As a replica of the station that stood in Princeton for more than 70 years, the Princeton Railroad Museum shares the stories of the Virginian Railway and other rail-related history throughout the region. Choices The museum features exhibits full of artifacts and photographs surrounding the history of both the Virginian Railway and the Norfolk & […]
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Grand Bellevue Rail Dining Experience profile
Along the scenic Narragansett Bay, the Grand Bellevue Rail Dining Experience operates several different excursions on the Newport & Narragansett Bay Railroad. Choices The Grand Bellevue is a relaxing 2.5-hour excursion that provides elegant dinner train services of full-course meals, wine and cocktails in restored 1940s Budd dining cars. Another excursion offering is a dining […]
Beyond the byline with Dan Cupper
What was your first byline in Trains? Dan Cupper: It was a 10-page cover feature for January 1984, detailing Conrail’s E8-model passenger locomotive No. 4022, used for powering the road’s office-car fleet on inspection tours. At the time, I was working as a reporter for the Harrisburg (Pa.) Patriot-News newspapers and had written a full-page […]
Union Pacific’s new paint scheme
Union Pacific is in the final stage of modifying the paint scheme of its locomotive fleet. Announced in July 2022, company employees at Jenks Locomotive Shop in North Little Rock, Arkansas, created the new design which relocated the flag logo from the long hood to a smaller version placed on the side of the nose, […]
Ask Trains.com compilation May 2023 part one
Ask Trains.com compilation May 2023 part one: In this painting-themed installment, Cody Grivno answers viewer questions on topics ranging from how to accurately paint a Central Florida CF7 as seen in the May 2023 Model Railroader, to where to find affordable locomotives and how to paint them, and more! Are you looking to learn more […]
Penn Central locomotives remembered
Penn Central locomotives were varied from Alco and Baldwin to EMD and General Electric. There were electrics, too, on the Northeast Corridor and branches between New Haven, Conn., and Alexandria, Va. PC inherited its diesel and electric locomotives from components New York Central; and New York, New Haven & Hartford; and Pennsylvania Railroad. […]
Grand Canyon Railway No. 4960 continues centennial year into May
WILLIAMS, Ariz. — As part of the 2023 steam schedule of operating the “First Saturday” excursions, Grand Canyon Railway and Hotel’s 2-8-2 No. 4960 was fired up for the special occasion. The former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad locomotive, with assistance from F40 diesel No. 4128, headed the railway’s round-trip excursion train from Williams to […]
Early short Amtrak consists
On May 1st, 1971, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, or Amtrak, was formed. On this 52nd anniversary, I thought we should take a look at small Amtrak trains from the start. If you want to learn about how to model modern short Amtrak consists, check out my previous article. Instead of focusing on two individual […]
Amtrak station in Martinez, Calif., closed by mercury spill
MARTINEZ, Calif. — The Amtrak station in Martinez has been closed after a mercury spill was discovered in the station’s parking lot, Bay City News Service reports. Hazardous material teams responded to a reported spill at the station about 5:45 p.m. Monday evening, Contra Costa Health reported. The scene was eventually cleared, but the station […]
Amtrak service halted between Seattle and Portland, Ore.
PORTLAND, Ore. — Amtrak service between Seattle and Portland has been canceled through at least Wednesday after a landslide between Vancouver, Wash, and Kelso, Wash., on Monday. Amtrak announced the service disruption on Monday evening following the cancellation of the Seattle-Portland portion of several Cascades trains earlier in the day. The passenger operator cites a […]
Minnesota museum repainting equipment
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Transportation Museum is moving ahead with plans to repaint several pieces of passenger equipment at its Jackson Street Roundhouse Museum in St. Paul. If plans come to fruition, MTM will achieve a long-time goal of assembling a Great Northern streamliner in Omaha orange and Pullman green. MTM operates the […]
News report says Colorado Pacific has ended pursuit of Tennessee Pass line
Colorado Pacific Railroad, the rail enterprise of Colorado billionaire Stefan Soloviev, is no longer pursuing purchase of the former Denver & Rio Grande Western Tennessee Pass line, according to the nonprofit website Colorado Newsline. The railroad’s general counsel, William Osborn, told the site Soloviev — a major New York developer and chairman of Crossroads Agriculture, […]
