Price: no. 1640 powered A unit (two road numbers) $499.95, unpowered B units (two road numbers) $219.95 Features: O-36 operation (A unit), O-45 operation (B unit); two can-style motors; Lionel TrainMaster and RailSounds; speed control; coil coupler; smoke unit Current-production road names: Burlington Route, Chicago & North Western, Great Northern, Jersey Central, Missouri-Kansas-Texas, and Union […]
Atlas Model Railroad Co. HO scale GenSet II diesel locomotive Following the success of its National Railway Equipment (NRE) GenSet I, Atlas has added the NRE GenSet II to its HO scale Trainman Plus line. The ready-to-run locomotive features a newly tooled shell, thinner-profile handrails, and cab roof details. The National Railway Equipment 3GS21B-DE (GenSet […]
An eastbound BNSF Railway intermodal, led by C44-9Ws Nos. 4444 and 5386, passes the former Santa Fe depot in Barstow, Calif., on Oct. 10, 2009. Photo by Gus Lambert […]
No. 1878, pictured, is similar to the locomotive recieved by the museum this week. Jon Waide UNION, Ill. — Union Pacific has donated General Electric B40-8 No. 1848 to the Illinois Railway Museum at Union. Museum volunteers expect to move the unit from the interchange track to the museum grounds late Friday or early Saturday, according […]
Two Alco switchers, one active and one derelict, call the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, Wis., home. Here, on May 31, 2014, one pulls an excursion train around the railroad’s loop track. Both are painted for the Green Bay & Western. Photo by Brian Schmidt […]
Model Rectifier Corporation has announced that they will produce and market Model Power’s railroad products under the Model Power brand. Model Power and Mantua railroad and accessory products will now be available worldwide from MRC. Frank Ritota, president of MRC, explained that “the plan is to use the obvious synergy from the melding of the product lines to […]
Providence & Worcester train NR-3, a weekday turn between Plainfield, Conn., and Worcester, Mass., is northbound at Wauregan, Conn., on March 20, 2014. The train has B39-8s Nos. 3906 and 3905 for power. Photo by Gerald Aubin […]
Atlas Model Railroad Co. HO scale Alco RS-3 diesel locomotive Atlas Model Railroad Co. is releasing new HO scale versions of the RS-3, Alco’s most successful road switcher. The RS‑3, powered by a 1,600-hp, 12-cylinder 244 engine, was a reliable and versatile locomotive. Though it didn’t come close to the popularity of its rival, Electro-Motive […]
Western Maryland 76, one of two GE 44-tonners the road had, both built in 1943, does some switching at WM’s Hillen Street terminal in Baltimore in July 1948. H. A. McBride photo […]
See this photo gallery of streamlined locomotives that dazzled crowds at the North Carolina Transportation Museum complex in Spencer, N.C., in Summer 2014. This is a modified version of the photo gallery that first appeared on Classic Trains‘ website. […]
The new ‘Hi-Vis’ cab on a new locomotive. Motive Power & Equipment Solutions GREENVILLE, S.C. — Motive Power & Equipment Solutions Inc. has introduced its “Hi-Vis” locomotive cab. The cab is designed to deliver an unprecedented 360 degree view and improved safety in industrial operations, the company says. “We are always looking for ways to […]
Bachmann Industries HO sale Norfolk Southern fleet diesel locomotives It seems model railroaders can’t get enough of the Norfolk Southern heritage fleet. Dressed in the paint schemes of fallen flag railroads, newly tooled HO scale General Electric ES44AC and Electro-Motive Diesel SD70ACe locomotives are now available in the Bachmann Trains Sound Value series. The accurately […]
