a three-story brick structure in the 1930s. As railroads expanded in Texas, several railroads reached Forth Worth. […]
St. Louis Car Co. City Cars from SilverLake Images LLC Price: $35 Publisher: SilverLake Images LLC, available from Ron’s Books, P.O. Box 714, Harrison, NY 10528; 914-967-7541; ronsbooks.com St. Louis Car Company city cars feature: Softcover, 57 pages Reproduction of the St. Louis Car Co. catalog 105 (City Cars) from January 1927 Features a look at […]
FORT WORTH, Texas – BNSF Railway has given four new locations its Certified Sites designation, clearing the way for rail-served development along its network. The new sites, which are ready for development, are located in Kansas, Nebraska, Washington, and Wyoming. The include Dodge City Business Park in Dodge City, Kan.; Seward/Lincon Regional Rail Campus in […]
