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HO scale Amtrak Non-Powered Control Units from Rapido Trains

By | October 24, 2022
Drawing of four diesel passenger locomotives

Amtrak NPCU “Cabbage” Scale: HO (1:87.1) Price: Direct-current model with 21-pin plug, $239.95; with dual-mode sound decoder, $349.95 Era: 1990s to present (varies depending on scheme) Manufacturer: Rapido Trains Inc., 500 Alden Road, Unit 21, Markham, Ontario L3R 5H5 Canada; 905-474-3314; rapidotrains.com Amtrak Non-Powered Control Unit features: Enlarged marker lights, supplementary air reservoirs, and a K5LA horn Operating strobe lights, […]

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Lionel Hallow’s Eve Limited set puts the ‘fun’ in funeral supplies

By Chris Montagna | October 24, 2022
Lionel hallows eve limited set lbox

The Lionel Hallow’s Eve Limited set is here, just in time for the Halloween season! It’s a ready-to-run LionChief outfit traveling the “Graveyard Route” with everything you need to get up and running in one very well-decorated box. The equipment in it is built with plastic bodies which allows it to withstand some less-than-delicate handling […]

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Progress Rail CEO Haycraft to retire; Newman named as successor

By | October 24, 2022
Man in dark coat with red tie

ALBERTVILLE, Ala. — Progress Rail CEO Marty Haycraft, senior vice president of Caterpillar Inc., has announced plans to retire at the end of 2022, and will be succeeded by John Newman, the company has announced. Haycraft joined Progress Rail in 1993 when Corbin Railway Services purchased Progress predecessor Steel Processing Services, rising through the company […]

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Greenbrier (Gunderson) Maxi-IV three-unit articulated well cars from American Z Line

By | October 24, 2022
Model of three articulated well cars carrying various 40- and 53-foot containers

Maxi-IV well cars Scale: Z (1:220) Price: Contact manufacturer Era: 2012 to present Manufacturer: American Z Line, 6142 Northcliff Blvd., Dublin, OH 43016; 614-764-1703; americanzline.com Maxi-IV well cars feature: Modified AZL 90001 roller-bearing trucks AutoLatch couplers Metal wheels Six 40- and/or 53-foot intermodal containers in various schemes Road name: Florida East Coast (brown with patched reporting marks). Three road numbers. Release […]

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October 2022 PA-1 announcement from American Z Line

By | October 24, 2022
Model of blue and white streamlined diesel locomotive

Alco PA-1 Scale: Z (1:220) Price: Contact manufacturer Era: 1949 to early 1960s Manufacturer: American Z Line, 6142 Northcliff Blvd., Dublin, OH 43016; 614-764-1703; americanzline.com Alco PA-1 features: 7mm can motor Dual flywheels Six-axle trucks with blind middle axle (no flange) Traction tires Blackened metal wheels Directional light-emitting-diode lighting Optional front coupler cover and snow plow Road name: Missouri Pacific […]

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Chicago and North Western 400 train between Chicago and the Twin Cities

By Carl Swanson, Trains Editor | October 24, 2022

Most users of Milwaukee’s Oak Leaf Trail running from the Lake Michigan shoreline in downtown Milwaukee northwest through the city are aware, or could easily guess, they are using an old railroad right of way. Few realize this was once the route of one of the fastest long-distance passenger trains in the world — the […]

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CN would accept trackage rights as alternative to divestiture of KCS Springfield Line (updated)

By Bill Stephens | October 24, 2022
Two trains side-by-side

Kansas City Southern ES44AC No. 4753 leads train MVNKC (Manifest Venice-Kansas City) through Roodhouse, Ill., where the KCS line from Springfield, Ill., splits to go to Kansas City or St. Louis, on Sept. 17, 2021. Power for the Roodhouse local sits to the left. Steve Smedley WASHINGTON — Canadian National has asked federal regulators to […]

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New York will increase police presence in subway system to address rise in crime

By | October 24, 2022
Man speaks at podium as man and woman look on

NEW YORK — Facing a significant increase in crimes on New York City public transit, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Saturday announced plans to put more police officers on trains and station platforms, as well as moves to address issues for individuals with serious mental illness. “Our […]

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Talgo, LA Metro sue each other over subway-car contract

By | October 24, 2022
Subway train in station

LOS ANGELES — Milwaukee-based rail equipment manufacturer Talgo and LA Metro are involved in dueling lawsuits over a cancelled contract to refurbish Los Angeles subway cars, with Talgo filing a $48.8 million countersuit Friday after Metro filed suit in September. City News Service reports the Metro suit claimed Talgo had defaultd on its contract and […]

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VRE extends fare-free program while DC Metro work continues

By | October 24, 2022
Virginia Railway Express logo

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Virginia Railway Express has extended its free-fare program at its six northernmost stations until the conclusion of work on DC Metrorail’s Blue Line, which is scheduled to be completed Nov. 5. The project was originally slated to be completed Oct. 22, and the fare program would have ended at that time. VRE’s […]

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KCS de Mexico president to head Mexican rail association

By | October 24, 2022
Kansas City Southern de Mexico logo

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Oscar Del Cueto, president of Kansas City Southern de Mexico, has been appointed president of the Mexican Railroad Association (AMF) by unanimous vote of the association board of directors, KCS announced. It is his second term as president, following one in 2020-21. Del Cueto joined KCS de Mexico  in 2006 and […]

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