GOSHEN, Va. — The first weekend of the Shenandoah Valley Limited with Norfolk & Western steam locomotive No. 611 is now in the books. In its first fall excursion through the home state of Virginia since 1994, the J-class 4-8-4 led six half-day trips unassisted out of Goshen along the Buckingham Branch Railroad with diesels […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Sacramento Regional Transit District has ordered eight more Siemens S700 low-floor light rail vehicles to be built at the Siemens Mobility plant in Sacramento, the manufacturer has announced. The new order follows earlier purchases of 20 of the light rail trainsets in 2020 and eight more in 2021, bringing the total […]
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. —Eight railcars of military equipment derailed Monday evening in Colorado Springs, KOAA-TV reports. The derailment occurred about 6:30 p.m. and led to the closure of East Las Vegas Street adjacent to the derailment site. A Union Pacific representative told the station that the train’s final destination was Colorado Springs but the company […]
HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut has approved more than $1.1 billion in state bond funding for transportation projects, Gov. Ned Lamont has announced. Funds will help meet matching requirements for federal money available through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which could help the state land more than $2.5 billion in federal funding. “The $1.1 billion in state […]
LOS ANGELES — Commuter rail operator Metrolink is expanding service on its Antelope Valley Line effective Oct. 23, adding more night service on weekdays and offering twice as many trains on weekends, KTLA-TV reports. Weekday service will see 15 round trips, up from the current 11. Inbound, the current earliest train of the day, which […]
STUART, Fla. — The operating schedule for the rail drawbridge over the St. Lucie River in in Stuart, Fla., has been revised to allow for repairs to damage sustained when one of the bridge’s bumpers was damaged by a barge on Sept. 30. WQCS Radio reports the new schedule approved by the U.S. Coast Guard […]
News & Products for the week of October 9th 2023 Model railroad operators and builders can get the latest information about locomotives, freight cars, passenger cars, tools, track, and more by reading Model Railroader’s frequent product updates. The following are the products Model Railroader editors have news on for the week of October 9th […]
The Lionel E8/E9s were one of several amazing announcements coming out the Volume 1 2023 catalog. If you’re into passenger trains, these engines are definitely for you! With speeds of up to 117 mph thanks to 2,250 hp [2,400 hp for the E9s—Ed.] , these E units were a staple for leading passenger trains over […]
The Oberammergau, Ogden & Olomana Railroad (a.k.a. the Triple O) operates across eras and continents on a small piece of land on Oahu’s windward coast (see Garden railroading in Hawaii – Trains). We have employed the German toy line Playmobile) to bring it to life in all its incarnations, whether European, Wild West, or Hawaiian […]
Alco RSD15 road switcher Some locomotive models seem to come and go and hardly get noticed. Nobody can say that about the Alco RSD15. The six-axle mainline road switcher concept was still in its infancy in the mid-1950s, with many railroads sticking with various four-axle locomotive designs that had been popular for decades. But a […]
What was your first train set (or locomotive)? I was four or five when I got my first train set, which included a wooden steam locomotive with four or five cars that ran on wooden track. When I was nine, I got my first HO electric Snap-Track set with a Varney F3 diesel and a […]
DENVER — A Colorado legislative committee has advanced a bill that would limit train lengths within the state and draws other elements from the federal Railway Safety Act, which has failed to pass Congress, the website Colorado Newsline reports. If approved by the Transportation Legislation Review Committee, the bill will be introduced in the state’s […]
