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WASHINGTON — A major grain shipper opposes Canadian National’s effort to force Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern to divest the KCS line linking Springfield, Ill., and Kansas City. Earlier this year CN asked the Surface Transportation Board to condition approval of the CP-KCS merger on divestiture of KCS’s Springfield Line. CN promises to spend […]
53-foot FedEx intermodal containers Scale: N (1:160) Price: Two-pack, $33.95 Era: Present day Manufacturer: Jacksonville Terminal Co., jtcmodeltrains.com 53-foot FedEx intermodal containers features: Injection-molded plastic Prototype-specific door styles and placard holder location Inter-box connecting pins Magnetic connection system (three magnets on bottom and metal plate on top) 8-55-8 corrugation pattern Road names: FedEx MultiModal (blue, […]
NEW HAVEN, Ind. — The Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society has acquired two Pennsylvania Railroad passenger cars from the Washington, D.C., chapter of the National Railway Historical Society. The cars will be used to support the Indiana Rail Experience, a series of excursions with the society’s steam locomotive, Nickel Plate Road No. 765 [see “Indiana […]
CONCORD, Calif. — One passenger was taken to a hospital for treatment after the last two cars of a Bay Area Rapid Transit train derailed Tuesday afternoon. Extreme heat appears to have been responsible, a BART official said. The San Jose Mercury News reports the derailment occurred about 5:30 p.m., involving a train bound for […]
BOSTON — In the latest setback for its newest rapid-transit equipment, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority has pulled its new Orange and Red Line cars from service after what officials called a “battery failure” on one of the cars. Meanwhile, the agency — hit last week by a series of directives from the Federal Transit […]
WASHINGTON — Amtrak will add a second daily Northeast Regional departure from Roanoke, Va., as of July 11, creating a schedule with morning and afternoon trains in both directions between Roanoke, Washington, and other Northeast Corridor destinations. Trains will now depart Roanoke at 6:32 a.m. (arriving in Washington at 11:34 a.m.) and 4:30 p.m. (arriving […]
CHICAGO — Metra is bringing back special Saturday summer service it introduced on its Heritage Corridor route last year, offering residents to explore communities and recreational opportunities along the line which normally only sees weekday service. The “Rails, Trails, and Ales” excursions will operate on 10 consecutive Saturdays beginning July 2, with three round trips […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review a lower-court ruling striking down an Oklahoma law allowing railroads to be fined for blocking grade crossings longer than 10 minutes. The Oklahoman newspaper reports the court turned down without comment Oklahoma’s appeal of a decision by the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals which […]
WASHINGTON — Amtrak has taken the first step in the procurement process to replace Baltimore’s B&P Tunnel, issuing a Request for Letters of Interest for the new tunnel’s Southern Approach construction package. The $1 billion-plus Southern Approach package is the first of three major construction contracts for the project to replace the 1.4-mile tunnel dating […]
RailSmith Models 8-duplex-roomette, 6-roomette, 3-bedroom, 1-compartment lightweight sleeper Scale: N (1:160) Price: See individual passenger cars Era: 1947 to early 1970s (varies depending on paint scheme) Manufacturer: RailSmith Models, P.O. Box 188, Prineville, OR 97754, lowellsmith.net RailSmith Models 8-duplex-roomette, 6-roomette, 3-bedroom, 1-compartment lightweight sleeper features: Clear window glazing Injection-molded plastic body Metal wheels on plastic […]
The U.S. Class I railroads’ recurring crew shortages, related bouts of service problems, and a lack of meaningful volume growth are intertwined. You can lay the blame for all three problems at just one place: Wall Street. BNSF Railway, CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern, and Union Pacific are in the midst of the mother of all […]
Albert-Modell HO scale Moroccan ballast hopper Scale: HO (1:87.1) Price: $52.49 (may vary based on exchange rate) Era: 1990 to 2006 Manufacturer: Naumann Modelleisenbahnen, naumann-online.de Albert-Modell HO scale Moroccan ballast hopper features: Injection-molded plastic Metal wheels Modeler-installed European-style couplers NEM 362 coupler pockets 80 separate, factory-installed parts Available now Road name: Moroccan National Railways Office […]
