Officials cut a red ribbon Thursday to mark the opening of the new Wylie terminal earlier in the month. Two photos, Kansas City Southern DALLAS – Two decades after Kansas City Southern purchased several Santa Fe lines in North Texas, KCS, on Thursday, dedicated a new intermodal terminal in Wylie. The facility, located in the […]
Train Topic: Railroad Operations
MR Insider Exclusive: Printing Model Railroader at Quad/Graphics
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Ever wonder how Model Railroader magazine is printed, bound, and distributed to you every single month of the year? Through special arrangements with Quad/Graphics, a rail-served American printing company, host Jenny Maaske and MRVP video crew follow knowledgeable Quad employees through the Sussex, […]
MR Insider Exclusive: Printing Model Railroader at Quad/Graphics
Ever wonder how Model Railroader magazine is printed, bound, and distributed to you every single month of the year? Through special arrangements with Quad/Graphics, a rail-served American printing company, host Jenny Maaske and MRVP video crew follow knowledgeable Quad employees through the Sussex, Wisconsin, plant as a new issue of MR is published. Watch from […]
Tank engine with a tender
Even though it’s a tank locomotive (with the water tank around the boiler), Rayonier 2-6-6-2T No. 111 also sports a tender for additional water capacity. The fitting atop the stack is a Gerlinger spark arrestor. Whit Towers photo […]
CSX closes out the tower era in Fostoria NEWSWIRE
CSX Transportation train R348, left, was the last train to pass under the control of F Tower in Fostoria, Ohio. R348 departed once train S264, right, cleared the plant. Brian Schmidt Toledo, Ohio-bound train Q253 passes CSX Transportation’s F Tower in Fostoria, Ohio, just before the tower closed for good on Monday morning. Brian Schmidt […]
Running repairs keep loaded cars on the move
Railroad equipment sustains a great deal of wear and tear as the freight cars travel about the country. For this reason, all cars receive careful attention from car inspectors anytime they move through a yard or terminal. Car inspectors are trained to look for anything that’s wrong with a freight car, from damaged safety appliances […]
North Dakota towns ticketing trains that block crossings NEWSWIRE
BERTHOLD, N.D. – The small town of Berthold, on BNSF’s ex-Great Northern main line west of Minot, has instructed its police force to ticket the locomotive engineer the next time a train blocks both crossings in town for more than 20 minutes, the Bismarck Tribune reported. Berthold is following the lead of Enderlin, N.D., after […]
Trains’ Top 10 railroad stories of 2014 NEWSWIRE
Once known for mainline steam excursions, the NRHS has struggled to find relevance in the Internet age. David Honan 10. The once-mighty National Railway Historical Society appears to be running out of steam. A hotly contested election and a failed reorganization plan brought attention to the venerable organization, but in the end the status quo […]
Crestwood loads 1,000th unit train at Bakken transload hub NEWSWIRE
Jeff Robertson EPPING, N.D. – Crestwood Midstream Partners has loaded its 1,000th crude oil unit train at its COLT Hub in Epping, about 15 miles northeast of Williston. The facility began service in June 2012 with an original capacity to load 80,000 barrels per day, but now handles up to 160,000 barrels per day after […]
Do you know where your boxcar is?
In the December 2014 Model Railroader, Seth Neumann and Chris Drone wrote an article about using radio-frequency identification (RFID) and a computer to track rolling stock and new possibilities for operation. Prototype railroads have been using scanning technology since the late 1960s. Automatic Car Identification (ACI) used an optical reader and a color-coded plate to […]
KCS reports record quarterly revenue, carloads NEWSWIRE
Mark Mautner KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Kansas City Southern reports record revenue and carloads in the third quarter of 2014 revenues. Revenue is reported at $678 million, while carload volumes are 4 percent higher. Third quarter revenue growth was led by a 28 percent increase in automotive, and a 13 percent increase in industrial and […]
Drew’s Trackside Adventures: Episode 18 – Montana Rail Link local operations
Drew’s “Epic” Trackside Adventure now heads into Montana, home of the Montana Rail Link. Drew’s expedition guide and Trains art director Tom “Sherpa” Danneman knows this regional railroad success story like the back of his hand, so join the MRVP crew as they trace the MRL main line from Billings, Mont., to the shops and […]