Canadian Pacific CEO Keith Creel Canadian Pacific CALGARY, Alberta — The spread of Precision Scheduled Railroading to more than half of the Class I railroad systems will make it easier for railroads to merge, Canadian Pacific CEO Keith Creel says. Creel was asked whether the advance of E. Hunter Harrison’s operating model — used at […]
Officials broke ground on Oct. 1 for a nearly $500 million rail improvement project in Chicago near 75th Street in the city. Locomotives from the railroads affected include: CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern, Belt Railway of Chicago, Metra, and Union Pacific. Dean Mastoras CHICAGO — Railroad, U.S., and Illinois state officials today announced nearly $500 million […]
Wm. K. Walthers Inc. HO scale Electro-Motive Division SD60M diesel locomotive HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division SD60M diesel locomotive. Burlington Northern, BNSF Ry. (Heritage III), Canadian Pacific, Norfolk Southern, Soo Line, and Union Pacific. Four road numbers (two each in direct current and Digital Command Control). Three-piece cab windshield, open grating on steps, and light-emitting-diode […]
Covered hoppers roll down the eastbound hump at Union Pacific’s Bailey Yard in North Platte, Neb., in June 2018 as yard power idles in the foreground. Unlike other railroads that have adopted “Precision Scheduled Railroading,” UP does not plan to idle any hump yards. Bill Stephens OMAHA, Neb. – People who worked closely with E. […]
Name: Clinchfield RR Layout owner: Stuart Wrightson (original version designed by John Armstrong) Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 14 x 32 feet Prototype: Clinchfield RR, CSX Locale: From Elkhorn City, Ky.,to the Tennessee/North Carolina border Era: Original plan, 1978; existing layout, present day Style: walk-in Mainline run: 223 feet (original) Minimum radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: no. […]
A Union Pacific manifest train passes through River Forest, Ill, on Sept. 9, 2018. UP plans to roll out Precision Scheduled Railroading in phases. TRAINS: David Lassen The basic tenets of Precision Scheduled Railroading. OMAHA, Neb. – Union Pacific sees Precision Scheduled Railroading as a way out of the operational and service rut in which […]
Union Pacific multilevel automobile trains pass east of North Platte, Neb., on the railroad’s Overland Route in June 2018. UP has shifted 70 percent of its automotive traffic out of unit trains and into the merchandise network Bill Stephens OMAHA, Neb. – Union Pacific’s embrace of Precision Scheduled Railroading principles came just two months after […]
ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. – As remnants of Hurricane Florence drench parts of central Appalachia Monday, railroads in the Carolinas are in the process of restoring rail service, evaluating flood damages, and cleaning up a derailment. In a weekend customer service advisory issued by CSX Transportation, the railroad confirmed rail service had been restored in the […]
Atlas Trainman HO scale GP39-2 with ESU LokSound New road names and factory-installed sound highlight the latest version of the Atlas Trainman Electro-Motive Division (EMD) GP39-2. We first reviewed a direct-current (DC) version of the GP39-2 in the January 2010 issue. This latest release has a dual-mode ESU LokSound Select decoder that provides realistic sound […]
A Canadian National train crosses Echo Lake in Burlington, Wis., in May 2018. CN’s CEO says the railroad should pursue other technological opportunities before working on autonomous train operation. TRAINS: David Lassen BOSTON – Canadian National CEO Jean-Jacques Ruest says there’s a whole lot of low-hanging technology fruit that his railroad can pick before moving toward […]
Watco’s Decatur & Eastern Illinois makes its first run on Sunday, between Decatur and Paris, Ill. Steve Smedley DECATUR, ILL. — The Midwest has a new railroad. The Decatur & Eastern Illinois Railroad made its inaugural run out of Decatur on Sunday, Sept. 9. The first revenue move left the Decatur yards on Sunday morning […]
Adding mundane and non-revenue structures to your layout can enhance the authenticity of a scene, as demonstrated in these two scenes from the author’s Miami-based HO scale CSX Downtown Spur layout. The gray and salmon structure at the center of the top photo is 10th Avenue Tires in Miami. Structure building is one of the […]
