KEARNY, N.J. — NJ Transit unveiled three heritage locomotives Saturday at its annual Family Days event at its Meadows Maintenance Complex, and is scheduled to debut the locomotives for the general public on Tuesday. The three locomotives are GP40PH-2 No. 4109, repainted to a version of the Central of New Jersey livery it wore when […]
Type of Train: Diesel Locomotives
Metra unveils Burlington-themed heritage unit NEWSWIRE
Former Burlington E5 No. 9911A rests between runs at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union in 2015. Don Nickel Metra F40PHM-2 No. 211 displays its Burlington-inspired paint scheme. Metra CHICAGO – Commuter carrier Metra has unveiled its latest commemorative locomotive, EMD F40PHM-2 No. 211 in a faux-stainless Chicago, Burlington & Quincy paint scheme. The locomotive […]
Former Reading locomotive arrives at Reading Co. museum NEWSWIRE
CSX 4317, a former Reading Co. GP39-2 shown at right, works at Yeoman Yard in Tampa, Fla., in March 2017. It now resides at the Reading museum in Hamburg, Pa. Scott A. Hartley HAMBURG, Pa. – A former Reading GP-39-2, one of the last new locomotives delivered to that railroad just months before the Conrail […]
CSX ‘Pride in Service’ locomotives to visit Pennsylvania museum NEWSWIRE
CSX 3194, 1776, and 911 will be on display in Pennsylvania Oct. 12-13. CSX Transportation NORTH EAST, Pa. – The Lake Shore Railway Historical Society will host three CSX Transportation “Pride in Service” locomotives at its museum in North East later this month. The museum will open at noon on Oct. 12-13 so visitors can […]
Alco S2 switcher from MTH Electric Trains
O gauge Alco S-2 switcher from MTH Electric Trains Price: $459.95 (20-20891-1) Cmd low: 2.0 smph Cnv low: 3.5 smph High speed: 66.1 smph Drawbar pull: 1 pound Features: O-31 operation, ProtoSound 3.0 command and sound system, two can-style motors, smoke unit, remote couplers, crew figures, and interior cab decoration. Current-production road names: Akron, Canton […]
New model trains for the week of October 3, 2019
Wm. K. Walthers Inc. HO scale Alco PA and PB diesel locomotives HO scale locomotives Alco PA and PB diesel locomotives. New York Central; Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; Delaware & Hudson (PA only, four road numbers [two each in direct current and Digital Command Control]); New York, New Haven & Hartford (PA only, four […]
Video: ScaleTrains.com HO scale SD40T-2 tunnel motors
Featuring roadname and roadnumber specific detailing, these HO scale Electro-Motive Division SD40T-2 tunnel motor diesels are part of the ScaleTrains.com Rivet Counter series. The model’s also feature prototype-specific sound and lighting effects and an ESU LokSound Digital Command Control (DCC) decoder. See and hear a pair of these spectacular tunnel motors handle a freight train […]
Video: ScaleTrains.com HO scale SD40T-2 tunnel motors
Featuring roadname and roadnumber specific detailing, these HO scale Electro-Motive Division SD40T-2 tunnel motor diesels are part of the ScaleTrains.com Rivet Counter series. The model’s also feature prototype-specific sound and lighting effects and an ESU LokSound Digital Command Control (DCC) decoder. See and hear a pair of these spectacular tunnel motors handle a freight train […]
First GE enters service at WNY&PA; Alcos safe for the moment NEWSWIRE
Move over Alcos, No. 6002, the Western New York & Pennsylvania’s first operating AC GE, is ready for service. Stephan M. Koenig OLEAN, N.Y. — On Tuesday, Western New York & Pennsylvania AC46CH No. 6002 became the first alternating current GE to enter revenue service on the railroad famed for its big Alco motive power. […]
First of the new CSX rebuilds rolls out of the Wabtec plant in Erie
ERIE, Pa. — On Sept. 23, a new face in the modernized locomotive world made its appearance. CSX Transportation No. 7200, the first modernized CSX AC4400CW, was released at the Wabtec plant in Erie for testing. The unit was formerly CSX No. 202 and was in service up until this past April before being selected […]
Wabtec launches fleet modernization program aimed at locomotive engines, controls NEWSWIRE
Wabtec’s FDL Advantage program offers upgrades which aim to increase fuel economy for the widely-used prime mover by 5%. Wabtec MINNEAPOLIS — Aiming to extend both the life and value of the fleet of locomotives built by predecessor GE Transportation, Wabtec announced fleet modernization upgrades covering both the FDL prime mover and control platforms for […]
Iowa Pacific has 33 pieces of equipment up for sale including BL2s, E units, and F units NEWSWIRE
CHICAGO – Iowa Pacific Holdings appears to be holding a fire sale of equipment following a series of recent financial troubles. A batch of new listings on rail equipment brokerage site Ozark Mountain Railcar appeared over the weekend offering a minimum of 33 pieces of Iowa Pacific equipment for sale, including locomotives and rolling stock […]