News & Products from the 2023 Railroad Hobby Show With the 2023 Railroad Hobby Show wrapping up, we thought it would be a perfect week to showcase the multiple new products released throughout the show. Model railroad operators and builders can get the latest information about locomotives, freight cars, passenger cars, tools, track, and more […]
CALGARY — Canadian Pacific moved 2.29 million metric tons of Canadian grain in January, setting a record for the month, the company said last week. The railroad has now moved more than 15 million metric tons in the 2022-23 crop year, an increase of more than 45% over the same point in the 2021-22 crop […]
PORTLAND, Maine — The prospect of regular passenger service on a state-owned route between Brunswick and Rockland, Maine, received a big boost last week when Maine’s Department of Transportation budgeted $3 million to advance a two-year pilot project utilizing 1950s-era Budd Rail Diesel Cars. The Camden, Maine, Courier Herald originally reported the development. Northern New […]
The best-selling Fairbanks-Morse diesel locomotives came from the builder’s “H” series of hood units. Even though Fairbanks-Morse built relatively few diesels compared to EMD or Alco, FM locomotives have a solid following among railfans. They were known for being rugged, excellent-pulling locomotives, in spite of their temperamental opposed-piston engines. Fairbanks-Morse chose to develop […]
Washington County Railroad summary The Washington County Railroad (WACR) is a short line railroad that operates in Vermont. It’s a subsidiary of Vermont Rail System, a privately held firm that is owned by the Wulfson family for more than 50 years. The railroad uses multiple divisions of standard-gauge track throughout the state from Montpelier to […]
UP Challenger No. 3985 On Jan. 6, Railroading Heritage of Midwest America began work on UP Challenger No. 3985 at its shop in Silvis, Ill. The main focus of the day was first to move the Milwaukee Road turntable from Bensenville, Ill., donated by Canadian Pacific to the Silvis sandblasting booth where it will be […]
The J.D. Irving Ltd. short lines in New Brunswick and Maine have added five more locomotives to their fleet of refurbished SD70M-2s. The first six units were delivered starting in June 2021 [see “Locomotive news: First New Brunswick Southern Railway locomotive refurbished,” Trains News Wire, July, 2021]. Four of the second group of locomotives are […]
In every issue News p. 4 Amtrak reaches a deal on the Gulf Coast, and Canadian Pacific’s hydrogen locomotive makes its first run Preservation p. 40 Five days after collision, Strasburg No. 475 returns Train-Watching p. 44 Hot spot: Unusual diamond arrangement adds railfan interest in Muncie, Ind. Ask Trains p. 46 EMD’s shortlived BL2 […]
New York and Atlantic Railway summary The New York and Atlantic Railway (NYA) is a short line railroad that operates on New York’s Long Island. Though owned by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the freight operation is contracted out to Anacostia Rail Holdings Company. The NYA shares standard-gauge trackage rights with the Long Island Rail Road, […]
Providence and Worcester Railroad summary The Providence and Worcester Railroad (PW) is a regional railroad that operates in New England. It’s owned by Genesee and Wyoming Incorporated. Through its acquisitions and trackage rights agreements, the PW spans approximately 612 miles of standard-gauge track in Vermont, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, and Rhode Island. History The Providence […]
Rapid City Pierre and Eastern Railroad summary The Rapid City Pierre and Eastern Railroad (RCPE) is a regional railroad that operates across South Dakota. It’s owned by Genesee and Wyoming Incorporated. Operating 743 miles of standard-gauge tracks, the RCPE spans the Mount Rushmore State east to west from western Minnesota to northeastern Wyoming and northwestern […]
WASHINGTON — As part of their merger, Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern will work with a group of Chicago-area communities on voluntary measures to address traffic concerns in those communities, the railroads say in the final Environmental Impact Statement released today (Friday, Jan. 27) by the Surface Transportation Board’s Office of Environmental Analysis. The […]
