Brand-new Norfolk Southern SD70ACe No. 1117, part of the multi-year EMD order, works train No. 746 through Starkey, Va., on May 6, 2014. Samuel Phillips Scroll to the bottom of this page to download a PDF of the roster. 2013 New Locomotive Construction GE: 629; EMD/Progress Rail: 356; MPI: 42; NREC: 30 Railroad Qty. Road […]
Atlas Model Railroad Co. HO scale Alco C-424 diesel locomotive HO scale locomotives Alco C-424 and C-425 diesel locomotives. New paint schemes. C-424 (Phase II): Erie Mining (one road number); Springfield Terminal (Guilford); and Toledo, Peoria & Western (two numbers). C-424 (Phase III): Canadian National, Canadian Pacific, and Morristown & Erie (two numbers). C-425 (Phase […]
FULL SCREEN Mark Scott FULL SCREEN Mark Scott FULL SCREEN Mark Scott FULL SCREEN Mark Scott Tune in to our webcam live from Thomasville, N.C., on Saturday, Oct. 4 for the city’s first railfan and railroad appreciation day. Join us trackside on the busy Norfolk Southern main line to watch freight action as well […]
Tom Danneman Trains Art Director Tom Danneman takes you inside Montana Rail Link’s Livingston, Mont., shop for a typical day at the railroads’ main locomotive maintenance facility in “Backstage at Livingston” in Locomotive 2014. Explore the regional’s entire all-EMD roster here and read the intriguing story about Montana Rail Link’s shop in Locomotive 2014. Order your copy now. No. […]
Norfolk Southern train 11V passes Highland Cut, Pa., on Jan. 18, 2014. Photo by Cynthia Luther […]
Norfolk Southern train No. 334 makes its way eastbound as it flies over the NS East End District in Leeds, Ala., with C40-9 No. 8840 leading a leased unit on Nov. 5, 2011. Photo by Bradley Bates […]
Athearn Trains HO scale Electro-Motive Division SD70, SD70M, and SD75I diesel locomotives HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division SD70, SD70M, and SD75I diesel locomotives. SD70: Canadian National (ex-Illinois Central). SD70M: Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific (both with flared radiators). SD75I: BNSF Ry. (ex-Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe). Four road numbers per scheme. Detailed cab interior, flat […]
A set of borrowed Canadian Pacific family SD40-2s heads Norfolk Southern train No. 278 east on the old Wabash main near Illiopolis, Ill., on May 22, 2014. It’s a nice spring day and the engineer has the windows open enjoying the breeze as the train heads for Decatur. Photo by Bruce Bird […]
O gauge Premier line SD70ACe diesel by MTH Price: no. 20-20273 powered: $459.95, unpowered $269.95 Features: See review. O gauge RailKing line SD70ACe diesel by MTH Price: no. 30-20136-1 powered: $329.95 Features: See review. Current Premier and RailKing line Heritage road names (SD70ACe): Erie, Illinois Terminal, Jersey Central, Lackawanna, New York Central, Penn Central, Reading, […]
The Northeast was laced with anthracite roads — those carriers that made a name for themselves hauling hard coal out of the mountains of northeastern Pennsylvania. With its high heat value, clean-burning anthracite was far superior to wood for warming homes and offices, and moving this coal by rail fueled the growth of the East’s […]
CSX train Q216 waits, with a Canadian Pacific leader, while a Norfolk Southern train heads west through the Vickers interlocking in Northwood, Ohio, on Jan. 18, 2014. The CSX crew spent a lot of time waiting this morning while NS ran its traffic first through this suburban Toledo crossing. Photo by Michael D. Harding […]
Southbound Norfolk Southern train No. 890 passes Kings Mountain, Ky., on March 21, 2014. Photo by Jeff Wagoner […]
