In the early 1950s, two E8s ease New York Central train 24, the Knickerbocker, out of St. Louis Union Station at the start of the train’s journey to New York. Wayne P. Ellis photo […]
NYC’s Knickerbocker departs St. Louis
Type of Train: Passenger/Transit
Amtrak to shift ‘Vermonter’ route Dec. 29 NEWSWIRE
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Amtrak will move its Vermonter service to the “Knowledge Corridor” in northern Massachusetts Dec. 29, 2014. The new route will feature stops in Greenfield and Northampton. The train will also add a stop in Holyoke later in 2015 when work is complete. The added stops due to the reroute will replace service […]
IC’s original Green Diamond
Illinois Central’s first streamliner, delivered in 1936, was the Green Diamond, a fully articulated aluminum train built by Pullman-Standard and powered by Electro-Motive with a Winton diesel engine. It is pictured at 47th Street, Chicago, near the end of its regular run from St. Louis. Philip Korst Jr. photo […]
Video: SoundTraxx SoundCar DCC sound decoder
The SoundTraxx Tsunami SoundCar is a Digital Command Control decoder that brings the sounds of the train beyond the locomotive to a model train layout. In this video, Model Railroader senior editor Dana Kawala gets a demo of the SoundCar with George Bogatiuk of SoundTraxx. Listen to various SoundCar installations in freight and passenger equipment […]
Video: SoundTraxx SoundCar DCC sound decoder
The SoundTraxx Tsunami SoundCar is a Digital Command Control decoder that brings the sounds of the train beyond the locomotive to a model train layout. In this video, Model Railroader senior editor Dana Kawala gets a demo of the SoundCar with George Bogatiuk of SoundTraxx. Listen to various SoundCar installations in freight and passenger equipment […]
Florida East Coast scheduled trains
Direction Southbound (read down) Train No. 101 107 109 111 121 123 335 Frequency Daily Daily Ex. Sun., Mon. Ex. Fri., Sat, Daily Ex. Sat. Ex. Sat., Sun. Type CSX, NS, Bowden intermodal (UPS), autos NS, Bowden intermodal (UPS), autos Empty rock, manifest Intermodal, manifest, autos CSX, NS, FEC intermodal, autos […]
Book Review: On Track: A Field Guide to San Francisco’s Historic Streetcars & Cable Cars
On Track: A Field Guide to San Francisco’s Historic Streetcars & Cable Cars By Rick Laubscher Heyday, P.O. Box 9145, Berkeley, CA 94709, 510-549-3564; 128 pages, color photos; softcover, 4.5 x 9 in.; $14.95 Only in San Francisco can you ride a fleet of historic PCC and cable cars through one of the world’s most […]
Detroit trolleys to be auctioned NEWSWIRE
DETROIT – Among hundreds of surplus vehicles to be auctioned by the city of Detroit in November are half a dozen narrow-gauge trolley cars. They are the remnants of an urban redevelopment plan that ran out of steam more than 10 years ago. The Detroit Citizens Railway has been dormant since mid-2003, its cars tucked […]
Iron Horse Engraving passenger cars
Kevin Strong 1:20.3 scale, East Broad Top Passenger Cars Iron Horse Engraving 207 Canterbury Dr State College PA 16803 Prices: $500 for 1; $475 each for 2; $450 each for 3 Website: www.ironhorseengraving.com 1:20.3 scale, gauge 1, laser-cut wood kits for baggage/express car, coach, and combine car that ran on the East Broad Top (and […]
The Gauge 1 Model Railway Co British passsenger cars
Marc Horovitz 1:32-scale British Mk. I coaches The Gauge 1 Model Railway Co. PO Box 509 Chatham, Kent ME5 7XE UK Available in the US from: Accucraft 33268 Central Ave. Union City CA 94587 Price: $1,276/four-car set Website: www.accucraft.com Gauge 1, 1:32 scale, British Mk. I coaches; plastic bodies; full interiors; Kadee couplers; sprung buffers; […]
Chicago’s new Englewood Flyover opens NEWSWIRE
A banner on the bridge marks the opening. Bob Johnston CHICAGO – The westbound Lake Shore Limited was just a little more than an hour late when it charged past the crowd of politicians and railroad officials lining up to cut the ribbon Thursday. The ceremony would officially open a $142 million grade separation of […]
‘Capitol Limited’ slimmed as Amtrak timekeeping improves NEWSWIRE
Running four hours late, the westbound ‘Capitol Limited’ passes Whiting, Ind., on Oct 2, 2014. Bob Johnston CHICAGO – The hours-long delays have begun to disappear not only from Norfolk Southern’s Chicago-Toledo segment of the Capitol Limited, but also on the Empire Builder route. The improvements follow an Oct. 6 letter from Surface Transportation Board […]
