From CTT’s editorial page to Collectible Classics, I’ve spouted on about how the world’s greatest hobby, model railroading, has and will continue to influence my life and leisure. Unfortunately, that influence hasn’t (yet) extended to my young son, Theo. Instead of toy trains, he’s currently consumed by all things LEGO – those interlocking plastic building […]
ROCKHILL FURNACE, Pa. – East Broad Top’s 1916 Baldwin 2-8-2 Mikado steam locomotive, under restoration for nearly three years, stretched its legs Thursday (Feb. 9) in preparation for the narrow gauge railroad’s annual Winter Spectacular railfan weekend. Expanded to a two-day event this year, it is scheduled for Feb. 18-19. The 81-ton engine has created […]
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — Trains are running again through East Palestine, Ohio, although the village’s mayor isn’t too pleased with the way operations resumed. WKYC-TV reports Norfolk Southern began operations on its main Cleveland-Pittsburgh line through East Palestine Wednesday evening, to the displeasure of Mayor Trent Conaway, who said he had been told trains would […]
SALEM, Va. — Norfolk Southern will pay a $27,300 fine for a coal spill into the Roanoke River resulting from a 2020 derailment, the Roanoke Times reports. The agreement between NS and the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality stems from an Oct. 30, 2020, derailment of 26 hopper cars that sent 12 cars into the […]
WASHINGTON — The Transportation Trades Department of the AFL-CIO, a coalition of 37 transportation-related unions including several related to railroading, is calling on the Federal Railroad Administration to require Class I railroads to participate in the Confidential Close Call Reporting System, a currently voluntary method of tracking and addressing near-accident situations. In a letter Thursday […]
RICHMOND HILL, Ontario — The Transportation Safety Board of Canada has raised questions about Ontario’s safety oversight of railways following release of its investigation report on a 2019 accident in which a GO Transit commuter train struck an adult and a child at a grade crossing in Kitchener, Ont. “This accident illustrates the critical and […]
CALGARY — Canadian Pacific announced Thursday it has reached a tentative contract agreement with United Steelworkers Local 1976, which represents approximately 550 administrative support and intermodal workers in Canada. Details will not be released until the contract is ratified, the railroad said. The Steelworkers said negotiations had been in progress since November. “This agreement makes […]
CHICAGO — Historic Pullman Foundation is gearing up for its second Pullman Railroad Days, set for May 20-21 at Pullman National Historical Park. It will be the first such celebration since Pullman gained National Historical Park status at the beginning of the year. As was the case last year, one facet of Railroad Days will […]
Plaid FX flexible acrylic paint. Last week my wife needed to make a stop by the local Hobby Lobby to get some supplies for her classroom. While my wife and daughter were busy shopping, my son and I walked through the rest of the store. I’m always on the lookout for potential modeling products, and […]
Founded in 1939, the Seashore Trolley Museum is touted as the world’s first and largest electric railway museum. Its national and international collection includes more than 250 transit vehicles, mostly streetcars, and virtually every major U.S. city that operated trolleys is represented. Much of this equipment is undercover in three exhibit car houses. Choices Included […]
The Cape Cod Central Railroad operates diesel-powered scenic excursions and meal trains, which include luncheon and Sunday brunch as well as dinner outings, on select dates from early May through mid-October. Trains run from Hyannis over the former Old Colony Railroad, which became part of the New York, New Haven & Hartford. Along the way, […]
The White Mountain Central Railroad is part of the popular family-owned Clark’s Trading Post amusement park deep in New Hampshire’s White Mountains. In operation since 1958, The White Mountain Central Railroad offers 30-minute excursions across the Pemigewasset River as part of your Admission Ticket. Your train ride takes you over a 1904 Howe truss-covered bridge […]
