ScaleTrains.com HO scale covered hopper

ScaleTrains.com HO scale covered hopper A Greenbrier (Gunderson) 5,188- cubic-foot-capacity covered hopper has been added to the ScaleTrains.com HO scale Rivet Counter line. The modern three-bay hopper is offered in four body styles. It features see-through stainless steel running boards and crossover platforms, prototype-specific hatch covers and outlet gates, and American Steel Foundries Ride-Control trucks […]

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Illinois Railway Museum restores Santa Fe No. 92 NEWSWIRE

A submitted image of Santa Fe FP45 No. 92 which Illinois Railway Museum donors helped to mechanically restore. Illinois Railway Museum UNION, Ill. — One of Santa Fe’s last locomotives to haul the Super Chief is now running again at the Illinois Railway Museum. In a Tuesday news release, museum officials say they’ve restored and […]

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UPDATE: Tunnel collapse shuts down UP in the Cascades NEWSWIRE

Oakridge, Ore. Google Maps OAKRIDGE, Ore. — Union Pacific’s Cascade Subdivision in Oregon is shut down this week after a tunnel collapsed near Oakridge. UP spokesperson Justin Jacobs says part of the tunnel roof collapsed on Tuesday afternoon, impacting about 50 feet of track. The collapse occurred while maintenance was being conducted on the tunnel […]

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Metra offers kids free rides during summer NEWSWIRE

Rebuilt F40PHM-2 No. 200 leads an outbound Metra BNSF train through Highlands in Hinsdale, Ill., on April 28, 2018. TRAINS: David Lassen CHICAGO — Metra has announced a kids-ride-free program through the summer months, with up to three children ages 11 and under able to ride free with an adult from Memorial Day through Labor […]

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New model trains for the week of May 17, 2018

Broadway Limited Imports HO scale Chesapeake & Ohio class J3a 4-8-4 Greenbrier steam locomotive HO scale locomotives Chesapeake & Ohio class J3a 4-8-4 Greenbrier steam locomotive. “The Greenbrier Presidential Express” (one road number), in-service version (with smoke deflectors in one number, without in four numbers), and excursion service (Chesapeake & Ohio, Chessie System Railroads, and […]

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New model trains for the week of May 9, 2018

HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division SD45T-2 diesel locomotive. National Railway Equipment (Southern Pacific speed and Roman lettering patchouts and painted light gray with red lettering in one road number each), Montana Rail Link (fictional paint scheme, three numbers), Southern Ry. of British Columbia (fictional paint scheme, one number), St. Louis Southwestern (Cotton Belt, American Revolution […]

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Amtrak letter explains position on ‘Southwest Chief’ NEWSWIRE

Joe Boardman, right, rides a ‘Southwest Chief’ inspection trip with BNSF Railway’s Matt Rose Aug 4, 2016. Two photos, Bob Johnston WASHINGTON – In its most explicit explanation yet, Amtrak management has revealed the reason why it intends to withhold a $3 million match to a $16 million Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant […]

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Friends of the 261 forced to cancel June steam trip NEWSWIRE

En route to Duluth, Milwaukee Road No. 261 passes through Hinckley, Minn., on June 4, 2016. A similar trip for this June has been cancelled. Steve Glischinski MINNEAPOLIS – The Friends of the 261 has informed ticketholders it was forced to cancel its planned positive train control fundraising trip from Minneapolis to the Lake Superior Railroad […]

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’24 Hours @ Saginaw’ event returns for Texas railfans

A BNSF train rolls through Saginaw, Texas. Hayley Enoch SAGINAW, Texas — The Dallas-Fort Worth area’s premier annual train-watching event will return in 2018. The North Texas Chapter of the National Railroad Historical Society will host the 13th annual “24 Hours @ Saginaw” between 7 p.m. on Friday, May 25, and 7 p.m. on Saturday, […]

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New model trains for the week of April 26, 2018

Rapido Trains HO scale Alco/Montreal Locomotive Works FA-2 and FPA-2 diesel locomotives HO scale locomotives Alco/Montreal Locomotive Works FA-2 and FPA-2 diesel locomotives. FA-2: Ann Arbor (delivery scheme); Burlington Northern (Spokane, Portland & Seattle patchout); Chicago & North Western (yellow and green); CP Rail (Action Red with Multimark); Erie Lackawanna (gray and maroon); Long Island […]

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