UP’s chief financial officer to retire NEWSWIRE

Rob Knight, outgoing UP chief financial officer Union Pacific Jennifer Hamann, incoming UP chief financial officer Union Pacific OMAHA, Neb. — The dean of railroad chief financial officers, Union Pacific’s Rob Knight, will retire at the end of the year. UP yesterday named Jennifer Hamann, who currently serves as senior vice president — finance, as […]

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New model trains for the week of September 26, 2019

Atlas Model Railroad Co. HO scale General Electric U30C diesel locomotive HO scale locomotives General Electric U30C diesel locomotive. New road numbers: Rock Island (red and yellow with speed lettering), Chessie System (Chesapeake & Ohio reporting marks), Chicago & North Western (green and yellow with herald on cab and road number on hood, two numbers), […]

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New model trains for the week of September 19, 2019

HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division SD70M diesel locomotive. CSX (dark blue and yellow with boxcar herald in two road numbers), Norfolk Southern (Thoroughbred scheme with Positive Train Control antennas and primer gray, both with flared radiators in three numbers each), Progress Rail (CSX patchout, three numbers), Southern Pacific (as-delivered scheme, four numbers), and Union Pacific […]

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WalthersMainline HO wide-vision caboose

WalthersMainline HO wide-vision caboose A newly tooled model of a steel International Car Co. extended wide-vision caboose is available from Walthers. Part of the WalthersMainline series, the value-priced model features accurate dimensions and is solidly built, but doesn’t feature all the factory-applied separate detail of a WalthersProto model. For those who wish to add grab […]

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New model trains for the week of September 12, 2019

HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division GP7u diesel locomotive. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (blue-and-yellow warbonnet, five road numbers); Bangor & Aroostook (gray, red, and black scheme, four numbers); Cargill (green and white, one number); Integrated Grain & Milling (red, white, and yellow, one number); Morristown & Erie (Bangor & Aroostook patchout and red and black […]

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Where F still stands for ‘freight” in North America NEWSWIRE

A West Virginia Central freight train led by C&O-painted, ex-Milwaukee Road F7A No. 7094 near Elkins, W.Va. Chase Gunnoe Keokuk Junction Railway in Illinois recently sidelined its F-units in revenue freight service, however cab unit enthusiasts can still capture first generation diesels pulling freight on two railroads in North America. According to the managers of […]

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New model trains for the week of August 29, 2019

Atlas Model Railroad Co. HO scale General Motors Diesel Division GP40-2W diesel locomotive HO scale locomotives General Motors Diesel Division GP40-2W diesel locomotive. New paint schemes: Dakota, Missouri Valley & Western; Georgia & Florida Railnet; Hudson Bay Ry. (two road numbers); Iowa Northern; Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority; New England Central (one number); and Vermont Ry. […]

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FRA awards $227 million to rail, transit projects NEWSWIRE

Wisconsin’s grant will cover the cost of new passenger cars, including cab cars to replace the former F40 locomotives currently used on the Hiawatha. TRAINS: David Lassen Eastbound Wolverine No. 350 slips through Marshall, Mich., east of Battle Creek, on Oct. 11, 2013. This area will see tie replacement thanks to a federal grant. Bob […]

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