Video: Rapido HO scale The Canadian passenger train

Rapido Trains has announced a second run of its HO scale The Canadian. In this video you can see the HO scale passenger train led by locomotives equipped with SoundTraxx Digital Command Control sound decoders. The cars and the locomotives also feature prototypical lighting effects. See the train in action on the Model Railroader staff’s […]

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A busy night at Hinton

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In the Summer 2013 issue of Classic Trains, author Bob Withers recounts the special movement of passenger cars to Cass, W.Va., in late May 1968 on the occasion of the extension of the tourist pike to the top of Bald Knob. It was a complex operation involving scheduled and extra trains, as he explains here. […]

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Metra hiring more coach cleaners NEWSWIRE

CHICAGO – Metra coaches may start looking a lot better now that the Chicago commuter railroad is hiring on 31 additional cleaning staff. The Daily Herald reports that the added positions are a direct result of recent fare increases on 10-ride passes. “As we indicated when we did the 10-ride increase or fare adjustment — […]

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