A Milwaukee Road switcher moves a cut of refrigerator cars at the Hormel plant in Austin, Minn., in 1942. Most of the reefers are wood-sheathed cars leased from North American. Classic Trains collection […]
Meat reefers at Hormel
Type of Train: Diesel Locomotives
C&O F7 heading for repainting in West Virginia NEWSWIRE
Chesapeake & Ohio F7 No. 8016 on the turntable at the North Carolina Transportation Museum’s Spencer, N.C., shops. TRAINS: Jim Wrinn SPENCER, N.C. — An F7 is heading to CSX Transportation’s Huntington, W.Va., locomotive shops for re-painting, say sources close to the matter. Norfolk Southern crews hooked on to Chesapeake & Ohio F7 No. 8016 […]
Metra unveils F40PH heritage unit
CHICAGO — One of Metra’s oldest passenger locomotives is sporting a color scheme to match the one it came with in 1977. About 100 Metra officials, passengers, and railfans gathered at Chicago’s LaSalle Street Station on Thursday to celebrate 40 years of continuous service for the EMD F40PH unit by wrapping it in the sea […]
ScaleTrains.com HO scale SD40-2
ScaleTrains.com HO scale SD40-2 While this isn’t the first HO scale SD40-2 to roll down the tracks, ScaleTrains.com takes a different route by offering many options on drive and detail level, including variations that haven’t been available in plastic before. Electro-Motive Division’s SD40-2 diesel was General Motors’ all-time best-selling locomotive, so there are plenty of […]
Broadway Limited Imports HO scale P70
Broadway Limited Imports HO scale P70 In addition other underframe detail, our P70R sample accurately model’s the prototype’s ice-air conditioning equipment, including the large ice bunker. Like the K4s steam locomotive, GG1 electric, or X29 boxcar, the P70 coach is an icon of the Pennsylvania RR. Broadway Limited Imports has released a definitive HO scale […]
New model trains for the week of September 7, 2017
Broadway Limited Imports HO scale Electro-Motive Corp. EA, EB, E1A, and E1B diesel locomotives HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Corp. EA, EB, E1A, and E1B diesel locomotives. EA and EB: Alton (A unit), Baltimore & Ohio (powered A unit and unpowered B unit set; individual powered A and B unit), and Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (A […]
MTH O gauge BL2 diesel engine
O GAUGE BL2 DIESEL FROM MTH Price: $499.95 (no. 20-20697-1) Min Curve: O-31 Cmd Low: 2.8 smph Cnv Low: 3.0 smph High: 66.1 smph Drawbar pull: 1 lb., 7 oz. Features: Two can-style motors, ProtoSound 3.0 command and sound system, smoke unit, coil couplers Current-production road names: Boston & Maine, Chesapeake & Ohio, Chicago & […]
Kentucky diesel paint schemes
Louisville & Nashville adopted Alcos by the 1950s on lines in eastern Kentucky. The railroad first painted RS3s, FA2s, and FB2s in black, cream, and orange, but later opted for simpler schemes. R.D. Sharpless, Louisville & Nashville Historical Society collection Q My family moved from Texas to southeastern Kentucky in the mid-1950s, and I remember […]
Siemens’ Chargers’ grand entrance to Chicago NEWSWIRE
Siemens-built Charger diesel electric locomotive No. 4611 is owned by a consortium of states for use on routes radiating from Chicago. Siemens, Amtrak, and local officials unveiled a plan to put new Chargers in revenue service as well as a new paint scheme. The locomotive appears at Chicago Union Station on Monday. Bob Johnston CHICAGO […]
How-to Library: Weathering diesel locomotive details
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page As a follow-up to Cody Grivno’s initial video on adding realistic weathering effects to an out-of-the-box HO scale model, he now shows you how to apply additional effects to specific components of a hardworking diesel locomotive. Of course, the techniques Cody demonstrates […]
How-to Library: Weathering diesel locomotive details
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page As a follow-up to Cody Grivno’s initial video on adding realistic weathering effects to an out-of-the-box HO scale model, he now shows you how to apply additional effects to specific components of a hardworking diesel locomotive. Of course, the techniques Cody demonstrates […]
Older locomotives, small fleets end up in storage at CSX NEWSWIRE
CSX EMD SD60Ms, SD70MACs, SD50-2s, SD40-2s, and an assortment of other GE and EMD-built locomotives sit in storage at CSX Transportation’s Russell, Ky., near Wurtland, Ky., in July 2017. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Hundreds of locomotives have ended up in storage since CEO E. Hunter Harrison took the top spot at CSX Transportation earlier this year. […]
