No. 83071 remote FEATURES: 1 POWER LIGHT 2 ON/OFF SWITCH 3 THROTTLE 4 HORN 5 UNCOUPLER 6 UNCOUPLER 7 BELL PRICE: $49.99 Lionel’s LionChief and later LionChief Plus command-control systems signaled a revolutionary approach to digital operation of trains. LionChief is a basic way to start and stop trains, control speed and direction, and trigger […]
O gauge AEM7 electric locomotive from MTH Electric Trains Price: $459.95 (no. 20-5688-1) Min Curve: O-42 Cmd Low: 1.8 smph Cnv Low: 4.02 smph High: 68.9 smph Drawbar pull: 1 lb., 3 oz. Features: Two can-style motors, ProtoSound 3.0 command and sound system, coil couplers Current production road names: Amtrak (two livery variations), SEPTA, and […]
THREE O GAUGE BUILT-&-READY SHEDS FROM WOODLAND SCENICS Price: $41.99 each (nos. BR5856, BR5857, and BR5858) Footprint: BR5856 tin shack approx. 2½ x 3½ inches, BR5857 work shed approx. 3¾ x 3½ inches, BR 5858 wood shack approx. 3¾ x 2½ inches Features: Fully assembled and weathered. Personalization is one thing that makes an O […]
Chicago-America’s Railroad Capital Kalmbach Publishing, P.O. Box 1612, Waukesha, WI 53187-1612. Approx. 60 minutes kalmbachhobbystore.com Generations of railfans have been impressed at the magnitude of railroad operations in and around the Windy City. Currently, the Chicago area sees 25 percent of US rail traffic and almost half of the nation’s intermodal shipments. Chicagoland, of course, […]
LSOX No. 1001, a new Tier 4 switcher built by Knoxville Locomotive Works in east Tennessee. James Graham KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Knoxville Locomotive Works has begun delivery of its largest order of low-emissions Tier 4i locomotives. The order for nine switch locomotives, KLW SE10B and SE15B models, are being supplied to Locomotive Solutions for service […]
CSX Transportation’s Osborn Yard Google Maps LOUISVILLE, Ky. — CSX Transportation’s Osborn Yard in Louisville will be the third yard in less than two weeks to have its hump operations shut down. CSX spokeswoman Laura Phelps tells Trains News Wire that after a thorough review of the railroad’s Louisville-region operating plan, the railroad has informed […]
“We used to hire women in positions set aside for them, such as stenographers. Of course, they never had a chance to develop. We start the boy in at the bottom as office boy and give them a long ladder to climb. Things are changing now. If the women are started at the bottom like […]
Grates from the firebox of Union Pacific Big Boy 4-8-8-4 No. 4014 are going to use in the firebox of Milwaukee Road 4-8-4 No. 261. Though of different size and design, they were both built by the American Locomotive Co. in the 1940s and can share certain components. Erik Hoofnagel MINNEAPOLIS — In an example […]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – GMéxico Transportes S.A. de C.V., the transportation business unit of Grupo México, and the Florida East Coast Railway Holdings Corp. have entered into a purchase agreement to acquire FEC in an all-cash transaction for an undisclosed value. FEC President and CEO Jim Hertwig says, “The FEC team looks forward to working with […]
An Albany & Eastern excursion operated east from Lebanon on March 17. Here it returns westbound in late morning. Brian Schmidt ALBANY, Ore. — The Albany & Eastern Railroad in Oregon has published its 2017 schedule for its Santiam excursion trains. This year, several holiday themed excursions trains will take passengers along the 17-mile Sweet […]
An ore train passes old and new signals on Canadian National’s Missabe Sub in September 2016. Steve Glischinski DULUTH, Minn. – Canadian National has activated centralized traffic control signaling on the last portion of its former Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railway Missabe Subdivision main line. CTC has now been activated over the 6-mile stretch between […]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Ferromex owner Grupo Mexico is in the process of acquiring Florida East Coast Railway at a cost of more than $2 billion, reports the Reuters news service, which cites people familiar with the matter. The deal could be finalized as early as this week. According to the article, Mexico’s largest railroad has […]
