Join Trains on a ride behind Soo Line 2-8-2 No. 1003 as it runs between Hartford and Horicon, Wis., in November 2017 for to pick-up coal before bedding down for winter. Only from Trains! […]
Trains Presents: Soo Line 1003 ‘Coal Run’
Zone & Region: Midwest
Nippon Sharyo closing northern Illinois railcar plant NEWSWIRE
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 […]
New Lenox, Ill., station set to move NEWSWIRE
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 […]
Switching Fairport Harbor
Watch switching operations at Fairport Harbor with a B&O Alco RSD from Broadway Limited Imports. Video by Edward Lorence. […]
Switching Fairport Harbor
Watch switching operations at Fairport Harbor with a B&O Alco RSD from Broadway Limited Imports. Video by Edward Lorence. […]
HO scale Rock Island Twin Star Rocket passenger train
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. […]
HO scale Rock Island Twin Star Rocket passenger train
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. […]
Video: The HO scale Baltimore Ohio Pittsburgh Western Sub
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. […]
Video: The HO scale Baltimore Ohio Pittsburgh Western Sub
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. […]
Railroads commit to fund latest CREATE project in Chicago for more than $400 million
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 […]
Night train on the Minneapolis Northern
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 […]
Night train on the Minneapolis Northern
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 […]
