MILO, N.Y. — A Finger Lakes Railway locomotive overturned Monday after striking a derail protecting a track project, injuring the engineer, the Finger Lakes Daily News reports. The locomotive was running light when the accident occurred about 8 a.m., injuring its engineer, 48-year-old Thomas Lewis of Dresden, N.Y., and causing a fuel spill. Lewis was […]
Type of Train: Diesel Locomotives
Union Pacific redesigns locomotive paint scheme
![Yellow and gray locomotive with red trim](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/TRN_UP_new_scheme_3_Jacobs.jpg)
OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific is making the biggest change to its locomotive paint scheme in more than 20 years. It’s by no means a radical change. The traditional Armour Yellow and gray with red trim remains. But departing is the large American flag decal on the long hood. A smaller flag will be placed […]
News photos: New look for UP?
![Yellow and gray locomotive with red trim](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/TRN_New_UP_paint_1_Jacobs-1.jpg)
ANAHEIM, Calif. — A new Union Pacific locomotive paint scheme has surfaced, although it is unclear whether the design represents a change, a test, or a one-off for some other purpose. Photographer Bruce Jacobs photographed the ES44AC — a C45ACCTE in UP terminology —in Anaheim on July 18. Differences from the current standard UP scheme […]
Atlas O GP7 locomotive is a must have for early diesel fans
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The Atlas O GP7 locomotive is a model of one of EMD’s diesels that put steam out to pasture. Watch this highly detailed O gauge engine in action as it pulls freight cars around the City Terminal & Transfer layout! Check out the features that make it a hi-railer’s dream. […]
Atlas O GP7 locomotive is a must have for early diesel fans
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The Atlas O GP7 locomotive is a model of one of EMD’s diesels that put steam out to pasture. Watch this highly detailed O gauge engine in action as it pulls freight cars around the City Terminal & Transfer layout! Check out the features that make it a hi-railer’s dream. […]
PRSL Baldwin diesels on a freight
![Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Line road switchers in New Jersey](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20170707-1024x691.jpg)
Two Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines AS16 road-switchers work a freight through Glassboro, N.J., in 1955. The dual-service units were equally at home on passenger trains. Frank Kozempel photo […]
Atlas O GP7 and railroadiana collecting on Bob’s Train Box 83
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Bob and Hal have a look at the new and long-anticipated Atlas O GP7. Then they turn their attention to railroadiana! Specifically railroad trust plates and lanterns, and what to look for when choosing these items to decorate your train room or man cave. […]
Rio Grande GP30 No. 3008
![Denver and Rio Grande Western EMD GP30](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20170703-1024x699.jpg)
The Denver & Rio Grande Western was an early customer for EMD’s GP30, buying 28 of them during 1962-63. They were the first road units delivered in plain black with “Grande gold” striping on the ends and frame. Hillard N. Proctor photo […]
Belt Railway of Chicago locomotives
![Close side-view of a black and gray diesel locomotive in a shop at night.](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/TRN-Belt-Railway-Gallery-07.2022-06.jpg)
Belt Railway of Chicago locomotives: I recently photographed an ex-Belt Railway of Chiacgo Alco in, of all places, Olean, N.Y., on the Western New York & Pennsylvania. That old Alco and I go back to the mid 1980ss when I first laid eyes on her and a stable of other exotic beasts at BRC’s Clearing […]
Cowl locomotives in North America
![A bright red locomotive appears well-lit in a nighttime photograph.](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/TRN-Cowl-locomotives-Guss-07.2022-web.jpg)
Cowl locomotives: Six-axle cowl locomotives purchased for freight service have been rostered continuously on Class I railroads since Santa Fe first purchased EMD’s F45 model in 1968. More than a half century later, the industry is down to a single Class I railroad operating this locomotive design, Canadian Pacific. Although cowls have been hauling freight […]
News photo: New Brightline trains heading to Florida
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Two more new trainsets to support Brightline’s expansion of service to Orlando, Fla., are on their way to the passenger operator. The Bright Pink 2 and Bright Green 2 trainsets, which departed Siemens’ Sacramento factory on July 8, were photographed Saturday, July 16, on CSX Transportation’s Henderson Subdivision (Evansville, Ind.-Nashville, Tenn.). Brightline had said it […]
Where can I buy large-scale rolling stock decals?
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Large-scale rolling stock decals: Unlike modeling scales with specific definitions like HO scale (1:87.1) or N scale (1:160), the term “large scale” actually encompasses a variety of modeling proportions (generally from 1:13.7 down to 1:32). This segments the market into small pieces. Because of the limited customer base, there are few commercially made decal options […]