LOS ANGELES — The new owner of Washington state’s two Talgo Series VI trainsets says the equipment is available — but not for long. “It’s a sensitive matter for everyone involved, and it wasn’t supposed to turn into a spectacle,” Noah McCann of NSM Transportation Co. tells Trains News Wire. He adds, “If anyone is interested, they […]
Canadian Pacific won the Class I railroad operating ratio crown for 2020, the first year that three of the big seven systems reported operating ratios below 60%. CP’s operating ratio, the closely watched measure of railroad efficiency, improved 2.8 points compared to 2019. Following closely behind CP were Union Pacific, at 58.5%, and CSX Transportation, […]
Additional Monday morning rail news: Metrolink receives $13.6 million for grade crossing projects Metrolink has been awarded $13.6 million in Federal Highway Administration funds for grade crossing improvements along its Antelope Valley line in the cities of Lancaster and Palmdale, Calif. The commuter railroad will work with Union Pacific and the two cities to design […]
More Monday morning rail news: AAR launches push for government support with white paper on environmental benefits of rail, policy goals The Association of American Railroads is promoting the rail industry as a solution to climate change in proposals contained in a white paper released today, Bloomberg reports, hoping to find support with the Biden […]
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Northeastern railroads’ role in transporting flour will be commemorated as part of the reimagining of a former industrial section of Buffalo. Planners anticipate that residents and visitors in the city’s “Silo City” neighborhood will be able to see a locomotive and three railcars used in the movement of flour from Buffalo’s mills. […]
Monday morning rail news: Endangered-species listings force California high speed rail to revise environmental report Listing of the Southern California and Central Coast mountain line and monarch butterfly as candidates for endangered species lists have added to the complications faced by the California High-Speed Rail Authority in planning the Bakersfield-Palmdale section of its route. The […]
Large scale locomotives Track cleaning locomotive. Union Pacific. Model of track laying machine with two cleaning wheels. Wheelsets and cleaning wheels are each driven by ball bearing Bühler motor. Includes mfx/Digital Command Control decoder with light and sound functions. Cleaning function and running sounds will also work in analog operation. $709.99. Second quarter 2021. LGB […]
O scale details and accessories Electric substation. Factory-assembled and painted with control building and modeler-installed signs. Additional factory-applied details include insulators, cables, and circuit breaker. Measures 12-1/8” x 7-15/16” x 8-1/8”. $189.99. Woodland Scenics, 573-346-5555, woodlandscenics.com Books Heisler Locomotives Vol. 1: Geared & Fireless Locomotives. Reproductions of Catalog 123 (information on selecting an industrial locomotive […]
Product news Model railroad operators and builders can get the latest information about locomotives, freight cars, passenger cars, tools, track, and more by reading Model Railroader’s frequent product updates. Here are the products Model Railroader editors have news on for the week of March 4, 2021. HO scale locomotives General Electric Dash 9-44CW diesel locomotive. […]
The two remaining Amtrak Cascades Talgo Series 6 trainsets owned by the Washington State Department of Transportation, sidelined since the fatal December 2017 derailment of another one of the trainsets in DuPont, Wash., left storage in Washington today, en route to a scrap dealer in Southern California. WSDOT had removed the trainsets from service after […]
WASHINGTON — The Federal Railroad Administration has issued an emergency order requiring train crews to wear face masks, effective Monday, March 1. The order, to be published in Monday’s Federal Register, is to bring employees into compliance with an executive order requiring masks to be worn on trains and most other forms of transportation, as […]
OMAHA, Neb. — BNSF Railway’s revenue and profits fell in 2020 due to the pandemic-related declines in traffic volume, the railroad’s corporate parent, Berkshire Hathaway, reported on Saturday. Pre-tax earnings declined 6.3%, to $6.8 billion, as revenue fell 11.3%, to $20.2 billion. The railroad’s net income fell 5.8%, to $5.2 billion. BNSF’s operating ratio for […]
