What’s in a picture? In this one a brown-painted automatic equipment identification, or AEI, reader barely pokes out of a slope along a Conrail right-of-way in New Jersey. Railroads are alarmed that the AEI readers might be spread throughout the country, gathering and sharing information on freight moves without their knowledge. Two images: An Association […]
On a dreary fall afternoon situated east of Elmore in the hamlet of Garwood, W.Va., depicts Norfolk Southern train U86 struggling to maintain 10 mph as it crawls across a trestle and into Tunnel 9, located beneath the photographer. Evidence of the Virginian electrification is still visible in this section along the old Princeton Deepwater […]
The Model Railroader staff reviewed the preproduction engineering sample of the Broadway Limited Imports Paragon3 HO scale Milwaukee Road S3 steam locomotive. The HO scale 4-8-4 Northern type steam locomotive is made primarily of die-cast metal with many plastic and brass detail parts. A famous Milwaukee Road steam locomotive made a stop, albeit in HO […]
FAMILY FUN 101: The latest reproduction of a Lionel dealer poster from the postwar era is available now. The no. D-206 shows a wonderful scene of trains and excitement from 1960. Featured in the scene are a Lionel ZW transformer, a no. 1633 U.S. Navy freight set, and the nos. 175 rocket launcher, 264 fork […]
Price: $439.95 (no. 30-4230-1) Min Curve: O-31 Cmd Low: 3.3 smph Cnv Low: 4.1 smph, High: 55.9, Drawbar Pull: 1 lb 6 oz. Features: Locomotive features two can-style motors, coil couplers, and ProtoSound 3.0 command and sound systems. Passenger cars had interior decoration and illumination. The set includes track, power supply, and the Remote Commander […]
Price: $349.95 (no. 40902) Min Curve: O-31 Cmd Low: N/A Cnv Low: 11.5 smph, High: 100.8, Drawbar Pull: 14 oz. Features: Two can style motor, headlight, directional lockout. Limited production run of 480 each Wilson and Brewster, 480 each boxcar and passenger car, and 300 each yellow and blue hopper cars. Current production road names: […]
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A Triple Crown Services RoadRailer trailer in transit. Brian Schmidt NORFOLK, Va. — Expect to see fewer RoadRailer trailers in the coming months as Triple Crown Services cuts back on jobs, trailers, and routes. In a statement early Friday morning, Norfolk Southern says it will restructure its Triple Crown Service subsidiary by laying off as […]
HASTINGS, Minn. – When police nabbed two Minnesota men for vandalizing freight cars, they say they also found a freight car model with a hand-painted design. KSTP TV in Minneapolis reports that police responded to calls for two men jumping between freight cars. Police say Canadian Pacific employees followed the men and wrote down their […]
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