Following the success of the HO scale Siemens ACS-64 (reviewed in the January 2019 Model Railroader) Bachmann Industries announced three new HO scale models based on Siemens Mobility prototypes: the Charger SC-44 passenger locomotive, the S70 light rail-vehicle, and a single-level mainline passenger car. The SC-44 Charger will be the first model released, due out […]
HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division SDP40F. Amtrak (phase 1 and 3 schemes); Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (blue and yellow warbonnet); and BNSF Ry. (Maersk Sealand in one road number, Santa Fe patchout in two numbers). Four numbers per scheme unless noted. Prototype-specific details, factory-installed and painted wire grab irons, and McHenry scale couplers. Direct-current […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Cody now turns his attention from the Chicago & North Western HO scale commuter cars to the locomotive used to haul them! Ride along with Cody as he works to model a GP7 featuring all of the right details and weathering effects […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Cody now turns his attention from the Chicago & North Western HO scale commuter cars to the locomotive used to haul them! Ride along with Cody as he works to model a GP7 featuring all of the right details and weathering effects […]
HO scale locomotives Alco RS-3 diesel locomotive. Chicago & North Western (“Route of the 400” slogan); Central RR of New Jersey (red and white, three road numbers); Delaware & Hudson; Milwaukee Road (orange and black with The Milwaukee Road herald on cab); Providence & Worcester (white, orange, and brown); Rock Island (maroon with white pinstripes); […]
On April 12, Wabtec tested modernized locomotives for its two largest customers, Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern. The UP unit seen here is known as a C44ACM. ERIE, Pa. – Pascal Schweitzer, vice president, global services organization, freight, under Wabtec, is proud of what his company has achieved in the past five years and what […]
F40PH-2C No. 1054 pushes an inbound train from Worcester as it departs Ashland, Mass., in April 2015. The MBTA has expanded an overhaul program to include all 37 of its F40s. Scott A. Hartley BOSTON — The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority will overhaul 27 additional F40 locomotives for its commuter rail fleet, exercising an option […]
CSX commemorative units Nos. 1776 and 911 at Huntington, W.Va., on April 30, 2019. Chris Anderson HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — When specially-painted CSX locomotives Nos. 1776 and 911 rolled out of the paint shop in Huntington on Tuesday, the big GE Evolution Series engines essentially ushered in a new era at the railroad, one which could […]
CSX debuted this First Responders unit on April 30, 2019. Chris Anderson CSX veterans unit No. 1776 at Huntington, W.Va., on April 30. Chris Anderson HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — CSX today released two specially painted units from its Huntington Locomotive Shop, No. 911, a first responders commemorative unit, and No. 1776, that salutes veterans. In keeping with […]
C&O SD40 No. 7534 and an eastbound CSXT freight train in Clifton Forge, Va. Clifford Clements/COHS CLIFTON FORGE, Va. — Nearly two years after being cosmetically restored by CSX Transportation’s Huntington locomotive shops, Chesapeake & Ohio EMD SD40 No. 7534 is almost home at the Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society’s Clifton Forge Heritage Center. The […]
OAK CREEK, Wis. — With Precision Scheduled Railroading in effect at Union Pacific, longer trains have become more frequent across its system. This loaded coal train is one such example. Loaded as two trains at North Antelope mine in Wyoming, Union Pacific consolidated both trains at South Morrill, Neb., for the trip to Oak Creek, […]
LAKE VILLA, Ill. — Brand new Canadian National ET44AC No. 3196 leads train M34391-24 through the northern Illinois suburb of Lake Villa. The locomotive was delivered to CN at Memphis, Tennessee by BNSF Railway recently and is making its first revenue trip since being assembled at Wabtec Freight’s Fort Worth, Texas, plant. This locomotive is […]
