Hurry up and wait

The railroaders’ mantra has always been “hurry up and wait” and this CSX crew at Glendale, Ohio, in suburban Cincinnati is living up to their creed. This portion of the former Baltimore & Ohio Toledo to Cincinnati route is paired with the Norfolk Southern New Castle District in directional running; most trains passing Glendale are […]

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Notre Dame University rail spur scrapped NEWSWIRE

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – An industrial branch in South Bend serving Notre Dame University is being scrapped by its owner, Norfolk Southern, reports the South Bend Tribune. The city of South Bend hopes to convert it to a trail. The 3.7 mile line was originally part of a New York Central main line between South Bend […]

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Alternatives in railroad preservation

FULL SCREEN Davidson Ward A Deutsche Bahn intercity train whizzes past a steel boardwalk in Natur-Park Südgelände. FULL SCREEN Davidson Ward Tracks disappear into the forest, with a well-groomed hiking trail solidly established between the rails. FULL SCREEN Davidson Ward Here you can clearly see the delineation of path and nature, as bound by two […]

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iHobby Expo show report

Atlas Model Railroad Co. HO scale Alco C-424 diesel locomotive HO scale locomotives Alco C-424 and C-425 diesel locomotives. New paint schemes. C-424 Phase II: Erie Mining (one road number); Springfield Terminal (Guilford scheme); and Toledo, Peoria & Western (two numbers). C-424 Phase III: Canadian National, Canadian Pacific, and Morristown & Erie (two numbers). C-425 […]

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New products for October 4, 2012

HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division F7 diesel locomotive. New paint scheme: Great Northern (Big Sky Blue). Five-pole skew-wound motor with flywheels, prototype-specific details, and McHenry knuckle couplers. A unit only (freight): Direct-current model, $169.98; with SoundTraxx Digital Command Control sound decoder, $269.98. A-B set (freight or passenger): DC model, $309.98; with SoundTraxx DCC sound decoder, […]

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New products for August 16, 2012

HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division GP15-1 diesel locomotive. New paint scheme: Burlington Northern (1991 scheme). Three numbers each. Five-pole skew-wound motor and dual flywheels, see-through etched-metal details, and McHenry scale magnetic knuckle couplers. Direct-current model, $189.98; with SoundTraxx Digital Command Control sound decoder, $289.98. March 2013. Genesis series. Athearn Trains, 310-763-7140, www.athearn.com Electro-Motive Division SD70M-2 […]

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I’m No. 1!

Norfolk Southern GP18 No. 1 switches in the Chocowinity, N.C., yard, preparing a train for the Texas Gulf phosphate plant on Oct. 28, 1973. Photo by William J. Husa Jr. […]

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2012 National Train Show preliminary report

HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division SD70ACe diesel locomotive in Norfolk Southern heritage schemes. Central RR of New Jersey; Delaware, Lackawanna & Western; Erie; Illinois Terminal; New York Central; Norfolk Southern no. 1030 (1982 and 2012 number boards); Penn Central; Reading Co.; Savannah & Atlanta; Virginian Ry.; and Wabash. New m.u. receptacles, turbocharger compartment doors on […]

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Virginian in Victoria

Virginian Fairbanks-Morse units Nos. 20 and 39 leave Victoria, Va., on a westbound empty hopper train in March 1956. Norfolk Southern has revived this paint scheme on its 2012 heritage units. Photo by Herbert H. Harwood Jr. […]

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Classic Depot

Norfolk Southern (Crewe-to-Hopewell turn) freight V-11 passes the Petersburg, Va., Union Station as it heads eastbound toward Broadway Yard on May 11, 2012. Photo by Michael S. Murray […]

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