DALLAS — Carlos Aguilar is leaving Texas Central Railway — the proposed Dallas-Houston high speed rail line — after six years as CEO. In a statement issued via LinkedIn, Aguilar did not indicate a reason for departure or future plans, but said he was “immensely proud” of the company’s achievements, “including end to end regulatory […]
Union Freight House Scale: O (1:48) Price: $120 Era: early 1900s to present Manufacturer: Ipswich Hobbies, 919-721-8757, ipswichhobbies.com Union Freight House features: Laser-cut basswood walls Scribed interior floor Loading dock details Measures 20” x 7” Available now Reproduced from Ipswich Hobbies June 2022 news release News & Products is a regular feature of Trains.com for model […]
Peco launches TT scale products British manufacturer Peco (Pritchard Patent Product Co.) recently announced a new line of track and accessories for TT scale (1:120 proportion). A press release from the manufacturer stated, “Peco’s launch of this once-loved scale has come through a surge in demand from collectors as well as a personal passion of […]
SILVIS, Ill. — Chinese-built No. 6988, a QJ 2-10-2, traveled the Iowa Interstate Railroad on Saturday, June 11, and Sunday, June 12, 2022, for a final time before its FRA 15-year inspection and rebuilding. Although the locomotive’s certification has expired the FRA granted a one-time extension for the two trips. The QJs — Nos. 6988 […]
WASHINGTON — The Surface Transportation Board, making clear its unhappiness with service recovery plans filed by the four largest U.S. Class I railroads, will require those railroads to correct deficiencies in service recovery plans submitted to the board, and to provide additional information on how they plan to improve service and communication with customers. At […]
MADISON, Wis. — The Center for Railroad Photography & Art has acquired the majority of the photography collection of the legendary Richard Steinheimer, whose work often graced the pages of Trains Magazine and who blazed a creative trail across California and the West for six decades. The collection includes nearly all of Steinheimer’s color photography, […]
Pennsylvania RR GG1 electric locomotive My favorite locomotive has long been the Pennsylvania RR GG1 electric. This goes back to my childhood when I would visit my maternal grandparents in Aberdeen, Md., along what’s now known as the Northeast Corridor. After dinner at grandma and grandpa’s, we’d walk a few blocks to the grade crossing […]
Meet Rich Perrelli How did you get started in the hobby? I guess it was in my blood. My grandfather was a steam locomotive mechanic, and my dad encouraged my love of trains when I was a little tyke. On warm summer evenings he would drive us to a place where the highway palled the […]
HAMILTON, Ontario — Railcar manufacturer National Steel Car, the target of worker protests last week after a third employee death in 21 months, is also facing charges over two “critical injury” cases, the Hamilton Spectator newspaper reports. Welder Quoc Le, 51 died June 6, reportedly after the fall of a 2,000-pound metal bulkhead. That led […]
WASHINGTON — The Surface Transportation Board has turned down an application from a company seeking to revive a long-dormant portion of the former Northwestern Pacific route in Northern California after the company missed a filing deadline. The North Coast Railroad Co. was seeking to purchase 176 miles of rail line between Willits and Eureka, Calif., […]
SAN JOSE, Calif. — The California High-Speed Rail Authority has released the final environmental report for the San Jose-San Francisco section of the project, moving closer to receiving environmental clearance for the entire San Francisco-Los Angeles route. The authority board of directors will consider the Final Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement at its meeting in […]
WASHINGTON — The House Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials will hold a hearing on freight rail safety on Tuesday, June 14. The hearing, announced by Rep. Peter Defazio (D-Ore.), chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Rep. Donald M. Payne (D-N.J.), chair of the subcommittee, is set for 10 a.m. […]
