First Progress-built Tier 4 locomotives for CSX arrive NEWSWIRE

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CSX SD70ACe-T4 No. 8908 shows off its fresh paint. Erik Landrum CINCINNATI – Delivery of CSX Transportation’s first SD70ACe-T4 locomotives began last week when nine of the 10-unit order was shipped from Progress Rail’s Muncie, Ind., plant. Norfolk Southern delivered the nine units from Muncie to Cincinnati where they were interchanged to CSX. The order, […]

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‘Hustle Muscle’ SD45 to appear at GN society convention

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GN 400 crosses the French River near Duluth, Minn., on the North Shore Scenic Railroad. Steve Glischinski DILWORTH, Minn. – Great Northern Railway SD45 No. 400, the “Hustle Muscle” diesel, will appear at the annual convention of the Great Northern Railway Historical Society this month. The locomotive, currently at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in […]

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It’s not too late to visit WNY&P Alcos NEWSWIRE

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The WNY&P Driftwood Turn prepares to leave Driftwood, Pa., with a hopper train ultimately bound for Turtle Point. Despite being based in Olean, N.Y., the majority of the income for the railroad is in Pennsylvania. Stephan M. Koenig The northbound Emporium Turn reaches Gardeau Road just south of Keating Summit. The train will make its […]

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EMD artist Tom Fawell has passed NEWSWIRE

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In a 2007 photo, Tom Fawell poses in his Chicagoland studio with his painting of Southern Railway GP38-2’s —running long hood forward, of course Gregory Palumbo CHICAGO — Tom Fawell, the Chicago artist who dazzled a generation with his rakish artwork depicting Electro-Motive Division diesel locomotives on the move, has died at age 90 in […]

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Santana succeeds Betler as Wabtec chief executive NEWSWIRE

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Rafael Santana, Wabtec President and CEO Wabtec/GE Transportation WILMERDING, Pa. — Wabtec Corp. today announced Rafael Santana will become president and CEO of the company, effective July 1. Santana, who will also become a Wabtec board member, will succeed Ray Betler, who will retire as a Wabtec executive and board member. Santana, 47, joined Wabtec […]

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New model trains for the week of July 4, 2019

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Atlas Model Railroad Co. HO scale Fairbanks-Morse H-15-44 and H-16-44 diesel locomotives HO scale locomotives Fairbanks-Morse H-15-44 and H-16-44 diesel locomotives. New paint schemes. H-15-44: Rock Island (red and silver). H-16-44: Central RR Co. of New Jersey (blue and yellow); New York Central (black and white with radio stencil); and New York, New Haven & […]

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New model trains for the week of June 27, 2019

Broadway Limited Imports HO scale New York Central class S1b 4-8-4 Niagara steam locomotive

HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division F-series diesel locomotives. F3A and F3B: Missouri-Kansas-Texas (red and black) and St. Louis-San Francisco (black and yellow). F7A and F7B: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (cat whiskers scheme); Milwaukee Road (orange, maroon, and black); and Western Maryland (black and yellow). Prototype-specific details, factory-installed and painted wire grab irons, and body-mounted […]

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