Stranger on the Central of Georgia The Tuscan red-painted stainless-steel Pennsylvania Railroad cars of the Chicago–Miami South Wind follow Central of Georgia 4-8-2 488 through Weems, Ala. (9 miles east of Birmingham) on April 4, 1948. The streamliner was detouring over the CofG because of flooding on its normal route. Linn H. Westcott photo […]
The HO scale Rice Harbor Welcome to Rice Harbor, Model Railroader’s new staff-built project railroad. In this and subsequent issues, we’ll show you how we built this 5 x 8 layout – from the wheels at the bottom of its legs to the top of the illuminated lighthouse. Rice Harbor is an HO model of […]
The HO scale Rice Harbor Welcome to Rice Harbor, Model Railroader’s new staff-built project railroad. In this and subsequent issues, we’ll show you how we built this 5 x 8 layout – from the wheels at the bottom of its legs to the top of the illuminated lighthouse. Rice Harbor is an HO model of […]
Salisbury, N.C., located in the central Piedmont of the Tar Heel state, is well-known in the South for constant rail activity. The former Southern Railway Washington, D.C.-Atlanta main line, now a key Norfolk Southern mainline route, rolls through downtown Salisbury with 25-30 trains every 24 hours. The majority of Charlotte District mainline trains are manifests, […]
Locust Grove is a city of 5,600 about 35 miles south of Atlanta, located just off Interstate 75 for easy access. It is situated along the Norfolk Southern Atlanta South District, which runs from Atlanta to Macon. The line was completed in 1882 as part of the East Tennessee, Virginia, & Georgia Railroad to connect […]
Hamlet, N.C., sits at a critical CSX junction, the hub of the former Seaboard Air Line Railway. To the north runs the Aberdeen Subdivision to Raleigh. (The stub-ended route continues north to Norlina, and once went to Petersburg, Va.) The Hamlet Subdivision extends south toward Columbia, S.C., and beyond to Charleston, S.C., and Florida. The […]
Lynchburg, Va., marks the crossing for Norfolk Southern’s Southern Railway main line from Washington to Atlanta with the former Norfolk & Western main from Roanoke to Norfolk, and CSX’s former Chesapeake & Ohio James River line from Clifton Forge to Richmond and Newport News. The former Southern main sees 15-20 trains per day, including passenger, […]
The name Clearwater summarizes what this Florida city, a popular vacation destination, is all about. Imagine the Gulf of Mexico’s clear blue water alongside beautiful white sand beaches. Now imagine the sound of two GP40-2s rumbling down the middle of a busy street beneath palm trees, just blocks from one of those beaches. Then, just […]
A location to safely watch trains has opened near Washington, D.C. Arlington County recently opened Long Bridge Park adjacent to control point RO on CSX’s RF&P Subdivision. Arlington is at the south end of CSX’s Long Bridge across the Potomac River. This double track bridge was opened in 1904. The name “RO” comes from the […]
More Thursday afternoon rail news: Tri-Rail to add service on Oct. 19 South Florida commuter railroad Tri-Rail will increase service on Monday, Oct. 19, reaching 92% of its pre-pandemic service level. The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports Tri-Rail service will begin operating 46 trains on weekdays and 28 on weekends. It will be the fourth increase since […]
Wednesday morning rail infrastructure news: Port of Palm Beach receives $13.2 million grant for rail expansion The Port of Palm Beach, Fla., has received a $13.2 million federal grant to expand its rail infrastructure, more than doubling its intermodal capacity. In a press release, the Port says it will expand capacity from 44,000 20-foot […]
Tuesday morning rail news: Norfolk, Va., port receives $20 million for rail expansion project The Virginia Port Authority will receive $20.2 million in Port Infrastructure Development funding from the U.S.Department of Transportation to complete rail expansion at its Norfolk International Terminals. The Suffolk News Herald reports the money will support building two new four-track sections for its […]
