New model trains for the week of March 3, 2015

HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division SD40-2 diesel locomotive. Canadian National (North America scheme with Grand Trunk Western reporting marks), Illinois Central (black), Milwaukee Road (Hiawatha scheme), Missouri Pacific (Jenks Blue with screaming eagle), Soo Line (red and white), and Union Pacific (modern scheme). Four road numbers per scheme. Road-number-specific details, wire grab irons, and see-through […]

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Whiteout

Canadian National train M345 heads north at Rantoul, Ill., on the Chicago Subdivision after meeting a southbound in subzero temperatures and fierce blowing snow. Photo by Erik Coleman […]

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Police catch Minnesota truck-train crash on dash cam NEWSWIRE

MOUNTAIN IRON, Minn. — You want to shout at the truck driver and yell, “stop!” wave your arms, do something. But you know it’s already too late because in the video you’re watching, the driver is seconds away from plowing into the lead locomotive of a Canadian National freight train. The Minnesota State Patrol this […]

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Drew’s Trackside Adventures: Episode 30 – Thompson River Trek

In this extended-length episode, you’ll come to appreciate just how quickly real railroads (and Drew) can be humbled by Mother Nature! This time, Drew, Kent, and Charlie Conway forge through desert-like heat, high winds, and rugged terrain in Canada’s Thompson River Canyon. The action on Canadian Pacific and Canadian National main lines sizzles too, as […]

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Drew’s Trackside Adventures: Episode 30 – Thompson River Trek

In this extended-length episode, you’ll come to appreciate just how quickly real railroads (and Drew) can be humbled by Mother Nature! This time, Drew, Kent, and Charlie Conway forge through desert-like heat, high winds, and rugged terrain in Canada’s Thompson River Canyon. The action on Canadian Pacific and Canadian National main lines sizzles too, as […]

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New model trains for the week of February 11, 2016

Bowser HO scale General Motors Diesel SD40-2 diesel locomotive HO scale locomotives General Motors Diesel SD40-2 diesel locomotive. CP Rail (small Multimark in two road numbers, as-delivered scheme, large Multimark with 8” stripes in two numbers, no Multimark with or without number on rear of long hood in two numbers each, and dual-flag scheme in […]

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Athearn HO scale SD40

The Athearn Ready To Roll SD40 is also available decorated for Burlington Northern Santa Fe. There’s a lot to like about this newly tooled Athearn Ready-to-Roll HO scale Electro-Motive Division SD40. From its road-specific details to its SoundTraxx sound decoder, this model ticks many of the boxes on many modelers’ wishlists. The prototype. The six-axle […]

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Voting trusts, what they mean in a CP deal for NS NEWSWIRE

Former Illinois Central SD40-3 No. 6251 leads a Canadian National train near Stewart, Minn., earlier this year. Canadian Pacific’s bid for Norfolk Southern includes provisions for a voting trust of a type last used when CN bought IC in the late 1990s. Matt Krause When Norfolk Southern’s board of directors formally rejected Canadian Pacific’s $28 […]

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Tech company’s device can detect in cab cell phone calls NEWSWIRE

BOLINGBROOK, Ill. — New in-cab locomotive technology designed to identify communications over cellular frequencies is now working on U.S. railroads, Wi-Tronix officials tell Trains News Wire. The Illinois-based company has deployed its “Mobile Phone Detection System” on at least one Class I railroad and one California short line railroad. The company could not disclose which […]

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