CN No. 5080 was built by the Montreal Locomotive Works in 1914 and spent most of its career in Manitoba. CN donated the locomotive to Prince Albert in the 1960s. Aspen Crossing Cranes lift No. 5080 to begin its journey to its new home in Alberta. Aspen Crossing PRINCE ALBERT, Saskatchewan — A Canadian National […]
HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division F59PHI diesel locomotive. Amtrak (“Stay off the tracks. I pack a punch.” slogan [one road number], “Stay off! Stay Away! Stay Alive!” slogan [one number], blue-and-silver scheme, and Cascades scheme), Metra (Cascades patchout in one number and blue-and-silver patchout), Metropolitan Transport Agency (Montreal), Utah Front Runner, and fantasy paint schemes […]
The N scale SD40-2 packs a lot under the shell, including a lighted cab interior and working ditch lights. We disassembled a Union Pacific version for the photo above. Broadway Limited Imports continues to roll out N scale locomotives equipped with its Paragon3 Digital Command Control (DCC) sound decoder with Rolling Thunder. The latest addition […]
This view from Metra’s 11th Street/Museum Campus station looks toward Soldier Field. The area over the Metra tracks by the stadium is the site for a proposed multibillion-dollar development, which also would include a new transit center. TRAINS: David Lassen CHICAGO — A multibillion-dollar development proposed for the air rights over Metra tracks next to […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Southern has launched faster and, in most cases, more frequent intermodal service from Mexico to destinations on Norfolk Southern and Canadian National. The service changes, effective today, are part of the railroad’s shift to Precision Scheduled Railroading. “The goal is to consolidate traffic, create more density and, in some […]
Union Pacific CEO Lance Fritz Union Pacific NEW YORK — Construction is proceeding on the new hump yard Union Pacific is building in Texas, but the railroad will use the yard differently than originally envisioned due to its shift to Precision Scheduled Railroading. “We continue to evaluate exactly how are we going to use it,” […]
HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division GP40-2 diesel locomotive. Conrail (blue in three road numbers, Reading Co. patchout in two numbers); CSX (dark blue and yellow, three numbers); Denver & Rio Grande Western (black and orange); Detroit, Toledo & Ironton (orange); Grand Trunk Western (red, white, and blue); Reading Co. (green and yellow, three numbers); and […]
Kansas City Southern ORLANDO, Fla. — Kansas City Southern will be able to park at least 10 percent of its locomotive fleet as it moves tonnage on longer trains under its shift to Precision Scheduled Railroading. KCS rostered 1,100 locomotives at the end of 2018 and has identified 75 older units that will be stored, […]
A southbound CN freight passes the former Soo Line station in Waukesha, Wis., in 2012. Brian Schmidt Q How did Canadian National end up operating the former Soo Line route through Wisconsin. I thought the Soo was affiliated with Canadian Pacific. – Kirk Gobain, Dodge City, Kan. A The Soo Line acquired the Milwaukee Road […]
JACKSON, Miss. – Beginning Thursday, and just days before the big Mardi Gras weekend, Amtrak’s City of New Orleans from Chicago will start making a same day turn at Jackson with chartered Amtrak Thruway buses making all scheduled intermediate stops to and from the Crescent City. The northbound bus will leave New Orleans Passenger terminal […]
Bill Stephens/ Class I railroad data Bill Stephens/ Class I railroad data The Class I railroad average operating ratio rose slightly in 2018 — the first increase in a decade — as congestion-related costs and an accounting rules change pushed the closely watched efficiency metric up at four of the seven big systems. CSX Transportation […]
Canadian Pacific CEO Keith Creel Canadian Pacific MIAMI — Canadian Pacific CEO Keith Creel is cheering the industry’s embrace of the Precision Scheduled Railroad operating model touted by his mentor, the late E. Hunter Harrison. “I want them all to do it … I think it’s the right way to run the business,” Creel told […]
