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Nippon Sharyo’s plant in Rochelle, Ill., is closed and is on the market. Avison Young ROCHELLE, Ill. — Eight years after opening to much fanfare, Nippon Sharyo’s passenger rail car manufacturing plant in Rochelle, Ill., is closing and up for sale. The company blamed the closing on its failure to complete a contract to deliver […]
An outbound Metra Rock Island train passes the New Lenox, Ill., station, set to be moved on Aug. 15. TRAINS: David Lassen NEW LENOX, Ill. — The 118-year-old New Lenox railroad station, most recently used by Metra, will be moved from its longtime location to a farm 5 miles away on Wednesday, Aug. 15. The […]
Watch switching operations at Fairport Harbor with a B&O Alco RSD from Broadway Limited Imports. Video by Edward Lorence. […]
Watch switching operations at Fairport Harbor with a B&O Alco RSD from Broadway Limited Imports. Video by Edward Lorence. […]
I took this train as a boy from Minneapolis to Mason City to visit relatives. I loved to watch this train pulling into the CNW station which where my Grandfather worked as a train dispatcher. Video by Gene Borman. […]
I took this train as a boy from Minneapolis to Mason City to visit relatives. I loved to watch this train pulling into the CNW station which where my Grandfather worked as a train dispatcher. Video by Gene Borman. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Jim Babcock’s HO scale railroad models diesel-era scenes along the Baltimore & Ohio Pittsburgh & Western Sub. In this short video, you’ll see some of the action on this exceptional model train layout. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Jim Babcock’s HO scale railroad models diesel-era scenes along the Baltimore & Ohio Pittsburgh & Western Sub. In this short video, you’ll see some of the action on this exceptional model train layout. […]
CHICAGO — The beginning of the end is near for the most congested rail chokepoint in the nation’s busiest rail hub, Chicago area transportation officials say. Funding is finally in place to begin design work on the Forest Hill Flyover on Chicago’s South Side, where four Belt Railway of Chicago, Norfolk Southern, and Metra tracks […]
Name: Todd Hein Railroad Name: Minneapolis Northern Location: Crystal, Minnesota Scale: O Theme: Freelance railroad running Marx Trains Description: A Santa Fe passenger train running along side a Minneapolis Northern freight train. The Minneapolis Northern locomotive is a Marx Commodore Vanderbilt that has been modified to hld a Marx double reduction motor with a smoke […]
Name: Todd Hein Railroad Name: Minneapolis Northern Location: Crystal, Minnesota Scale: O Theme: Freelance railroad running Marx Trains Description: A Santa Fe passenger train running along side a Minneapolis Northern freight train. The Minneapolis Northern locomotive is a Marx Commodore Vanderbilt that has been modified to hld a Marx double reduction motor with a smoke […]
FULL SCREEN Riverside Investment & Development via Amtrak An artist’s rendering of a Chicago Union Station redevelopment design as viewed from Adams and Canal streets in the city. FULL SCREEN Riverside Investment & Development via Amtrak An artist’s rendering of a Chicago Union Station redevelopment design as viewed during “blue hour” from Canal Street in […]
