Canadian Pacific plans expansion of St. Paul Yard NEWSWIRE

CP - Steve Glischinski

Steve Glischinski ST. PAUL, Minn. – While Canadian Pacific Railway has been “downsizing” several yards across its system since new management took over in 2012, the company is planning to expand its former Milwaukee Road yard in St. Paul. CP says it wants to extend five tracks at the east end of the yard by roughly […]

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Drew’s Trackside Adventures: Episode 12 – Alberta, Canada

A freight train follows the tracks along a rocky canyon bottom in British Columbia.

Follow MRVP’s Drew Halverson, Kent Johnson, and friends as they trace the Canadian Pacific main line into the heart of the Canadian Rockies. Along the way Drew and crew capture a variety of freight and passenger trains in action, railroad engineering at its finest, and astonishing natural settings that are ripe for modeling. […]

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Drew’s Trackside Adventures: Episode 12 – Alberta, Canada

A freight train follows the tracks along a rocky canyon bottom in British Columbia.

Follow MRVP’s Drew Halverson, Kent Johnson, and friends as they trace the Canadian Pacific main line into the heart of the Canadian Rockies. Along the way Drew and crew capture a variety of freight and passenger trains in action, railroad engineering at its finest, and astonishing natural settings that are ripe for modeling. […]

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Drew’s Trackside Adventures: Episode 11 – British Columbia, Canada

A freight train winds its way beneath cloudy skies on a causeway.

Drew goes west and heads north of the border to British Columbia, Canada, with MRVP’s Kent Johnson and pal Mike Danneman in tow. After following the BNSF main line in Idaho, the guys cross the border to railfan Canadian Pacific’s picturesque Winderemere subdivision. Along the way, Drew and the crew catch industrial switching action, hard-working […]

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Drew’s Trackside Adventures: Episode 11 – British Columbia, Canada

A freight train winds its way beneath cloudy skies on a causeway.

Drew goes west and heads north of the border to British Columbia, Canada, with MRVP’s Kent Johnson and pal Mike Danneman in tow. After following the BNSF main line in Idaho, the guys cross the border to railfan Canadian Pacific’s picturesque Winderemere subdivision. Along the way, Drew and the crew catch industrial switching action, hard-working […]

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First CP SD30C-ECOs shipped NEWSWIRE

CHICAGO – The first new EMD SD30C-ECO locomotives are en route to Canadian Pacific. Nos. 5003 and 5009 arrived in Chicago last night on Canadian National train M335. CN will deliver the locomotives to the Twin Cities for interchange to CP. CP has ordered 20 remanufactured locomotives from EMD, all of which are being constructed […]

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3D Track Plan: The HO scale Coloma Plan

HO scale Coloma Plan 3d track plan

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page 3D Track Plans take designs found in the pages of Model Railroader magazine and explores them in depth. This episode looks at Perry Amicangelo’s design for his HO scale Coloma, Wisconsin 9 x 13 foot layout. […]

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3D Track Plan: The HO scale Coloma Plan

HO scale Coloma Plan 3d track plan

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page 3D Track Plans take designs found in the pages of Model Railroader magazine and explores them in depth. This episode looks at Perry Amicangelo’s design for his HO scale Coloma, Wisconsin 9 x 13 foot layout. […]

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