Kato USA HO scale Electro-Motive Division SD40-2 diesel locomotive HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division SD40-2 diesel locomotive. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (blue and yellow warbonnet) and Burlington Northern (as-delivered scheme). Two road numbers per scheme. Factory-installed Digital Command Control motor and light decoder, handrails, grab irons, and number boards; directional golden-white light-emitting-diode headlights; and […]
This elevated portion of San Diego’s Mid-Coast Trolley extension will carry the line over Interstate 5 and through La Jolla, Calif. The ballpark at lower left is the home of UC San Diego baseball; two stations on the extension will serve UCSD. San Diego Association of Governments A map of the Mid-Coast Trolley project. San […]
The cab of one of the three Illinois Railway locomotives equipped for PTC operation displays the Wabtec equipment installed to allow interoperability with BNSF Railway and Metra. OmniTRAX OTTAWA, Ill. — The Illinois Railway has become one of the first short lines to fully implement positive train control, completing installation of equipment on three locomotives […]
OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific revenue and profits declined in the third quarter as the railroad’s efficiency gains and cost-cutting were not enough to offset an 8% decline in traffic volume. Operating income declined 2%, to $2.2 billion, as revenue sank 7%, to $5.5 billion. Net income also fell 2%, to $1.5 billion. Earnings per […]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Transportation’s third quarter profit sank due to declines in intermodal and coal revenue and volume, the railroad announced on Wednesday afternoon. The railroad’s operating income was essentially flat, at $1.28 billion, as revenue declined 5%, to $2.97 billion. Net income declined 4%, to $856 million. Earnings per share grew 3%, to […]
LOWELL, Ark. — Although its overall intermodal freight volumes were flat in the third quarter, J. B. Hunt Transport Services seeks to move more highway freight to trains. And Hunt officials say they’re also making their peace with Precision Scheduled Railroading, based on comments in a Tuesday earnings call with investors. Quarterly intermodal revenue was […]
Video by Chris Guss Metra heritage unit No. 211 sits at the platform in Aurora on Tuesday after arriving from downtown Chicago. Chris Guss CHICAGO — Metra’s newest heritage locomotive, F40PHM-2 No. 211, made its debut Tuesday on BNSF’s Chicago Subdivison when it led a PTC test train from downtown Chicago to Aurora, Ill.. The […]
Wall Street analysts expect Class I railroad earnings to rise an average of 7% for the third quarter as a combination of rate hikes, cost-cutting, efficiency gains, and share buybacks offsets the impact of traffic declines at five of the six publicly traded systems. CSX Transportation, which kicks off the quarterly earnings reports on Oct. […]
An eastbound BNSF Railway train passes a stopped BNSF freight at “Summit” in California’s Cajon Pass in 2013 — this meet is one of several conditions which might require a locomotive bell to be sounded. Trains staff Q: What are the rules concerning when a train should ring its bell at a crossing or elsewhere? […]
BRUNSWICK, Mo. — Service interrupted due to a bridge out on Norfolk Southern between Kansas City and Moberly, Mo., is expected to resume in three to four weeks, according to NS officials. Heavy rains and debris washed away the bridge over the Grand River west of Brunswick October 1 on the NS Kansas City District. […]
HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division GP7 diesel locomotive. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (black-and-gray scheme with “Everywhere West” slogan); Chicago & North Western (repaint in two road numbers and passenger service with “Route of the Streamliners” slogan); Denver & Rio Grande Western (orange-and-black scheme with Flying Grande lettering, four numbers); Maine Central (gold-and-green scheme, four numbers); […]
FORT WORTH, Texas — Eight major freight railroads filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court last week arguing that one of the nation’s largest labor unions is refusing to negotiate on the continuous issue of train crew size. On Oct. 3, attorneys representing eight freight carriers — BNSF Railway, Kansas City Southern, CSX Transportation, Grand […]
