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MARKS, Miss. – Effective this weekend, Amtrak City of New Orleans trains will stop daily at a new station in Marks, Miss., on the Chicago-New Orleans route made famous in a song by Steve Goodman and recorded by Arlo Guthrie and many others. Service in both directions is effective tomorrow, May 5, with a ribbon-cutting […]
A southbound Pacific Surfliner nears the end of its trip to San Diego on Jan. 6, 2016. TRAINS: David Lassen SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The state of California has announced grants to help improve and expand passenger rail service to Sacramento, and on Amtrak Pacific Surfliner service between San Diego and San Luis Obispo, Calif. The Valley […]
A view on the aftermath of a March 18 train crash in Georgetown, Ky. Norfolk Southern is suing two of the railroaders for negligence in the crash that destroyed two locomotives, derailed 13 freight cars, and injured four railroaders. Tyler Hardin LEXINGTON, Ky. — Norfolk Southern is suing one of its own train crews involved […]
ENFIELD, N.C. — Four auto racks on Amtrak’s southbound Auto Train derailed Wednesday night, delaying the train and leading to altered schedules for several Amtrak trains through North Carolina. WTVD-TV in Raleigh, N.C., reported the derailment occurred about 11:30 p.m. None of the 394 passengers or crew were injured. The derailed cars remained upright and […]
On Aug. 6, 2012, a single Illinois Central manned helper locomotive brings up the rear of a southbound Canadian National intermodal train working up Byron Hill on the Waukesha Subdivision near Byron, Wis. Tom Danneman Q How do locomotive engineers know they are doing equal work on trains equipped with manned helpers? – Robert A. […]
A southbound ‘Acela’ races across a stretch of positive train control trackage on Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor at Perryville, Md., on June 5, 2011. Michael T. Burkhart This story first appeared in the October 2011 issue of Trains Magazine. The Advanced Civil Speed Enforcement System highlighted here was not active at the time of the of […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The head of the National Transportation Safety Board says a misaligned switch is the immediate reason Amtrak’s southbound Silver Star collided with a parked CSX Transportation freight train early Sunday, killing two people and injuring dozens. Investigators say they’ll now try and find out why the switch was misaligned. NTSB Chariman Robert […]
The remains of Amtrak Cascades train No. 501 in December 2017. Steve Carter WASHINGTON — As part of its ongoing investigation into the Dec. 18, 2017, derailment of an Amtrak passenger train in DuPont, Washington, the National Transportation Safety Board released Thursday an update about the agency’s investigation. NTSB investigators interviewed the engineer and the […]
This overall view shows cars off both sides of the tracks at the Interstate 5 bridge near DuPont, Wash. Two photos, Steve Carter SEATTLE – Several people are dead after a southbound Amtrak Cascades train derailed on an overpass above Interstate 5 near Olympia. Although several motorists were injured when the train fell off the […]
A southbound CSX intermodal train skirts the Hudson River at Bear Mountain, N.Y., on May 12, 2011. Three photos, Matt Van Hattem Every region has fascinating places to watch trains, and working at Trains brought me to locations I had always longed to visit as well as great spots I might not have otherwise come […]
Name: The Tar Branch Size: 2′-9″ x 8′-2″ Prototype: Winston-Salem Southbound Ry. Location: Winston-Salem, N.C. Era: mid-to-late 1950s Style: shelf Minimum radius: 20″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: none Benchwork: L-girder Height: 46″ Roadbed: milled Homasote on ½” plywood Track: handlaid code 83 Scenery: Sculptamold on extruded-foam insulation board and plywood Backdrop: building photographs […]
We start off the new year with a new project layout in the January 2018 issue of Model Railroader magazine. Don’t miss part 1 of the HO scale Winston-Salem Southbound Tar Branch project layout. Other stories include a tour of a classic Texas & Pacific model railroad that found new life as a […]
