Atlas Model Railroad Co. HO scale General Electric U30C diesel locomotive HO scale locomotives General Electric U30C diesel locomotive. New road numbers: Rock Island (red and yellow with speed lettering), Chessie System (Chesapeake & Ohio reporting marks), Chicago & North Western (green and yellow with herald on cab and road number on hood, two numbers), […]
WILMERDING, Pa. — Locomotive maker Wabtec is amping up promotion of its coming main line battery-powered locomotive. On Sunday, the Wilmerding-based rail supplier posted a new video to YouTube highlighting the proposed workings and benefits of a battery-powered locomotive for main line running. The approximately 3-minute video shows artists renderings of the locomotive along with […]
ERIE, Pa. — It seems the struggles of the former GE locomotive plant in Erie have come to an end and now it may have a brighter future with an announcement that Wabtec intends to move its Motive Power Industries operation to the Erie Plat plant. The announcement was made Wednesday that it will be […]
LONG BEACH, Calif. — The impact of scheduled railroading on Canadian National’s intermodal network 15 years ago may show the path CSX Transportation, Kansas City Southern, Norfolk Southern, and Union Pacific will follow as they embrace the operating model of the late E. Hunter Harrison. CN slashed low-margin services, shut terminals, and shed volume while […]
The interior of one of the new heated waiting areas at Metra’s Healy station. The station was completed earlier this year but formal opening ceremonies were held Tuesday. TRAINS: David Lassen A conductor announces information for passengers as a Metra Electric train stops at the Homewood Station in 2016. Homewood has received funds for a […]
LONG BEACH, Calif. — Trailers will not be disappearing from intermodal trains anytime soon, despite their status as an ever smaller niche in a world dominated by domestic containers that can be double stacked. Trailers enjoyed an intermodal moment in the sun last year, with volume spiking nearly 15% as truckers couldn’t find enough over-the-road […]
LONG BEACH, Calif. — CSX Transportation is done making major changes to its intermodal network and is poised for growth as it provides much more reliable service, Maryclare Kenney, vice president of intermodal and automotive, told an intermodal conference audience on Monday. In its shift to Precision Scheduled Railroading during the past two years, CSX […]
LONG BEACH, Calif. — A variety of factors, including trade wars, increased truck capacity, and the Class I railroad shift toward Precision Scheduled Railroading — are to blame for this year’s intermodal doldrums. That’s the consensus of a panel of intermodal experts who spoke at the Intermodal Association of North America’s annual Intermodal Expo on […]
HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division SD70M diesel locomotive. CSX (dark blue and yellow with boxcar herald in two road numbers), Norfolk Southern (Thoroughbred scheme with Positive Train Control antennas and primer gray, both with flared radiators in three numbers each), Progress Rail (CSX patchout, three numbers), Southern Pacific (as-delivered scheme, four numbers), and Union Pacific […]
An aerial view of the new transload site, at left, adjacent to U.S. Silica’s Rochelle operation. City of Rochelle ROCHELLE, Ill. – The City of Rochelle has opened a new transload center and rail bridge for the city’s railroad and industrial park. The Rochelle Transload Center the new bridge were part of a celebration the […]
Milwaukee Road 4-8-4 No. 261 pulls the North Pole Express at St. Paul Union Depot on Dec. 9, 2018. Steve Glischinski ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Friends of the 261, owners and operators of Milwaukee Road 4-8-4 No. 261, put tickets on sale Sept. 15 for its annual “North Pole Express” at St. Paul Union […]
SEATTLE — Amazon has joined Walmart in fielding a fleet of 53-foot containers for intermodal service, according to the Journal of Commerce. Amazon will break convention by dealing directly with railroads, bypassing intermodal marketing companies. Walmart’s relationship with railroads is both direct and through the marketing companies. Amazon recently established a third-party logistics organization and […]
