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Parallel Systems demonstrates autonomous freight car system in Australia

By | December 7, 2023

Parallel Systems, the Los Angeles-based startup that’s developing an autonomous, battery-electric, self-propelled intermodal freight car system, today demonstrated a prototype it developed for Australian railroad operator Arc Infrastructure. Arc, which manages and operates 3,400 miles of railroad in southwestern Australia, conducted the demonstration at its Kenwick Rail Freight Facility for government and industry officials, the […]

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How to price and sell your large scale collection

By Kevin Strong | December 3, 2023
model flatcar with $40 cash on top; model boxcar behind it with price tag

“How much is this worth?” is a simple enough question. I wish it had an easy answer. There is no Kelley Blue Book value for large scale trains like there is for vehicles. There are also variables that will affect the value: condition, modifications to the model, and your motivations for selling. First, you need […]

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12 train sets for the holidays

By Cody Grivno | November 26, 2023
Color photo of HO scale train set box with painted box art and display windows for models.

If you’ve read Model Railroader magazine for any length of time, you’ve probably noticed the hobby journey for many of our authors started with a train set. For baby boomers, born between 1946 and 1964, the set was often produced by Lionel or American Flyer. Fast forward a generation or two, and those sets were […]

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CSX Santa Train photo gallery

By Steve Smedley | November 23, 2023
close up view of blue santa train car

CSX Santa Train The CSX Santa Train, enjoying new life after a two-year hiatus during the COVID-19 pandemic, again delighted children and adults along its 110-mile former Clinchfield Railroad route between Shelby, Ky., and Kingsport, Tenn. This year’s train featured a new “Santa Car” rebuilt from a former Pan Am Railways office car, as well […]

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Norfolk Southern to install more than a dozen high-tech train inspection portals by end of 2024

By | October 31, 2023

ATLANTA — Norfolk Southern will install more than a dozen digital train inspection portals across its network by the end of 2024 as part of its drive to improve safety. The first portal – developed by NS and the Georgia Tech Research Institution – was activated Sept. 25 on the Fort Wayne Line in Leetonia, […]

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Atlas railcar designed for spent nuclear fuel completes 1,680-mile test run

By | September 22, 2023
Group shot in front of specially designed railcar.

Atlas railcar PUEBLO, Colo. — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced the successful completion of a 1,680-mile round trip as part of the final testing for its Atlas railcar. A Sept. 21, 2023 press release said the 12-axle equipment — designed to transport large containers of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste […]

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Parallel Systems unveils its second-generation prototype autonomous battery-electric railcar

By Bill Stephens | September 12, 2023

LOS ANGELES – Parallel Systems today introduced its second generation battery-electric autonomous container car system, which the company hopes will see pilot testing on Genesee & Wyoming short lines in Georgia as well as with international customers. Parallel says the new prototype is undergoing testing to verify the system’s ability to operate on the conventional […]

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Details emerge of Genesee & Wyoming plans for first test of autonomous container equipment

By Bill Stephens | September 8, 2023
Genesee & Wyoming plans for first test of autonomous container equipment. Container moving independently on railroad track

WASHINGTON – A pair of Genesee & Wyoming short lines have detailed their plans to test Parallel Systems’ autonomous, battery-electric intermodal cars in an application filed with the Federal Railroad Administration. Last month G&W and Parallel announced that they were seeking FRA permission to conduct the tests next year on the Heart of Georgia Railroad […]

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Hoosier Valley’s Electro-Motive Division BL2 No. 52

By Steve Smedley | September 3, 2023

Electro-Motive Division BL2 No. 52 On a picture perfect Saturday Sept. 2, 2023, the Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum’s refurbished Electro-Motive Division BL2 No. 52, made three round-trip runs from North Judson to English Lake, Ind. The museum’s mechanical department, led by Mechanic Travis Hunt, has worked on returning the locomotive to service for over two […]

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