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Walthers HO scale well car A Gunderson rebuilt all-purpose 53-foot well car is the first intermodal car in the WalthersProto lineup. The model features die-cast metal and plastic construction, wire grab irons, and etched-metal walkways nested in plastic frames. The Gunderson 53-foot well cars were built in the 1990s as 48-foot cars. As 40- and […]
Kato N scale ACS-64 with Amfleet I cars The first prototype Cities Sprinter locomotives have been on Amtrak property for little more than two years, and now N scale modelers can get their hands on one from Kato. Also known as the ACS-64, these locomotives will pull all non-Acela trains on Amtrak’s electrified Northeast Corridor. […]
Central of New Jersey Steam Locomotive Planbook – Postwar Power, second edition By V.S. Roseman Anthracite Railroads Historical Society Inc., P.O. Box 519 Lansdale, PA 19446; 110 pages, 70 b/w photos; spiral bound, 8.5 x 11 inches; $25.98 www.anthraciterailroads.org Thirty-three years is a long time to wait for a book update, and for fans of […]
The Trans-Siberian Railway’s top passenger train as seen along the route. The location was not provided. Russian Embassy Russian Railway’s new website promoting Trans-Siberian Railway travel includes pop-up dialogue from passengers traveling all 5,700 miles from Moscow to Vladivostok, Russia. Russian Railways website The Trans-Siberian Railway hosts a unique passenger train with more than a […]
DENVER — On Feb. 14 another piece of Colorado railroad history will slip away as Union Pacific closes its Burnham Shops in Denver. Once the second largest UP shop behind Jenks Shop in North Little Rock, Ark., the loss of Burnham closes another chapter in the history of the late and much beloved Denver & […]
Bowser HO scale General Motors Diesel SD40-2 diesel locomotive HO scale locomotives General Motors Diesel SD40-2 diesel locomotive. CP Rail (small Multimark in two road numbers, as-delivered scheme, large Multimark with 8” stripes in two numbers, no Multimark with or without number on rear of long hood in two numbers each, and dual-flag scheme in […]
Norfolk Southern SD70ACU No. 7319 is ready, but not released for service, at the railroad’s shops in Altoona, Pa. The railroad has already completed two refits from SD90MACs. L.R. Myers of AltoonaWorks.info ALTOONA, Pa. — Norfolk Southern has released the first two of its rebuilt SD70ACU locomotives from its Altoona, Pa., shop in January. The […]
Tractive Power Corp.’s new Tier 4 switching locomotive sits outside of Curry Rail Service’s Hollidaysburg, Pa., facility earlier this year. Collin Reinhart HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa. — Tier 4 locomotives come in all shapes and sizes. Among the smallest so far is from Curry Rail Services, which recently unveiled a Tier 4-compliant industrial switcher it built under […]
Site of CSX derailment near Marysville, Ohio MARYSVILLE, Ohio — A Tuesday morning derailment on CSX Transportation rails in central Ohio has sent two people to the hospital, according to local media reports. The incident occurred in the area of Scottslawn Road and Industrial Parkway in Marysville about 10 a.m. this morning. The location is […]
RJ Corman QJ 2-10-2 No. 2008 Kevin Gilliam MIDWAY, Ky. — R.J. Corman Railroad Group’s Chinese QJ-class 2-10-2 No. 2008 may soon change locations. The locomotive last operated in 2013, and since then has been inside a glass-walled structure the railroad built in 2012 to house it in Lexington. The complex was part of the […]
DOUGLASVILLE, Ga. — John M. Koch, founder of railroad video manufacturer Green Frog Productions Ltd., died Feb. 3 in Kennesaw, Ga. Koch was an avid fan and modeler of the Rio Grande Southern narrow gauge, and he built an extensive and highly detailed On3 scale model railroad at his home. In fact, Green Frog Productions […]
Cheseapeake & Ohio 2-8-4 No. 2716 takes on coal at Hayne Yard in Spartanburg, S.C., in July 1982. Jim Wrinn C&O No. 2716 steams northbound at the Amtrak station on the Southern Railway main line, bound for Greensboro, N.C., in July 1982. Jim Wrinn LEXINGTON, Ky. — A non-profit Kentucky group says its members will restore […]
