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Q GP30s at Rochelle
Type of Train: Freight
Mike Farrow’s N scale Norfolk & Western
Mike Farrow’s N scale Norfolk & Western Pocahontas Division layout is set in southern West Virginia during the 1970s and early 1980s. The 36 x 36-foot walk-in model railroad features a 290-foot mainline run, 18” minimum radius curves, and No. 6 turnouts. Among the items used to re-create the authentic Appalachian scenery were ground foam, […]
Doug Dederick’s N scale Great Northern
Doug Dederick’s N scale Great Northern Kalispell Division is set in Montana in the late 1950s. The 29 x 36-foot walk-in layout, featured in the April 2024 issue of Model Railroader, is set between Whitefish, Mont., and Shelby, Mont. The model railroad features several of GN’s name passenger and freight trains, including the Empire Builder, […]
News & Products for the week of February 26th 2024
News & Products for the week of February 26th 2024 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 February 26th […]
Doug Dederick’s N scale Great Northern
Doug Dederick’s N scale Great Northern Kalispell Division is set in Montana in the late 1950s. The 29 x 36-foot walk-in layout, featured in the April 2024 issue of Model Railroader, is set between Whitefish, Mont., and Shelby, Mont. The model railroad features several of GN’s name passenger and freight trains, including the Empire Builder, […]
Mike Farrow’s N scale Norfolk & Western
Mike Farrow’s N scale Norfolk & Western Pocahontas Division layout is set in southern West Virginia during the 1970s and early 1980s. The 36 x 36-foot walk-in model railroad features a 290-foot mainline run, 18” minimum radius curves, and No. 6 turnouts. Among the items used to re-create the authentic Appalachian scenery were ground foam, […]
NS nominates two new board members, rejects activist investor’s ‘short-sighted strategy’
ATLANTA — Amid its proxy fight with an activist investor, Norfolk Southern today nominated former Amtrak and Delta Air Lines CEO Richard Anderson and former U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp to serve on the company’s board of directors. The NS board also confirmed its unanimous support for CEO Alan Shaw and the railroad’s “better way forward” […]
Train Sim World 4 | Product Overview
Trains.com talent Bryson Sleppy delves into the immersive world of Train Sim World 4, released in September 2023 and available on PC, Xbox One and Series S and X, and PlayStation 4 and 5. In this video, our host highlights improvements made since the release of Train Sim World 3 in 2022 (click HERE to […]
Freight car congress
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Buffett praises railroaders, says he expects BNSF profit margins to improve
OMAHA, Neb. — Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett’s widely read annual letter to investors, released on Saturday alongside the company’s 2023 financial results, included a long passage on railroads in general and BNSF Railway in particular. BNSF’s revenue and profits fell last year, which Buffett termed a disappointment. But he noted that the national labor […]
BNSF revenue and profits tumble amid volume decline
OMAHA, Neb. — BNSF Railway’s revenue and profits tumbled in 2023 due to a combination of lower volume and lower revenue per carload and intermodal unit. Pre-tax earnings declined 14.2%, to $6.6 billion, as revenue declined 6.9%, to $23.4 billion, BNSF parent company Berkshire Hathaway reported on Saturday. The railway’s operating ratio increased 2.5 points […]
Canadian, Manitoba governments to contribute C$60 million to work on Hudson Bay Railway
CHURCHILL, Manitoba — The Canadian and Manitoba governments will provide up to C$60 million to complete work on the Hudson Bay Railway, the only year-round way of reaching the remote Port of Churchill, as well as funding the start of redevelopment of the port itself, officials announced today (Friday, Feb. 23). Churchill is Canada’s only […]
