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Electro-Motive Division F40PHM-2 diesel locomotive from Rapido Trains

By | October 25, 2022
Drawing of diesel passenger locomotive in different paint schemes

Electro-Motive Division F40PHM-2 diesel locomotive Scale: HO (1:87.1) Price: Direct-current model, $239.95; with dual-mode ESU LokSound V5 sound decoder, $349.95 Era: 1991 to present (varies depending on scheme) Manufacturer: Rapido Trains Inc., 500 Alden Road, Unit 21, Markham, Ontario L3R 5H5 Canada; 905-474-3314; rapidotrains.com Electro-Motive Division F40PHM-2 diesel locomotive features: Dual rooftop air conditioners Separate underbody piping, conduit, and wire […]

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Officials are out in force for CREATE’s latest groundbreaking

By David Lassen | October 25, 2022
Eight people with shovels digging into box of dirt

CHICAGO — To weigh the significance of Tuesday’s groundbreaking for part of CREATE’s latest infrastructure project, consider the adage that “success has many fathers, but defeat is an orphan.” Then consider the 13 speakers and many other representatives from federal, state, county, and local government that were part of the ceremony for the Forest Hill […]

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Kansas City Southern to hold Laredo bridge groundbreaking ceremony

By | October 25, 2022
Illustration of trains meeting on parallel bridges

LAREDO, Texas — Kansas City Southern will hold a groundbreaking ceremony on Monday for the second span the railway is building over the Rio Grande at Laredo. The current International Railway Bridge linking Laredo with Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, is the busiest railroad freight gateway in North America. The U.S. ceremony will take place just south […]

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Eastern Maine Railway to acquire former Central Maine & Quebec branch from Canadian Pacific

By | October 25, 2022

WASHINGTON – Short line Eastern Maine Railway next month will acquire 45 miles of track in the Pine Tree State from Canadian Pacific’s Central Maine & Quebec subsidiary. Eastern Maine Railway, owned by the New Brunswick-based J.D. Irving Ltd., will gain 36.57 miles of main line along with nine miles of branch line trackage in […]

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Patriot Rail names new chief operating officer

By | October 25, 2022
patriotraillogo

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Shortline holding company Patriot Rail has named Jerry Hall as its chief operating officer, the company announced Monday. Hall brings over three decades of rail industry experience to the Patriot team, most recently as vice president of transportation at Norfolk Southern. Hall now leads Patriot Rail’s operations nationwide, with responsibility for safety, […]

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Union Pacific: Video of KCS train misled federal regulators about Houston terminal

By Bill Stephens | October 25, 2022

WASHINGTON — Union Pacific has taken issue with a video that Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern showed federal regulators of a KCS grain train “breezing through Houston.” The railroads played the video, shot from the lead locomotive, for the Surface Transportation Board on the sixth day of their merger hearings earlier this month. CP […]

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Top Point white cedar

By Nancy Norris | October 25, 2022
two trees on a garden railroad

Top Point white cedar tree Common name: Top Point white cedar Latin name: Chamaecyparis thyoides ‘Top Point’ Plant type: dwarf conifer Plant size: 4-5′ at maturity USDA Hardiness Zones: 3-9 Cultural needs: Moist or average, slightly acidic soil; full sun Classics among railway forest trees are the many, dwarf varieties of Chamaecyparis thyoides, the native […]

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Sartrouville’s Pavilion announced by Minifer

By | October 25, 2022
Model of Sartrouville’s Pavilion

Sartrouville’s Pavilion Scale: HO (1:87.1) Price: $61 (price may vary based on exchange rate) Era: 1936+ Manufacturer: Minifer, 25 Bis Chemin du Roy, 41150 Veuzain Sur Loire, France; minifer.fr/en/ Sartrouville’s house features: Laser-cut cardboard kit Painted cardboard slate roof PDF color instructions Measures 3.93” x 4.13” x 4.72” Release date: Available now News & Products is […]

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News photos: Arrow service begins in Southern California

By | October 25, 2022
Blue and white train at station

REDLANDS, Calif. — The San Bernardino County Transportation Authority and Metrolink launched their Arrow commuter rail service on Monday, a 9-mile route between Redlands and San Bernardino served by Stadler FLIRT diesel multiple-unit trainsets. The route adds four stations to a line connecting to the San Bernardino-Downtown station, where passengers can connect to Metrolink trains […]

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British government seeks to restrict impact of rail strikes

By Keith Fender | October 25, 2022
British train stops next to worker at tower

LONDON — The British government announced plans in October to introduce a new law to restrict the impact of rail strikes — the Transport Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill — and it is now on the list of bills being worked on by the British Parliament. The law is intended to ensure that even during […]

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BNSF sues airline over use of ‘Northern Pacific’

By | October 25, 2022
Logo of Northern Pacific Airways

  FORT WORTH, Texas — BNSF Railway has filed suit over a start-up airline’s effort to use the name “Northern Pacific.” In a paywalled article, Bloomberg Law reports BNSF has filed suit in federal court for the Northern District of Texas against FLOAT Alaska, which is working to launch Northern Pacific Airways, a low-cost airline […]

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New York set to order 640 new subway cars

By | October 25, 2022
Side view of silver subway car with blue striping

NEW YORK — A committee of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority board has approved an order of 640 new subway cars, a prelude to consideration of the order by the full MTA board on Wednesday, Oct. 26. The New York City Transit Committee approved the order of the R211 subway cars, an addition to an initial […]

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