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HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Diesel SD70AH diesel locomotive. Union Pacific. Two road numbers. Models based on Tier 4 credit units built in 2016. Features Positive Train Control antenna array, light-emitting-diode headlights and ditch lights, and late handrails. Direct-current model with 21-pin NEM plug for Digital Command Control decoder, $239.98; with dual-mode SoundTraxx Tsunami 2 sound […]
O gauge Pullman-Bradley Coach from Atlas O Price: $139.95 (no. 2002901) Min. Curve: O-45, O-54 recommended Features: Vinyl diaphragms, sprung side vestibule doors, illuminated interior, and wire grab irons. Road names: Boston & Maine, Kansas City Southern, Long Island RR, New Haven, Southern Pacific, and undecorated. For more information: go to www.shop.atlasrr.com Industrial designer Walter […]
A Union Pacific train crosses underneath a positive train control-equipped signal bridge on BNSF Railway tracks in Cajon Pass, Calif., in 2013. TRAINS: Steve Sweeney A year ago, three of the Class I railroad systems — Canadian National, Canadian Pacific, and CSX Transportation — were operating under the late E. Hunter Harrison’s Precision Scheduled Railroading […]
HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division GP38-2 and GP38-2W diesel locomotive. GP38-2: Canadian Pacific (Action Red with Multimark herald in three road numbers, maroon-and-gray with script lettering in one number), Southern Pacific (scarlet-and-gray scheme with Roman lettering in four numbers, speed lettering in one number), and Southern Ry. (high short hood with paper or oil bath […]
John Williams PALO ALTO, Calif. – John H. Williams, president of the Northwestern Pacific Railroad and The Woodside Consulting Group, and former chairman of the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad, died this month of complications from Parkinson’s disease. He was 78. Williams’ railroad interests can be traced to childhood. His wife Linda recalled that his […]
Atlas O Pullman-Bradley coach Price: $139.95 Manufacturer Atlas O 378 Florence Ave. Hillside, NJ 07205 www.atlasrr.com Era: 1950 to 1968 (as decorated) Road names: New York, New Haven & Hartford; Boston & Maine; Kansas City Southern; Long Island Rail Road; and Southern Pacific. Four road numbers per scheme. Also available painted dark green with black […]
NEW YORK — The spread of Precision Scheduled Railroading to most of the Class I railroad systems is both an opportunity and a risk for short line and regional railroads. The opportunity, short line executives say, is that Class I railroads focus more on carload traffic, provide service that’s more consistent and reliable, and spin […]
Accurail assorted freight cars HO scale freight cars Assorted freight cars. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Pullman-Standard 4,750-cubic-foot-capacity three-bay covered hopper, $20.98. Canadian National 40-foot double-sheathed refrigerator car, $19.98. Chesapeake & Ohio three-bay offset-side hopper (single car, $18.98; three-pack, $55.98). Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern 40-foot single-sheathed boxcar, $18.98. Georgia RR United States Railroad Administration […]
Atlas Model Railroad Co. HO scale Evans 52-foot gondola HO scale freight cars Evans 52-foot gondola. New paint schemes: Amtrak (faded orange), GE Railcar Services (black with DLRX reporting marks), and Union Pacific (Chicago & North Western reporting marks). New road numbers: Canadian National (brown with “wet noodle” herald and website), Herzog (oxide red with […]
Mobile, Ala. TRAINS: Rick Johnson/Steve Sweeney MOBILE, Ala. — Ongoing Port of Mobile expansion efforts provide potential good news for connecting railroads as a new terminal for roll-on/roll-off ships may provide new rail traffic for finished automobiles. The upgraded terminal is slated to open in 2019, but Jimmy Lyons, director of the Alabama State Port […]
Kansas City Southern SD70ACe No. 4006 is the railroad’s newly repainted locomotive honoring U.S. military veterans. Kansas City Southern KANSAS CITY, Mo — In observation of U.S. Veterans Day, Kansas City Southern today in Shreveport, La., unveiled KCS locomotive No. 4006, newly painted in a patriotic paint scheme. The locomotive is a 2005 EMD SD70ACE […]
Bachmann HO scale 2-8-0 Consolidation steam locomotive HO scale locomotives 2-8-0 Consolidation steam locomotive. Pennsylvania RR; Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; New York Central; Southern Ry.; and Union Pacific. Dual-mode Sound Value SoundTraxx sound decoder, die-cast metal chassis, crew figures, and E-Z Mate Mark II couplers. $349. Bachmann, 215-533-1600, www.bachmanntrains.com Bachmann HO scale Pennsylvania RR […]
