An outbound Metra train pulled by F40PHM-2 No. 205 meets an inbound, with F40PH-3 No. 119 pushing, at Lisle, Ill., in August 2015. No. 205 was damaged in a derailment while en route for rebuilding in Georgia. TRAINS: David Lassen A Metra locomotive on its way to Georgia for rebuilding was damaged in a CSX […]
Union Pacific C6044AC No. 7342 had finished its rebuilding and was operating on GE’s test track in Erie, Pa., on Jan. 11. Stephan Koenig OMAHA, Neb. – Union Pacific is the latest Class I railroad to begin rebuilding its older General Electric locomotive fleet with the builder. The railroad has selected 20 C6044ACs for the […]
HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division SD40 diesel locomotive. CSX (Chesapeake & Ohio patchout, one road number); Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (red and white, four numbers); and Southern Pacific (SD40R in peeled paint and stencil lettering, one number each; Roman lettering in three numbers). Prototype-specific details, vinyl m.u. hoses, and photo-etched stainless steel windshield wipers. Direct-current […]
Former Great Northern and Burlington Northern SD7 No. 6008 works at a grain elevator in Litchfield, Minn. The locomotive has been donated to the Minnesota Transportation Museum. Steve Glischinski ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Transportation Museum has acquired former Great Northern Railway SD7 No. 558. Cargill, Inc. donated the locomotive, one of 23 SD7s […]
Home for the heaviest rebuild, repair, and repaint work on the Norfolk Southern system is the sprawling former Pennsylvania Railroad Juniata Shops in Altoona, Pa. The backshop is the heart of this operation in the Keystone State. Alex Mayes Diesel locomotives are amazing. They are built to withstand the rigors of service, running 24 hours […]
Milwaukee-area model railroader Dick Cecil died on Feb. 16, 2018. He was 84 years old. Dick was no stranger to Kalmbach Publishing Co. He was born Jan. 27, 1934, and often commented that he was born the same month and year as Model Railroader magazine. He appeared with Wayne Wesolowski in the Kalmbach Video production […]
Union Pacific EMD24B order will look similar to demonstrator PRLX No. 24 built in 2016. Carl M. Lehman PATTERSON, Ga. – Union Pacific is acquiring 10 Progress Rail EMD24B locomotives to be built at the manufacturer’s Patterson, Ga., facility. The locomotive model was previously called PR24B before the consolidation of the Progress and EMD line […]
Ride in a Southern Pacific Cab Forward locomotive as we travel from Lakeview to Klamath Falls on the Oregon, California and Eastern Railway. This video was fiilmed at the Colorado Model Railroad Museum in Greeley, Colorado. […]
Ride in a Southern Pacific Cab Forward locomotive as we travel from Lakeview to Klamath Falls on the Oregon, California and Eastern Railway. This video was fiilmed at the Colorado Model Railroad Museum in Greeley, Colorado. […]
Rails in New England: I lived in New England for 40 years. On a recent trip back to the northeast corner of the USA, I visited garden railways, mostly on the coast where trees often grow up to the shore. I also chanced upon some full-scale historic railways, which seemed to crop up everywhere. Predating […]
Grafton & Upton MP15AC No. 1191, one of three such units acquired from CSX, awaits inspection and removal of CSX markings at North Grafton, Mass. G&U’s older EMD power is seen in the background. David Swirk, Grafton & Upton NORTH GRAFTON, Mass. – To help with growing business, Massachusetts short line Grafton & Upton has […]
Rapido Trains HO scale General Motors Diesel Division F7B and F9B diesel locomotives HO scale locomotives General Motors Diesel Division F7B and F9B diesel locomotives. Canadian National (F9B in as-delivered scheme and sergeant stripes, four road numbers each), Canadian Pacific (F7B and F9B in maroon with block lettering, maroon with script lettering, Action Red with […]
