General Electric B-B electrics 606 and 601 are ready to depart Barriles yard, current terminus of the FCTT’s electrification on July 23, 2007. The short train of gondolas is conveying processed nitrate to the shipping terminal at Tocopilla, 17.25 miles and 1.5 hours away, and 3, 231 feet downhill. Ian A. Dunn Nos. 604 and […]
Construction is underway for Washington, D.C.’s train to the the Dulles International Airport. It is due to open in two phases. Trains will roll on the first phase to Reston, Va., in 2013; the second phase to Loudoun County, including Dulles, in 2016. In the October 2009 issue of Trains, we reported on the decades […]
Southern Pacific 4-6-0 No. 9 rolls on one of the last narrow gauge lines in the West with a Class I railroad as a parent. Bill Poole, Carson & Colorado Railway Inc. collection Southern Pacific’s 3-foot gauge line in California’s Owens Valley became famous as one of the last slim gauge lines in the West […]
For 35 years, these two GE 54-ton switchers were the workhorses for USG Corp.’s gypsum-hauling 3-foot-gauge railroad in Southern California’s Imperial Valley. Built in 1956, the two GE rest on April 27, 1991, at Plaster City, Calif. The following year, the units were donated to Colorado’s Georgetown Loop, displaced by USG’s Bombardier-built DL535Es. David Lustig […]
John Gruber collection John Gruber collection John Gruber collection John Gruber collection In the 1920s, the United States poured millions into a federal highway program that coincided with the automakers’ creation of lower-cost cars. The developments enabled almost all Americans the freedom to travel independently for the first time. But personal cars – even limousines […]
HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division SD40 diesel locomotive. Detroit Edison Co. (DEEX reporting marks), First Union Rail (FURX), Montana Rail Link, Penn Central, Soo Line, and Wheeling & Lake Erie. Two road numbers each. Plastic handrails, wire grab irons, prototype-specific dynamic brakes, and McHenry scale magnetic knuckle couplers. $109.98 December 2009. Ready-to-Roll. Athearn Trains General […]
Kato N scale SD-70ACe diesel locomotive If you live near a Union Pacific main line, you may have seen the prototype for this Kato N scale diesel-electric locomotive. The Kato SD70ACe diesel offers plenty of prototypical detail and reliable performance. There are also drop-in Digital Command Control (DCC) decoders available for the model. Prototype. General […]
Broadway Limited Imports HO scale J-1e Hudson steam locomotive New York Central Hudsons have been available in HO in the past, and Broadway Limited Imports released its first dual-mode Digital Command Control sound-equipped J-1e back in 2002 (See the November 2002 Model Railroader for a review of that model.) So what’s special about this release? […]
Walthers HO scale GP15-1 diesel locomotive A smooth-running mechanism and accurate lettering are just two of the highlights of this HO scale GP15-1 by Proto 1000 from Walthers. The ready-to-run locomotive is based on the Electro-Motive Division (EMD) prototype built between June 1976 and April 1983. The prototype. In just under seven years, EMD built […]
Walthers HO scale blower house kit Price: $149.98 ManufacturerWm. K. Walthers Inc. P. O. Box 3039 Milwaukee, WI 53201 www.walthers.com Era: 1930s to present day Comments: This large blower engine house is part of Walthers’ Ashland Iron & Steel line of heavy industry kits. Modeled from a prototype in Lorain, Ohio, it houses the huge […]
Digital Command Control circuit breaker from CVP Products If you’ve been contemplating splitting your Digital Command Control layout into power districts, you’ll want to take a look at the new ZoneShare modules from CVP Products. These easy-to-install com-ponents can be used with any DCC system. They feature four circuit breakers with adjustable breaker trip control […]
UNDER THE OWNERSHIP OF BACHMANN INDUSTRIES, the Williams line of O gauge trains remains filled with solidly built, quality products that are affordably priced. This was the key to success under Jerry Williams, and it continues as the hallmark under Bachmann’s management. Strictly speaking, what we’re examining today isn’t a set in the sense that […]
