Atlas Model Railroad Co. HO scale General Motors Diesel Division GP40-2W diesel locomotive HO scale locomotives General Motors Diesel Division GP40-2W diesel locomotive. New paint schemes: Dakota, Missouri Valley & Western; Georgia & Florida Railnet; Hudson Bay Ry. (two road numbers); Iowa Northern; Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority; New England Central (one number); and Vermont Ry. […]
CSX Transportation HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – CSX Transportation’s “Spirit of our Law Enforcement” commemorative locomotive is being unveiled today at the company’s Huntington locomotive shop. CSXT 3194 is being renamed to honor our nation’s police officers who dedicate their lives to serve and protect communities across our network. “CSX is proud of the employee craftsmanship involved […]
Canadian Pacific SD70ACU No. 7003 sits in Dubuque, Iowa, on Aug. 17 waiting to be picked up by a northbound train. Chris Guss DUBUQUE, Iowa – Canadian Pacific has received its first group of rebuilt SD70ACU locomotives from Progress Rail. CP Nos. 7000-7003 were picked up in Paducah, Ky., by Canadian National last week and […]
Two Santa Fe PA diesels meet in La Junta, Colo., on August 8, 1954. Two survive out of a onetime fleet of 44, including B units. Al Chione collection […]
Lightning-striped Fairbanks Morse C Liners hustle New York Central train No. 37 east at Millbury, Ohio, with the help of 4-6-4 No. 5273. The junction, 7.5 miles east of Toledo, joins parallel New York Central routes east to Cleveland. Philip R. Hastings photo […]
Two Boston & Maine “Bluebird” Geeps rest at Springfield, Mass., in August 1964. The railroad, which operated 2,077 route-miles in 1929, became part of Guilford Transportation Industries in 1983, by then down to about 1,500 miles. Ralph W. Bostian photo […]
A Gulf, Mobile & Ohio-painted GP30 and GP35 roll an Illinois Central Gulf train south near Odell, Ill., on the main line connecting Chicago, Springfield, Ill.; and Kansas City, Mo., in July 1980. J. David Ingles photo […]
Baldwin-built DS-4-4-660 No. 662 shows off its original Chesapeake Western paint scheme in a 1946 builder’s portrait. It resides today at the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke. Baldwin Locomotive Works photo […]
Accurail HO scale 40-foot plug-door refrigerator car HO scale freight cars Assorted freight cars. Black Hills Packing Co. 40-foot plug-door steel refrigerator car, $19.98. Canadian National 50-foot boxcar with exterior posts (Illinois Central reporting marks), $18.98. Canadian Pacific 40-foot insulated boxcar, $18.98. Illinois Terminal Pullman-Standard 40-foot PS-1 boxcar, $18.98. Quebec Central 36-foot Fowler boxcar, $18.98. […]
Burlington Junction Railway has added four MK1500D locomotives to its already eclectic roster. The new units operate mostly around Quincy, Ill., where much of the traffic base is located. In this photo, three of the four units work the Quincy yard on July 3, 2019. Steve Smedley QUINCY, Ill. – The future of the unique […]
Cincinnati Southern Railway website Q: The city of Cincinnati owns the CNO&TP line running from Cincinnati to Chattanooga, Tenn., which Norfolk Southern leases from the city. Does the city of Cincinnati also own and lease yards along the line to NS, or does NS own these yards outright? — Doug Lathrem, Bowling Green, Ky. A: […]
White Pass & Yukon diesels like this shovel nose GE and Alco will be replaced with new units on a two for one basis. Jeff Mast SKAGWAY, Alaska — Officials at the three-foot gauge White Pass & Yukon Railway have hired National Railway Equipment, Mt. Vernon, Ill., to build two new diesel locomotives to be […]
