One of UP’s eight Arrowedge experimental containers rests near the tracks on Milwaukee’s South Side after striking an overpass on Monday morning. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / Mike De Sisti MILWAUKEE — Union Pacific is investigating how one of its eight experimental “Arrowedge” containers ended up striking three bridges in Wisconsin before falling off the train. […]
1930s-era freight cars and locomotive on Model Railroader‘s Rice Harbor project layout. Accurail No. 2500 series Norfolk & Western USRA twin hoppers (2) No. 4111 Virginian 40-foot outside braced-boxcar with wood doors and wood ends No. 4311 New York Central 40-foot outside-braced boxcar with wood doors and metal ends No. 43041 Pennsylvania 40-foot outside-braced boxcar […]
Bluford Shops HO scale modern caboose Price: $49.95 Manufacturer: Bluford Shops P.O. Box 152 Bluford, IL 62814 www.bluford-shops.com Era: 1978 to present Road names: Missouri Pacific (red or MOW green), Family Lines (Louisville & Nashville, Clinchfield, Seaboard, or Indiana RR), Union Pacific, and Southern Pacific Comments: A modern road caboose is the latest ready-to-run HO […]
One of TTX’s new Dynastack well cars sits outside the Alabama plant. Chris Guss CHICAGO – FreightCar America has landed its first order for its Dynastack five-unit intermodal car. The order is for 50 five-unit, 40-foot well cars for delivery to TTX beginning in early 2014. The cars feature a lower tare weight than traditional […]
Exact Rail HO scale HO scale CoilSHIELD car A ready-to-run plastic model of the unique Conrail CoilSHIELD car is available for the first time in HO scale. The ExactRail car is a dimensionally accurate model of a steel industry workhorse. The prototype. Conrail hauls large quantities of coil steel for its on-line steelmakers. Much of […]
WASHINGTON – The federal government is offering surplus locomotives and passenger cars for sale though a bidding process at its at its website for disposing of surplus property. Included in the sale are Baldwin and GE locomotives located at Hill Air Force Base near Ogden, Utah, which closed its base railway in May 2011. Bidding […]
ExactRail HO scale TrentonWorks 67′-11″ bulkhead flatcar Price: $38.95 Manufacturer ExactRail 251 W. River Park Dr., Ste. 300 Provo, UT 84604 www.exactrail.com Era: 2005 to present Road names: TTX (“Forward Thinking” herald or black rectangle herald with three white or five yellow reflective stripes). Multiple road numbers per scheme. Comments: A common modern-era bulkhead flatcar […]
Atlas Model Railroad Co. HO scale 50-foot boxcar An HO scale model of a 70-ton double-door boxcar used by western railroads to transport wood products and other freight is now available from Atlas. The 5,077-cubic-foot-capacity boxcar is based on a prototype built by FMC during the mid- to late 1970s and features a one-piece injection-molded […]
The new 8000-series cars approach the Greenbelt Station. Sol Tucker Interior of the new 8000-series WMATA cars. Sol Tucker WASHINGTON – The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority is debuting its first 7000-series train at Greenbelt Station this week. The newest addition to the rail fleet will fulfill a critical National Transportation Safety Board recommendation by replacing […]
John Pryke working on the Union Freight RR that appeared as a four-part series in Model Railroader in the year 2000. Long-time Model Railroader author and staff friend John Pryke died on Dec. 22, 2013, in Chatham, Mass. John was introduced to readers in 1965 when photos of his prize-winning New Haven RR 0-8-0 locomotive […]
Nancy Norris Gauge 1, 7/8″ scale, Welsh slate-wagon kit The Train Department 26 Coral Dr. Hazlet NJ 07730 Price: $75 Website: www.thetraindepartment.com Welsh slate-wagon kit in 7⁄8″ scale (#TD5105); major parts, laser-cut steel; white-metal detail castings; curly-spoke wheels from Sierra Valley; instructions supplied Pros: Good instructions; helpful drawings; industrial strength, all-metal construction; plenty of detail […]
TAKE YOUR PASSENGERS TO THE SHED: Bridge Boss offers a line of train shed kits designed to service a variety of train scales. One version measures 48 x 24 x 24 inches for Large scale, Standard gauge, or O gauge trains. The other shed version is 24 x 16 x 16 inches for O, S, […]
