A fast freight rides a two-railroad speedway in May 1971. Jerry A. Pinkepank 1 Cotton Belt freight. A St. Louis Southwestern Railway (SSW, common nickname Cotton Belt) freight rolls north on Missouri Pacific tracks May 8, 1971, at Gorham, Ill., on the 123.7 miles of MoPac trackage rights Cotton Belt used to reach the Illinois […]
Type of Train: Diesel Locomotives
New model trains for the week of March 28, 2019
Broadway Limited Imports HO scale Reading Co. class T1 4-8-4 steam locomotive HO scale locomotives Reading Co. class T1 4-8-4 steam locomotive. Chessie System Special (one road numbers), American Freedom Train (one number), Delaware & Hudson Centennial locomotive (one number), in-service scheme (two numbers), and “Iron Horse Rambles” excursion (two numbers). Also available painted black […]
Model Railroader Readers Choice Winners
WINNER: The HO MP15DC locomotive is available in DCC ready and DCC and sound-equipped versions. HO SCALE DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE WINNER | Atlas Model Railroad Co.: HO MP15DC Locomotives RUNNER UP | ScaleTrains.com: Rivet Counter GE Tier 4 GEVo N SCALE DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE WINNER | Broadway Limited Imports: EMD F3/F7 RUNNER UP | Kato Trains: EMD […]
Metra OKs funds to buy eight new locomotives NEWSWIRE
CHICAGO — Only one month after approving a $71 million contract to purchase 15 remanufactured locomotives, Metra’s board has allocated $56 million to buy eight new locomotives that meet the latest Tier 4 federal emissions standards. Part of the money, $14 million, is coming from funds that Illinois is receiving as part of the $2 […]
Wabash diesel, CN steam
At Fort Erie, Ont., Wabash F7 1160 and Canadian National 2-8-2 3431 share a November 1956 night. The diesel was built by EMD’s Canadian affiliate for Wabash’s Ontario line. Jim Shaughnessy photo […]
Pennsy RS1
The Pennsylvania owned 22 Alco RS1s, acquired 1950–51. In this late 1950s view, No. 5620 idles at South Amboy, N.J., in the company of P5a electric 4709. Don Wood photo […]
Mainstreeter near Missoula
Northern Pacific’s westbound Mainstreeter carries several head-end cars as it rolls near Missoula, Mont., in 1966, including four NP express baggage cars, a Union Pacific baggage car, and an RPO. Philip C. Johnson photo […]
Man in a hurry
Making 90 mph on an E7, a Chicago, Burlington & Quincy road foreman of engines whistles for a grade crossing east of La Crosse, Wis., in July 1955. W. A. Akin Jr. photo […]
Pacific Great Eastern 70-tonners
GE’s 70-tonner was ideal for the lightly constructed Pacific Great Eastern. The British Columbia road had six of them, two of which are seen on a mixed train in the early 1950s. Linn W. Westcott photo […]
New model trains for the week of March 21, 2019
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 […]
Broadway Limited Imports EMD SD402 in N scale
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 […]
Durango & Silverton to offer short, diesel-powered excursions through Animas River Canyon NEWSWIRE
No. 486 rolls through the Animas Canyon near Rockwood in May 2008. Riders will soon be able to experience the canyon without taking an all-day trip. Adam Paul DURANGO, Colo. – In an effort to attract passengers who don’t have time for a day-long excursion, the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad plans to offer […]