Winter running on the CPR Joy Division

Name: Kent Johnson Railroad Name: Canadian Pacific Joy Division Location: Milwaukee, Wisc. Scale: 1:29 Theme: Modern-era branch line in Western Canada Description: The sun was making a weak effort to shine over the CPR Joy Division garden railroad on a cold January afternoon. Even so, I still wanted to capture the inaugural run of my […]

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Winter running on the CPR Joy Division

Name: Kent Johnson Railroad Name: Canadian Pacific Joy Division Location: Milwaukee, Wisc. Scale: 1:29 Theme: Modern-era branch line in Western Canada Description: The sun was making a weak effort to shine over the CPR Joy Division garden railroad on a cold January afternoon. Even so, I still wanted to capture the inaugural run of my […]

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CP marks records for year-end, quarterly financials NEWSWIRE

CALGARY, Alberta — Canadian Pacific posted record financial results for the fourth quarter and full year on Wednesday, propelled by robust revenue growth and spikes in potash and energy-related traffic. CEO Keith Creel said “2018 was a record by almost every measure and will be remembered as a watershed year for our company.” For the […]

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New model railroading products for the week of January 24, 2019

Atlas Model Railroad Co. HO scale Alco Century 424 and 425 diesel locomotives HO scale locomotives Alco Century 424 and 425 diesel locomotives. New road numbers. C-424: Green Bay & Western (Phase I and II, two numbers each), Delaware-Lackawanna (Phase II, one number), Erie Lackawanna (Phase I, three numbers), and Minnesota Commercial (Phase II, three […]

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Cody’s Workshop: Episode 34

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Cody puts the finishing touches on his Canadian Pacific SD60 locomotive by adding a blackwash to the fan screen and exhaust stack, and painting the couplers, truckside frames, and bearings. After showing how to reassemble the model, he takes it for a spin […]

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Cody’s Workshop: Episode 34

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Cody puts the finishing touches on his Canadian Pacific SD60 locomotive by adding a blackwash to the fan screen and exhaust stack, and painting the couplers, truckside frames, and bearings. After showing how to reassemble the model, he takes it for a spin […]

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CSX’s Wallace: Railroad has gone from ‘worst to first’ NEWSWIRE

Mark Wallace, CSX executive vice president of sales and marketing TRAINS: David Lassen LOMBARD, Ill. — Proclaiming that his railroad has gone “from worst to first” in just 20 months, CSX Transportation’s Mark Wallace offered a strongly positive view of Precision Scheduled Railroading Thursday at the Midwest Association of Rail Shippers conference. Wallace made his […]

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New model railroading products for the week of January 17, 2019

HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division SD70ACe diesel locomotive. Union Pacific (George Bush 41 Presidential Library and Museum). One road number (2018 version with black radiator fan housings). Removable cab roof secured with magnets, light-emitting-diode headlights and ditch lights, and commemorative box. Direct-current model with 21-pin NEM plug for Digital Command Control decoder, $249.98; with dual-mode […]

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