HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — CSX Transportation has repainted a General Electric C30-7 locomotive into the “Family Lines” paint scheme of predecessor Louisville & Nashville, completing a cosmetic restoration of the locomotive for the Kentucky Steam Heritage Corp., which will display the diesel at its facility in Ravenna, Ky., a former CSX rail yard. “CSX has been […]
Railroads will not replace each coal hopper with a flat car of windmill blades, but America’s commitment to increasing its use of renewable energy is altering the relationship between railroads and energy. Whether through the transportation of raw materials, intermodal, or network capacity, renewables will affect railroads’ business because of how it is interwoven in […]
CALGARY — Port Saint John, New Brunswick, will see additional seasonal container service, Canadian Pacific and shipping firm Hapag-Lloyd have announced. The additional call at the port via a “seasonal extra loader” follows service launched into the port in May 2021. “We are thrilled to see Hapag-Lloyd add a second solution into Port Saint John, […]
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum will return a former Delaware, Lackawanna & Western electric multiple-unit commuter coach to its home state of New Jersey for display at a new retail facility at the former DL&W terminal in Montclair, N.J. An agreement between the museum and developer BDP Holdings will see […]
Pennsylvania RR class H32 covered hopper Scale: N (1:160) Price: two-pack $54.99 Era: 1948 to 1980s Manufacturer: Broadway Limited Imports, LLC, 9 East Tower Circle,Ormond Beach, FL 32174, 386-673-8900, info@broadway-limited.com Features: Plastic (ABS) body and chassis Metal wheelsets Separate, factory-applied details including brake appliances, running board, roof grab irons, and brake wheel Plain welded roof […]
Antique Trackmobiles in railroading, is one way to describe them. The photographer of Pennsylvania Railroad No. 445 uses “doodlebug” in his caption. They’re more descriptively described as “rubber tired switchers” on a Pennsylvania Railroad railfan site. Whatever you call them, the trackless locomotives once employed by railroads are clearly ancestors of today’s Trackmobiles and similar […]
N scale freight cars Norfolk & Western H2a hoppers: On the Norfolk & Western, hopper cars were the most common type of freight cars on the roster – about a 4-to-1 ratio of hopper cars over all other cars combined. The H2a 3-Bay Hopper was the most common type and was numbered from 15,500 – […]
ARLINGTON, Va. — Rail unions have turned down a proposal for advance payments while bargaining over a new national contract continues, according to the organization representing railroads in the negotiations. The offer to provide advance payments of up to $600 per month will remain on the table, railroads said. The National Carriers’ Conference Committee, the […]
N scale locomotives Heavy and light Pacific 4-6-2 steam locomotives: In 2022, BLI is bringing out our second production of USRA light and heavy 4-6-2 steam locomotives, commonly called light Pacifics and heavy Pacifics. There were 20 original heavy Pacifics built in 1919 for the USRA program, and all 20 went to Erie Railroad. From […]
N scale locomotives USRA light & heavy Mikados: This is BLI’s second production of the USRA light and heavy 2-8-2 designs in N scale, commonly called heavy Mikados and light Mikados. There were 233 original USRA heavy 2-8-2s built plus another 957 copies, covering 23 railroads. It was an extremely successful design. The USRA heavy […]
Gauley Trolley on CSX: The Gauley Trolley represents the destination community it originally served at Gauley Bridge, W.Va. The trolley is a Class I railroad’s local service, originating in Gauley Bridge, an interchange between the Chesapeake & Ohio and the Kanawha & Michigan. It later became part of the New York Central, later Penn Central, […]
Founding of the NMRA The National Model Railroad Association, 20 years ago, grew more or less spontaneously out of two basic needs of the fledgling hobby. The first was the need for standards to assure interchangeable equipment. The second was the social need for getting together with other followers of a hobby which was then […]
