General American 3,500-cubic-foot capacity Dry-Flo covered hopper Scale: N (1:160) Price: $46.95 (undecorated, $39.95) Era: 1960 to 1980s+ (varies depending on paint scheme) Manufacturer: Atlas Model Railroad Co., 378 Florence Ave., Hillside, NJ 07205, 908-687-0880, shop.atlasrr.com General American 3,500-cubic-foot capacity Dry-Flo covered hopper features: 33” metal wheels American Steel Foundries 70-ton Ride Control trucks Body-mounted scale couplers Etched-metal brake […]
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A postwar Lionel haul unboxing featuring Roger “Professor” Carp and CTT editor Hal Miller. The trains belong to a co-worker who received them from her father. He received his first Lionel train in 1941 – in fact, we have his original no. 1089 set box! Have a look at some of the well-loved and time-worn […]
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Thrall Corp. TTX class TWF10 single-unit double-stack well car ClassOneModelWorks.com recently announced its first HO scale models. Leading things off is a Thrall Corp. TTX class TWF10 single-unit double-stack well car. The model will be offered in the as-delivered, intermediate, and late schemes in two to four numbers each. The ready-to-run car will feature formed, […]
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American Car & Foundry 2,970-cubic-foot capacity two-bay Center Flow covered hopper Scale: HO (1:87.1) Price: Single car, $49.99; three-pack, $124.99 Era: 1966+ through 1989+ (varies depending on paint scheme) Manufacturer: Athearn Trains, 2904 Research Rd., Champaign, IL 61822, 800-338-4639, athearn.com American Car & Foundry 2,970-cubic-foot capacity two-bay Center Flow covered hopper features: Body-mounted McHenry scale couplers Injection-molded plastic body […]
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General American Transportation Corp. 20,700-gallon tank car Scale: HO (1:87.1) Price: $54.95 (undecorated, $42.95) Era: 1965 to present (varies depending on paint scheme) Manufacturer: Atlas Model Railroad Co., 378 Florence Ave., Hillside, NJ 07205, 908-687-0880, shop.atlasrr.com General American Transportation Corp. 20,700-gallon tank car features: A end pipe stubs where applicable Bottom outlet, safety vent, and see-through end walkways Brake […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has named Ira F. Jaffe to chair the three-member Presidential Emergency Board addressing the rail labor dispute, Reuters reports. Also named to the board were Boston College professor David Twomey and independent arbitrator Barbara C. Deinhardt. Jaffe has served on five previous emergency boards — four involving rail disputes and one […]
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WASHINGTON — Passengers who booked reservations between Sept. 11 and Oct. 2, 2022, on the Silver Meteor, or on the two days a week when the Crescent and City of New Orleans had not been running, will have to change their travel plans. Daily operation of those trains is now scheduled to commence in both […]
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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 […]
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NEW YORK — The subway car termed “The Last Redbird” has been auctioned off for almost a quarter-million dollars by the City of New York. The car had been displayed outside Queens Borough Hall in Queens, N.Y., since it was acquired by then-Borough President Helen Marshall in 2005, and was employed as a welcoming center. […]
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OAKLAND, Calif. — Three people were injured after an Amtrak Capitol Corridor train hit on-track maintenance equipment late Friday morning, disrupting rail service for several hours. The San Jose Mercury News reports a front-load tractor owned by Union Pacific was working on the middle of three tracks when it was struck by San Jose-bound train […]
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