The Design Your City campers stand behind their finished modules at Milwaukee’s Discovery World along with World’s Greatest Hobby president Stacey Walthers Naffah (far right). The campers built model railroad structure kits to represent the businesses, residences, and industries of their HO scale neighborhood. Stacey Walthers-Naffah, president of the World’s Greatest Hobby organization, helps a […]
Tyler Hardin with one of the three commemorative units he’s designed for CSX. Chris Anderson An early front porch drawing by Tyler Hardin. Hardin family collection HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Sitting in the darkness at a picnic table under a shed at CSX’s Huntington Heavy Repair shop, Tyler Hardin’s face lights up when he recalls where […]
Q: I recently visited the Foster Townsend facility by the river in St. Louis and was informed that it is now part of Metro East Industries. Can you confirm? — John Foster, Gloucester, England A: Upon checking with railfans familiar with St. Louis, they confirmed that the shops you visited are leased out to Metro […]
CSX is upgrading 25 SD70ACs at Huntington, W.Va. Chris Anderson HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — CSX’s fleet of aging SD70AC locomotives has mostly sat stored for the last several years, but a new upgrade program could see the diesels return to the road for years to come. CSX’s Huntington Heavy Repair shop in West Virginia is reworking […]
ScaleTrains.com HO scale General Electric Tier 4 GEVo diesel locomotive HO scale locomotives General Electric Tier 4 GEVo diesel locomotive. Canadian National (with Aboriginal Affairs logo in three road numbers, 100th anniversary scheme with Aboriginal Affairs logo in one number) and Kansas City Southern (Southern Belle scheme in six numbers). Prototype-specific details, directional light-emitting-diode headlights, […]
Clinchfield 800 will be on tour this fall in Ohio. Trains: Jim Wrinn CINCINNATI — Clinchfield F7 No. 800, the famous streamliner that spent an extended vacation in Florida, is about to tour Ohio this fall, organizers of Ohio Rail Experience excursions said Friday. The gray and yellow locomotive, restored to its original appearance in […]
BERLIN — On Monday, Aug. 26, Vossloh AG signed a contract for the sale of its Locomotives business unit, currently reported as discontinued operations, to CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive Co., Ltd., Zhuzhou, China, a subsidiary of the China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation Ltd. CRRC is the largest rolling stock manufacturer in the world. The agreed purchase […]
A West Virginia Central freight train led by C&O-painted, ex-Milwaukee Road F7A No. 7094 near Elkins, W.Va. Chase Gunnoe Keokuk Junction Railway in Illinois recently sidelined its F-units in revenue freight service, however cab unit enthusiasts can still capture first generation diesels pulling freight on two railroads in North America. According to the managers of […]
This materials list is an online bonus to “Build a late-1960s E unit” by Louis Millan from the October 2019 Model Railroader. Louis Millan shows how-to detail an HO scale Life-Like Proto2000 E8 diesel locomotive to represent a late 1960s Penn Central prototype. Below is the materials list for the project. Materials list Cal Scale […]
Atlas Model Railroad Co. HO scale General Motors Diesel Division GP40-2W diesel locomotive HO scale locomotives General Motors Diesel Division GP40-2W diesel locomotive. New paint schemes: Dakota, Missouri Valley & Western; Georgia & Florida Railnet; Hudson Bay Ry. (two road numbers); Iowa Northern; Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority; New England Central (one number); and Vermont Ry. […]
CSX Transportation HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – CSX Transportation’s “Spirit of our Law Enforcement” commemorative locomotive is being unveiled today at the company’s Huntington locomotive shop. CSXT 3194 is being renamed to honor our nation’s police officers who dedicate their lives to serve and protect communities across our network. “CSX is proud of the employee craftsmanship involved […]
Canadian Pacific SD70ACU No. 7003 sits in Dubuque, Iowa, on Aug. 17 waiting to be picked up by a northbound train. Chris Guss DUBUQUE, Iowa – Canadian Pacific has received its first group of rebuilt SD70ACU locomotives from Progress Rail. CP Nos. 7000-7003 were picked up in Paducah, Ky., by Canadian National last week and […]
