BRUNSWICK, Mo. — Debris from heavy rains took out a Norfolk Southern bridge over the Grand River on Tuesday, suspending service about 90 miles east of Kansas City, Mo. The stricken bridge was on the Kansas City district between Kansas City, Mo., and Moberly, Mo. NS is diverting traffic to other railroads and the incident […]
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Wm. K. Walthers Inc. HO scale Alco PA and PB diesel locomotives HO scale locomotives Alco PA and PB diesel locomotives. New York Central; Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; Delaware & Hudson (PA only, four road numbers [two each in direct current and Digital Command Control]); New York, New Haven & Hartford (PA only, four […]
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Big Boy No. 4014 takes Track 3 across Sherman Hill at Speer, Wyo., on Sept. 27, 2019, on the start of its 60-day journey across the southwest and south. TRAINS: Jim Wrinn ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. — Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 begins the third day of its exhaustive Southwestern tour today with a trip […]
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Big Boy No, 4014 is back on the main line Sept. 27. Trains: Jim Wrinn CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 will depart Cheyenne on Sept. 27 for its fall tour that will cover much of the southwest and southern U.S. served by the UP. The railroad on Wednesday released operating and […]
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OKLAHOMA CITY — BNSF Railway has filed suit to block an Oklahoma law which allows fines for railroads blocking grade crossings for more than 10 minutes. The Oklahoman reports the suit filed Thursday in federal court in Oklahoma City seeks to establish that, as interstate commerce, railroad operations are governed by federal agencies. The suit specifically […]
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Big Boy No. 4014 could be on the road for two months this fall. Trains: Jim Wrinn OMAHA, Neb. — OK, Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 fans, how much vacation time do you have this fall? Whatever it is, it may not be enough. The incredibly popular 4-8-8-4 could be on the road from […]
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If you’re in Cheyenne on Aug. 30, Sept. 6, or Sept. 13, you can go inside the UP steam shop on a tour provided by the Cheyenne Depot Museum. Trains: Jim Wrinn CHEYENNE, Wyo. — For the first time since Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 was completed in May, the public will be allowed […]
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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 […]
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OMAHA, Neb. – Five Union Pacific subdivisions in Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Arkansas are out-of-service Thursday as a result of extreme weather in that part of the country and the railroad is warning customers that the worst might be yet to come. UP officials say the Cherokee Subdivision between Parsons, Kan., and McAlester, Okla.; the […]
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Atlas Model Railroad Co. HO scale General Electric U23B diesel locomotive HO scale locomotives General Electric U23B diesel locomotive. New paint schemes. Low short hood: Missouri Pacific (blue and white) and Conrail Express (blue and white, one road number). New numbers: Low short hood: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (blue and yellow warbonnet); Chessie System […]
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Operating changes at Union Pacific will include shutting down the humps at two yards, and moving funding for the Brazos Yard to Sunset Route improvements. Union Pacific OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific has stopped building its new classification yard in Texas, idled the humps at yards in Oregon and Arkansas, and plans more yard rationalizations […]
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The Ann Arbor’s tracks, foreground, are on the west side of the tower. Sol Tucker TOLEDO, Ohio – Operator Larry Bohland, the most senior employee on the railroad, had 40 years and one week on the job when Hallett Tower in Toledo closed earlier this week. He survived the dark days of the bankrupt Ann […]
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