Robert “Bob” Kingsnorth of Medford, Ore., died on Oct. 8. He was 73 years old. Bob’s journey in model railroading began when he received a Lionel set at age 6. He made the switch to HO scale when Kix breakfast cereal began giving freight cars as a promotion. Bob’s first byline in Model Railroader came […]
Type of Train: Diesel Locomotives
New model trains for the week of April 25, 2019
Wm. K. Walthers Inc. HO scale Electro-Motive Division Phase II GP9 with low short hood HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division Phase II GP9 with low short hood. Chicago & North Western, Burlington Northern, Milwaukee Road, Canadian Pacific, Norfolk Southern, and Wisconsin & Southern. Four road numbers per scheme (two each in direct current and Digital […]
Twin Cities Hiawatha is Walthers’ next name train
The latest name train from Wm. K. Walthers is the HO scale Milwaukee Road Twin Cities Hiawatha. Walthers HO scale Milwaukee Road 63-foot Railway Post Office Walthers HO scale Milwaukee Road 75-foot express car Walthers HO scale Milwaukee Road 498-series 52-seat coach Walthers HO scale Milwaukee Road 535-series 52-seat coach Walthers HO scale Milwaukee Road […]
Rail-Scale-Models acquires rights to structures from Rusty Stumps Scale Models
Rail-Scale-Models acquired the design and production rights to Rusty Stumps Scale Models’ Laser-Cut Craftsman Kits product line in March 2019. The structure line features more than 20 buildings in HO, S, and O scales. The deal follows Rail-Scale-Models’ 2018 acquisition of Rusty Stumps Scale Models Laser-Cut Details line. Rusty Stumps Scale Models will continue to […]
Clinchfield 800 will move C&O 2716 to restoration NEWSWIRE
Clinchfield No. 800 will lead C&O 2716 to restoration. Trains: Jim Wrinn RAVENNA, Ky. — The move of a historic steam engine this summer across Central Kentucky will now be a reunion 40 years in the making between two famed locomotives. Kentucky Steam Heritage Corp., announced today that Clinchfield Railroad F7 No. 800 will lead […]
Metra board approves consultant contracts for railcar, locomotive purchases NEWSWIRE
CHICAGO — Metra’s board of directors on Wednesday approved contracts totaling $13.6 million to two consultants to assist the commuter rail agency in purchasing locomotives and coaches. One contract, for $10 million, was awarded to STV Inc. of Philadelphia, Pa., to provide quality assurance, engineering, and administrative assistance for Metra’s planned purchase of new commuter […]
Wabtec plant manager urges unionized workers to accept two-tier wage contracts NEWSWIRE
ERIE, Pa. — Wabtec Freight’s plant manager in Lawrence Park, Pa., says unionized workers hold the key to stabilizing work by agreeing to tiered wage structure. The locomotive plant manager, Wabtec’s Rich Krolczyk, sent out a letter to all the unionized workers on April 16, and seen by Trains. This letter indicted that wages are […]
844 Excursion Train
Brian Olson’s N scale Union Pacific Excursion Train is now complete. A project more than a year in the making, he started with Kato’s 844 steam engine, later adding the tenders and the Spirit of Union Pacific 1943 diesel engine, and finally, Kato’s 7-car Excursion Car Set. The train in this video is on a […]
844 Excursion Train
Brian Olson’s N scale Union Pacific Excursion Train is now complete. A project more than a year in the making, he started with Kato’s 844 steam engine, later adding the tenders and the Spirit of Union Pacific 1943 diesel engine, and finally, Kato’s 7-car Excursion Car Set. The train in this video is on a […]
New model trains for the week of April 18, 2019
HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division GP39-2 diesel locomotive. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (“Kodachrome” and blue-and-yellow warbonnet); Burlington Northern (Cascade Green with nose stripes, four road numbers); CSX (D&H Guilford scheme patchout); Delaware & Hudson (Guilford scheme, four numbers); Missouri-Kansas-Texas (green and yellow, four numbers); and Soo Line (Candy Apple Red). Two numbers per scheme […]
ScaleTrains.com HO scale GE C44-9W diesel
ScaleTrains.com HO scale GE C44-9W diesel With its myriad roadname- and roadnumber-specific detail variations, this HO scale General Electric C44-9W diesel-electric locomotive from ScaleTrains.com ensures that there’s plenty for all the “rivet counters” out there to scrutinize. And they won’t be disappointed. For this review I tested a Rivet Counter-series model that came factory- equipped […]
New locomotives being tested for Moldova near Erie NEWSWIRE
Stephan M. Koenig ERIE, Pa. — First TE33A for Moldova: Wabtec began testing the first of 12 TE33A locomotives for Moldova at it’s former GE Transportation shops near Erie. The locomotives will be operated by Calea Ferată in Moldova — a state railroad that up until now has relied on rebuilt Soviet-era motive power to […]
