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We are excited to confirm that Kalmbach and Great American Train Shows are partnering to produce Trainfest 2022. The event is scheduled for November 12 & 13 at Wisconsin State Fair Park. Trainfest is America’s largest operating model railroad show with up to 200,000 sq. ft. of exhibit space and has featured up to 70 […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Southern presented a check for $504,530 to the American Red Cross on Monday in support of global Red Cross efforts to address the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine. KCS announced in March it would donate $500,000, as well as match employee donations to the American Red Cross for its response […]
ATLANTA — Norfolk Southern President Alan Shaw spent his first two days as CEO visiting railroaders across the system and vowing to restore service to normal levels. On Sunday, when he added chief executive to his title as president, Shaw headed to DeButts Yard in Chattanooga, Tenn., where he spent time in the main tower, […]
Scale: O (1:48) Price: $114.95 Era: Mid to late 1990s Manufacturer: Atlas Model Railroad Co., Inc., 378 Florence Ave., Hillside, NJ 07205, 908-687-0880, shop.atlasrr.com 40-foot rebuilt well car features: Die-cast metal body Trucks with rotating bearing caps Detailed brake rigging Etched-metal walkways Minimum radius: 36” Available fourth quarter 2022 Road Names: Northwestern Oklahoma RR (red, white, […]
Scale: N (1:160) Price: Five-pack, $174.99 Era: 1990s to 2000s (varies depending on paint scheme) Manufacturer: Athearn Trains, 2904 Research Rd., Champaign, IL 61822, 800-338-4639, athearn.com Johnstown America BethGon coal gondola features: Injection-molded plastic body Separate, factory-installed brake wheel Removable coal load Operates on Code 40, 55, and 80 rail Screw-mounted 100-ton roller bearing trucks 36” […]
Scale: HO (1:87.1) Price: $219.99 (direct current with 21-pin NEM connector), $319.99 (with dual-mode SoundTraxx Tsunami2 sound decoder). Add $10 for Primed for Grime models. Era: Late 1960s to 2019 (varies depending on paint scheme) Manufacturer: Athearn Trains, 2904 Research Rd., Champaign, IL 61822, 800-338-4639, athearn.com Electro-Motive Division SW1000 features: Injection-molded plastic body Separate, factory-installed wire […]
OMAHA, Neb. — BNSF Railway’s revenue and profits grew in the first quarter despite a decline in volume. The railway’s operating income rose 8%, to $2 billion, as revenue increased 10%, to $6 billion, thanks to higher revenue per carload and intermodal unit, the railroad’s parent company, Berkshire Hathaway, reported on Saturday. BNSF’s operating ratio […]
Norfolk Southern CEO Jim Squires retired over the weekend, passing the baton to new NS President Alan Shaw effective May 1. Squires, who became chief executive in 2015, had an eventful tenure at the helm. Under Squires’ watch, NS fended off unwanted merger advances from Canadian Pacific, pared its Triple Crown RoadRailer service amid the […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Nashville Steam has announced two major fundraising efforts for its campaign to return Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway 4-8-4 No. 576 to operating condition, one of which will honor late Trains Editor Jim Wrinn. Following a successful ten-week matching grant last year, the Nashville Steam has announced a second $100,000 matching […]
WINNIPEG, Manitoba — A track-repair error led to a rail-joint failure, causing a 2019 derailment of a Canadian National oil train, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada said in its summary of a report released Friday. The Feb. 16, 2019, accident near St-Lazare, Man., led to the derailment of 37 cars of a 110-car crude […]
BURLINGTON, N.D. — Fifteen cars of a BNSF Railway intermodal train derailed early Sunday near Burlington, with some cars catching fire, closing the railroad’s Glasgow Subdivision main line just west of Minot, N.D. KMOT-TV reports that while the derailment occurred about 1 a.m., as of 3:15 p.m., the fire was still burning because firefighters were […]
MONTICELLO, Ill. — The Monticello Railway Museum kicked off its opening weekend of 2022 operations using former Chicago & Illinois Midland Railroad RS1325 No. 31 as power for its passenger train. The museum acquired the RS1325, one of only two of the model built by Electro-Motive Division, in late 2020. New this year was the […]
