An electric multiple-unit trainset for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s Metro-North Railroad is hardly an everyday sight in suburban Chicago. This train of four Metro-North M8 railcars passed through Elmhurst, Ill., on the Union Pacific last Friday. The cars, en route to the New York area from Kawasaki Rail Car’s plant in Lincoln., Neb., are part […]
Still more Monday morning rail news: New York to connect High Line to Moynihan Train Hall New York’s High Line, the former elevated rail line turned into a hugely popular Lower West Side park, will be expanded with a 1,200-foot elevated walkway connecting the 1.45-mile linear park with the newly opened Moynihan Train Hall adjacent […]
By: Will Adams WINONA, Miss. — Production crews from Kapital Entertainment of Los Angeles are working this week in north Mississippi to recreate an Illinois Central passenger train that will play a key role in “Women of the Movement,” an ABC-TV series expected to air later this year. The circa-1950 passenger train consists of three […]
Monday midday rail news: Schultz joins STB, giving board a full five members Michelle Schultz has been sworn in as the newest member of the Surface Transportation Board, giving the agency overseeing rail regulation a full five members for the first time since a law expanding its membership passed in 2015. Schultz has spent the […]
Still more Monday morning rail news: Registration deadline approaches for MARS conference, featuring CP, BNSF CEOs The registration deadline is approaching for the Midwest Association of Rail Shippers winter meeting, to be held online on Jan. 20. The $25 registration fee includes 2021 membership dues; those who register before Jan. 15 will be able to […]
With several automakers temporarily halting or slowing production of some car models amid a global shortage of semiconductors, it’s only a matter of time before railroads feel the impact in their finished vehicle traffic. Several auto assembly plants across North America are affected by the shortage of computer chips that has been caused, in part, […]
Large scale locomotives Allchin traction engine. 1.5” scale model. Black; dark green body, red wheels, and black and white lining; and maroon body, red wheels, and black and white lining. Features copper silver solder boiler and twin flue burner. Wheel diameter: 148mm (front) and 228mm (rear). Requires gas propane/butane fuel. $3,300. April 2021. Produced by […]
Tuesday afternoon rail news: STB says transportation aspects of Uinta Basin rail line meet requirements for exemption The transportation aspects of Utah’s Uinta Basin Railway meet the statutory requirement for an exemption allowing construction and operation of the approximately 85-mile line, the Surface Transportation Board has ruled. The ruling, decided Monday and issued today, does […]
Product News Model railroad operators and builders can get the latest information about locomotives, freight cars, structures, electronics, train sets, and more by reading Model Railroader’s frequent product updates. Here are the products Model Railroad editors have news on for the week of Jan. 7, 2021. HO scale locomotives Norfolk & Western class A 2-6-6-4 […]
With much appreciation to our sponsor, Sigma, we are excited to announce the 2021 contest. The challenges of this past year have taught us new things about ourselves and the world. But they’ve also raised questions, including about the future of railroading and how passenger and freight railroads, large and small, respond to difficult times, […]
Three freight rail stories that may not have received the attention they deserved: FRA’s new brake rule The Federal Railroad Administration’s new rule extending the time parked freight cars can be left off air will accelerate operational changes that were already under way on the Class I railroads. The long-awaited rule, adopted Dec. 11, will […]
Jacksonville Terminal Co., a relatively new manufacturer that’s been making a name for itself with a line of N scale intermodal containers, is now offering its first freight car, a modern, 100-ton, double-stack well car. The die-cast-metal N scale car features etched-metal end platforms, separately applied brake gear, and body-mounted knuckle couplers. Prototype and model. […]
