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Mainline tie plate strips Scale: HO (1:87.1) Price: $24.99 Manufacturer: Berkshire Design LLC, 2791 Jude Island Way, Naples, FL 34119; berkshiredesign.net Mainline tie plate strip features: Works with any National Model Railroad Association standard code 70 rail; also compatible with Micro Engineering code 83 rail and standard code 55 rail (latter requires extra care to keep rail in […]
Ore cars Scale: Large scale (1:24) Price: Two-pack, $124.99 Manufacturer: PIKO America LLC, 4610 Alvarado Canyon Rd., Ste. 5, San Diego, CA 92120; piko-america.com Ore cars feature: Molded ladders and stirrup steps Plastic wheelsets Hook-and-loop couplers Minimum recommended radius, 23.6” Release date: October 2022 Paint schemes: Chessie System (black with Baltimore & Ohio reporting marks) and […]
Union Pacific no. 4014 from Broadway Limited Imports The full-size Union Pacific Big Boy always draws big crowds as it tours the United States. You can re-create that excitement on your HO scale model railroad with Union Pacific no. 4014 from Broadway Limited Imports. The 4-8-8-4 is offered in the Big Boy Tour and Promontory […]
Union Pacific no. 4014 from Broadway Limited Imports The full-size Union Pacific Big Boy always draws big crowds as it tours the United States. You can re-create that excitement on your HO scale model railroad with Union Pacific no. 4014 from Broadway Limited Imports. The 4-8-8-4 is offered in the Big Boy Tour and Promontory […]
STAUNTON, Va. — Hauling freight isn’t the Buckingham Branch Railroad’s only forte, as the Virginia short line’s newly launched tourist train has shown. The Virginia Scenic Railway has sold out all of its seats through Thanksgiving after launching its tourist operation a month ago. The Staunton-based railroad recently shared on social media that both of […]
DAVENPORT, Iowa — While three of the affected cities have already reached agreement with the railroad, an Iowa group is trying to organize opposition to Canadian Pacific’s merger with Kansas City Southern over the projected impact on community’s along the CP route following the Mississippi River. KWQC-TV reports a Tuesday press conference organized by the […]
CASS, W.Va. — W. Rex Cassell, longtime Cass Scenic Railroad employee and, most recently, shop foreman, died Aug. 23, 2022, after a brief illness. He was 60 years old. Rex, his preferred name, was one of a long line of family members to work for Cass Scenic Railroad through the years. He was born April […]
Major railroad labor disputes haunted the nation during the latter part of the 19th century, highlighted by the “Great Railroad Strike,” which spread from Maryland to California in 1877 and the Pullman Strike 17 years later. Both of these bitter conflicts led to multiple deaths and costly physical destruction. The Shopmen’s Strike of 1922-23, however, […]
The 20th century saw a dramatic increase in railroad labor productivity. In 1916, the peak year for U.S. Class I railroad route-miles, those 100-plus carriers employed 1,559,158 people. If we assume 85 percent of those employees, or 1,325,284, were allocated to freight traffic — which totaled almost 339 billion ton-miles — this works out to […]
Four events highlight the history of the Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway: two spectacular accidents, a visiting steam locomotive, and a murder. Remarkable is that the TP&W rebounded from the negative incidents to last through 1983, when it was merged into the Santa Fe Railway. After three years, though, Santa Fe wanted out, and the […]
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Rides on Virginia Railway Express (VRE) trains will be free systemwide for the entire month of September, beginning tomorrow, September 1, the commuter railroad has announced. Passengers will not need tickets to ride between any of VRE’s 19 stations. In a statement, the railroad says suspension of fares is designed to […]
Sartore & Sons Electrical Supply Co. Scale: HO (1:87.1) Price: $130 Manufacturer: Rail Scale Models, 514 Angel’s Way Lane, Horse Shoe, NC 28742; 248-421-6276; rail-scale-models.com Sartore & Sons Electrical Supply Co. features: Injection-molded and laser-cut components Two clerestory structures Stair stringer assemblies with assembly jig Styrene strip and basswood for bracing and detailing Styrene tube and piano wire […]
