Prototype Compressed Natural Gas powered loco TEM19 001 outside Russia’s Bryansk Engineering Plant. The CNG tank is clearly visible at the hood end. Transmasholding MOSCOW — Having completed acceptance trials on the first unit, Russian Railways (RZD) now plans an order of 50 locomotives powered by compressed natural gas. The Class TEM19 locomotive, built by […]
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EMD delivers new SD70ACe locomotives to Ferromex NEWSWIRE
Progress Rail Services MEXICO CITY. – Electro-Motive Diesel has delivered the first 10 of 19 SD70ACe locomotives to Ferromex, adding to its fleet for a total of 116 EMD SD70ACe locomotives. The latest locomotives will be placed into service by June 2015. The locomotives feature radial trucks, distributed power capabilities, and the EMD quiet-cab design. “We […]
Member video: G scale model train layout
The layout is 61 feet long and between 3′ 3″ and 5′ wide. Style is European, set roughly in the 1950s and 1960s. Because this is enjoyed by grandkids, I’ve tried to make it interactive. They can fill tank cars remotely and load trains (and a ship) with two cranes, one at each end of […]
Member video: G scale model train layout
The layout is 61 feet long and between 3′ 3″ and 5′ wide. Style is European, set roughly in the 1950s and 1960s. Because this is enjoyed by grandkids, I’ve tried to make it interactive. They can fill tank cars remotely and load trains (and a ship) with two cranes, one at each end of […]
A snowblower at work
Name: Andi Engi Railroad Name: Xrot snowblouwer at work Location: Wengen Switzerland Scale: G IIm 1:24 Theme: snowblower Description: super snow conditions to hurl the Xrot by Mr. Getz. There were eight built. […]
Ferromex, Ferrosur order SD70ACes NEWSWIRE
One of Ferromex’s existing SD70ACe locomotives. William H. Davis Jr. MUNCIE, Ind. – Electro-Motive Diesel has secured two orders for its successful SD70ACe locomotive. Ferromex and Ferrosur, both part of the Transportation division of GrupoMexico, have ordered a combined 34 SD70ACe’s for delivery in the summer of 2015. Ferromex has ordered 19 locomotives which will […]
Member video: Southern Pacific trains
Here are some Southern Pacific trains running on my home layout in Plymouth, UK. Video shot by Brian Moore […]
Member video: Southern Pacific trains
Here are some Southern Pacific trains running on my home layout in Plymouth, UK. Video shot by Brian Moore […]
Video: Big locomotives on a small HO scale shelf layout
Check out scenes from this North American themed HO scale shelf layout in Germany. You’ll big Union Pacific steam and diesel locomotives. Video shot by Andreas Rindermann. […]
Video: Big locomotives on a small HO scale shelf layout
Check out scenes from this North American themed HO scale shelf layout in Germany. You’ll big Union Pacific steam and diesel locomotives. Video shot by Andreas Rindermann. […]
Northern Japan’s railroads
FULL SCREEN Photograph by Scott Lothes The most luxurious train in Japan, the overnight Cassiopeia from Sapporo to Tokyo, rolls along Volcano Bay behind two specially painted DD51 locomotives just before sunset on June 18, 2007. FULL SCREEN Photograph by Scott Lothes Like locomotive engineers across generations and oceans, the driver of JR Hokkaido’s Hamanasu […]
Flying through the countryside
An Alta Velocidad Espanola train soars through Cordoba, Spain, on March 21, 2010. AVE, as it’s known, is also the Spanish word for “bird.” Photo by Brian Solomon […]