In the lazy crazy days of summer, Bob Keller of Classic Toy Trains has a slew of new toy trains and related products to share with you! […]
Bob’s Train Box: Episode 68
Type of Train: Diesel Locomotives
Story behind the decal on CN’s new GE units NEWSWIRE
CN’s nose decal about aboriginal people will adorn 200 new GE units. This one was in Wisconsin earlier this month. Trains: Jim Wrinn MONTREAL — Canadian National’s newest locomotives feature a logo celebrating the company’s ties to Aboriginal communities across its network. The first locomotives to feature the logo, a group of ES44ACs starting with […]
Durango & Silverton looks to oil firing, diesels NEWSWIRE
Durango & Silverton No. 493 will be converted to burn oil as the popular tourist railroad works to lessen the potential fire hazard. Trains: Jim Wrinn DURANGO, Colo. — With coal-fired steam trains running again to Silverton, Colorado’s legendary Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad is looking forward to the future and how it can […]
New model trains for the week of July 10, 2018
HO scale freight cars 50-foot single-sheathed boxcars. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (single steel doors and Dreadnaught ends); Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (double steel doors and auto door end); Missouri Pacific (double wood doors and auto door end); Northern Pacific (double steel doors and auto door end); and Texas & Pacific (double steel doors and […]
Coaster commuter trains to add Charger locomotives NEWSWIRE
A Siemens Charger locomotive leads an Amtrak Cascades train over the Chambers Bay bridge in Steilacoom, Wash., on June 26, 2018. The agency which operates the San Diego-area Coaster commuter trains is buying five new Chargers. TRAINS: David Lassen OCEANSIDE, Calif. — The North County Transit District, which operates Coaster commuter trains in the San […]
B&M NH Main June Update
B&M RR GP7 1562 hauls a mixed freight around Steve Tello’s Boston & Maine NH Mainline. Construction and landscaping continues on the HO scale layout set in Lowell, MA. […]
B&M NH Main June Update
B&M RR GP7 1562 hauls a mixed freight around Steve Tello’s Boston & Maine NH Mainline. Construction and landscaping continues on the HO scale layout set in Lowell, MA. […]
New model trains for the week of July 5, 2018
Electro-Motive Division GP50 diesel locomotive. BNSF Ry. (Heritage III, three road numbers), and Genesee & Wyoming (Indiana & Ohio and Toledo, Peoria & Western; two numbers each), Illinois Central (black, one number), and Union Pacific (four numbers). Roadnumber-specific details, light-emitting-diode headlights, and vinyl m.u. hoses. Direct-current model with 21-pin connector for Digital Command Control decoder, […]
Amtrak’s P40s
Amtrak P40s that didn’t make the first cut for rebuilding wait their turn in Bear, Del., on June 7, 2010. Bob Johnston Q Whatever became of Amtrak’s P40s? They were numbered in the 800 series and looked very similar to the P42s in service today. What’s the difference between them? Does Amtrak still have any […]
Union Pacific to renumber SD70M No. 4014 before Big Boy runs NEWSWIRE
Union Pacific SD70M No. 4014 leads Big Boy 4-8-8-4 No. 4014 and SD70M No. 4884 at Laramie, Wyo., in May 2014 on the ferry move of the steam locomotive from California to Wyoming. Trains: Jim Wrinn OMAHA, Neb. – If you got photos of Union Pacific SD70M No. 4014 before it became famous as the […]
Progress Rail announces 90MAC rebuild order from Canadian Pacific NEWSWIRE
ALBERTVILLE, Ala. — Progress Rail, a wholly owned subsidiary of Caterpillar Inc. today announced it has been chosen by Canadian Pacific to supply an order of 30 upgraded EMD SD70ACU locomotives — otherwise known as modernized versions of SD90MAC models. Once fully re-manufactured these freight locomotives will primarily serve in heavy haul applications. “Our customers […]
CSX unveils ‘Spirit of Ravenna’ decal on GE locomotive NEWSWIRE
CSXT ET44AH No. 3440 with its new ‘Spirit of Ravenna’ logo on display during Franklin Park (Ill.) Days on June 8, 2018. Marshall W. Beecher RAVENNA, Ky. – In recognition of CSX Transportation’s recent partnership with the Kentucky Steam Heritage Corp., in Ravenna, Ky., the Class I railroad has placed a special Sprit of Ravenna […]
