Burlington Junction Railway has added four MK1500D locomotives to its already eclectic roster. The new units operate mostly around Quincy, Ill., where much of the traffic base is located. In this photo, three of the four units work the Quincy yard on July 3, 2019. Steve Smedley QUINCY, Ill. – The future of the unique […]
Type of Train: Diesel Locomotives
Ask Trains: Does Norfolk Southern own the yards along its CNO&TP route?
Cincinnati Southern Railway website Q: The city of Cincinnati owns the CNO&TP line running from Cincinnati to Chattanooga, Tenn., which Norfolk Southern leases from the city. Does the city of Cincinnati also own and lease yards along the line to NS, or does NS own these yards outright? — Doug Lathrem, Bowling Green, Ky. A: […]
White Pass to buy new locomotives, retire most shovel nose and Alco diesels NEWSWIRE
White Pass & Yukon diesels like this shovel nose GE and Alco will be replaced with new units on a two for one basis. Jeff Mast SKAGWAY, Alaska — Officials at the three-foot gauge White Pass & Yukon Railway have hired National Railway Equipment, Mt. Vernon, Ill., to build two new diesel locomotives to be […]
Ask Train: Why did railroads use rotary beacons on locomotives?
Various Santa Fe SF30C units are seen in storage at Argentine Yard, in Argentine, Kan., in 1983. Several of these locomotives have rotary or flashing beacons on their cab roofs for safety. TEH-14212-34 Ivan Abrams Q: Why did some railroads use flashing or rotary beacons atop their diesels? And do any railroads use them anymore? […]
Atlas Master Series N scale EMD SD35 diesel
Atlas Master Series N scale EMD SD35 diesel A split die-cast metal frame surrounds the mechanism and provides electrical contact between the power pickups on the trucks and the decoder. The Electro-Motive Division SD35 is one of the latest Atlas Master Series N scale locomotives to be upgraded with factory-installed Digital Command Control (DCC) and […]
Broadway Limited Imports HO scale P5a
Broadway Limited Imports HO scale P5a NOTE: We ran an earlier sample of the P5A on our Milwaukee, Racine & Troy model railroad. WATCH THE VIDEO! The boxcabs are back! Broadway Limited allowed us to get a sneak preview of its new HO scale Pennsylvania RR P5a electrics, and now we have production models […]
New model trains for the week of August 15, 2019
HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division SD70 diesel locomotive with Spartan cab. Canadian National (Illinois Central sublettering, two road numbers), Conrail (“Quality” lettering, four numbers), Illinois Central (as-delivered scheme in four numbers, with yellow sill stripe in three numbers), and Norfolk Southern (Conrail Quality patchout in two numbers, Thoroughbred scheme in four numbers). Road-number-specific details, factory-installed […]
Illinois Fs end their tenure with 27 cars of freight NEWSWIRE
Fans gather east of La Harpe, Ill., to document the last run of Keokuk Junction Railway’s cab units on Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019 Steve Smedley MAPLETON, Ill. — Feeling like rock stars, Keokuk Junction Railway engineer Jeff Ducharme and conductor Jeff Rhoades fired up FP9A No. 1750, F9B No. 1761 and GP20 No. 2003 at […]
Indiana tourist railroad seeks funds to resurrect another Lima-Hamilton diesel NEWSWIRE
Video taken in December 2013 by Trains Staff of Whitewater Valley Railroad No. 25. CONNERSVILLE, Ind. — Indiana tourist railroad Whitewater Valley Railroad has begun soliciting donations for the mechanical and cosmetic restoration of former ARMCO Steel Lima Diesel switcher No. 709. Whitewater Valley has a Facebook page dedicated to No. 709. Donations can be […]
Trains Presents: Illinois F unit finale
Follow along for one last chase of the Keokuk Junction F units in western Illinois before their removal from service in early August 2019. Trains‘ videographer Kevin Gilliam follows the train through the agricultural landscape of the region to document another era lost in U.S. railroading. […]
Trains Presents: Illinois F unit finale
Follow along for one last chase of the Keokuk Junction F units in western Illinois before their removal from service in early August 2019. Trains‘ videographer Kevin Gilliam follows the train through the agricultural landscape of the region to document another era lost in U.S. railroading. […]
Illinois F-units reach the end of the line NEWSWIRE
Keokuk Junction Railway’s F units are making their final run Tuesday. Shown working Hollis pass at Mapleton, Ill., on June 5, 2019, are FP9A 1750, F9B 1761 and GP20 2003 at work on Toledo Peoria & Western Railway trackage. Steve Smedley LAHARPE, Ill. — Under the every good thing eventually comes to an end category, […]