THUNDER BAY, Ontario — Bombardier will lay off 550 workers from its Thunder Bay plant — half of the workforce — effective Nov.4, the company announced last week. A Bombardier spokesman said the layoffs reflect the “cyclical nature” of the railcar business and the completion of major contracts for Go Transit and the Toronto Transit […]
Fox Valley Models N scale Pullman-Standard coal gondola Price: Single car, $27.95; six-pack, $159.95 Manufacturer Fox Valley Models P.O. Box 1970 Des Plaines, IL 60017 www.foxvalleymodels.com Era: 1975 to present (as decorated) Road names: Burlington Northern (four six-packs), Cajon Electric Power (three six-packs), and Fayette Power (three six-packs and one single car) Comments: Modeling unit […]
HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Diesel SD70ACe diesel locomotive. Union Pacific (“Powered by our people” scheme). One road number. Light-emitting-diode headlights and front and rear ditch lights, removable cab roof secured with magnets, and commemorative box. Direct-current model with 21-pin NEM plug for Digital Command Control decoder, $249.98; with dual-mode SoundTraxx Tsunami2 sound decoder, $339.98. December […]
Although it has gone through some modifications and upgrades, coach car No. 292 maintains many of its original character-defining features. Thomas Scalf Railway Post Office car No. 65 undergoes restoration at Antonito, Colo. Thomas Scalf ANTONITO, Colo. — Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad and the Friends of the Cumbres & Toltec are renovating four historic […]
What better way to celebrate the festivities around the Fourth of July then by taking a look at a truly presidential locomotive? Members of the Model Railroader staff had a chance to take a close look at the new N scale Electro-Motive Diesel from Broadway Limited Imports. This new Paragon3 series model is decorated for […]
PHILADELPHIA — The delivery of 45 new Regional Rail cars for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority will be delayed into 2020. The agency’s board learned of the delay at its meeting last week. At the same meeting, it approved $34.2 million in contracts to build a new station in Ardmore, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. The […]
Rafael Santana, Wabtec President and CEO Wabtec/GE Transportation WILMERDING, Pa. — Wabtec Corp. today announced Rafael Santana will become president and CEO of the company, effective July 1. Santana, who will also become a Wabtec board member, will succeed Ray Betler, who will retire as a Wabtec executive and board member. Santana, 47, joined Wabtec […]
Atlas Model Railroad Co. HO scale Fairbanks-Morse H-15-44 and H-16-44 diesel locomotives HO scale locomotives Fairbanks-Morse H-15-44 and H-16-44 diesel locomotives. New paint schemes. H-15-44: Rock Island (red and silver). H-16-44: Central RR Co. of New Jersey (blue and yellow); New York Central (black and white with radio stencil); and New York, New Haven & […]
HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division F-series diesel locomotives. F3A and F3B: Missouri-Kansas-Texas (red and black) and St. Louis-San Francisco (black and yellow). F7A and F7B: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (cat whiskers scheme); Milwaukee Road (orange, maroon, and black); and Western Maryland (black and yellow). Prototype-specific details, factory-installed and painted wire grab irons, and body-mounted […]
Passenger cars at Williams, Ariz., from nearest, Utah, California, and Kansas. Alexander D. Mitchell IV WILLIAMS, Ariz. — In a sign that Amtrak’s recent changes to private car operation requirements may be having an effect on such cars’ operations and viability, three private cars that formerly served as Denver & Rio Grande Western business cars, […]
PITTSBURG, Calif. — Bombardier Transportation announced Friday it would open a new railcar assembly plant in Pittsburg, with new Bay Area Rapid Transit cars to be the first equipment built at the site. Assembly of equipment for the 775-car order is currently taking place at Bombardier’s plant in upstate New York, but will be transferred […]
HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Diesel SD70ACe diesel locomotive. Union Pacific (“Powered by our people” scheme). One road number. Light-emitting-diode headlights and front and rear ditch lights, removable cab roof secured with magnets, and commemorative box. Direct-current model with 21-pin NEM plug for Digital Command Control decoder, $249.98; with dual-mode SoundTraxx Tsunami2 sound decoder, $339.98. December […]
