NS EMD GP38-2 No. 5130 leads a work train through the N&W CPL signals at Rogers near Roderfield, W.Va., in April 2013. Chase Gunnoe ROANOKE, Va. — Norfolk Southern is ready to sell more than 70 EMD GP38-2 high-hood locomotives and five passenger cars in an equipment auction planned for Aug. 17 in Roanoke. The […]
The Wisconsin & Southern drops off a circus stock car, passenger car, and flat car with wagons near the Circus World museum in Baraboo, Wis., this week. John Gruber BARABOO, Wis. — The Circus World Museum in Baraboo is preserving a little piece of circus train history. Watco’s Wisconsin & Southern Railroad recently delivered a […]
HO scale freight cars Assorted freight car kits. Rock Island 40-foot steel boxcar in green and Boxcar Red (single car, $17.98; two-pack, $34.98). 36-foot double-sheathed boxcar with straight underframe and steel or wood ends (painted Boxcar Red with 1940s-style data, Mineral Red with early style data, and Oxide Red with early style data), $17.98 each. […]
A Breda A650 heavy rail vehicle from Los Angeles is among the first of dozens of cars Talgo will rebuild in Milwaukee, Wis., shops. Kevin Keefe MILWAUKEE — Spanish train manufacturer Talgo has entered the U.S. passenger-car overhaul market with a contract to rebuild transit cars for Los Angeles, using a plant it formerly occupied […]
SURVEYORS OF THE SEA LANES: Menards has bolstered its O gauge product line with two more flatcars with helicopter loads. The no. 279-3398 is a U.S. Navy flatcar with Navy MH60R anti-submarine warfare helicopter onboard. The no. 29-3396 U.S. Coast Guard flatcar with general-purpose MH65 rescue and patrol helicopter will handle operations closer to shore. […]
Atlas HO scale FMC 5347 boxcar Separately applied brake hardware and wire brake rods are just some of the underbody details on the Atlas HO scale FMC 5347 boxcar. A new HO scale boxcar based on a 1970s prototype has been released by Atlas Model Railroad Co. The FMC 5,347-cubic-foot-capacity boxcar features a one-piece injection-molded […]
Tangent HO 40-foot Mini Hy-Cube boxcar Price: $44.95 Manufacturer Tangent Scale Models P.O. Box 6514 Asheville, NC 28816 www.tangentscalemodels.com Era: 1967 to 1990 (as decorated) Road names: Chicago, Burlington & Quincy; Burlington Northern; Denver & Rio Grande Western; Illinois Central; Milwaukee Road; and Northern Pacific. Multiple road numbers per scheme. Undecorated kit also available. Comments: […]
Rapido Trains HO scale General Motors Diesel Division SW1200RS diesel locomotive HO scale locomotives General Motors Diesel Division SW1200RS diesel locomotive. Canadian National (“wet noodle” herald with black cab and red/orange cab, and North America scheme with small “wet noodle” herald) and Canadian Pacific (block and script lettering, Action Red with 5” stripes and Multimark […]
HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division SD50 diesel locomotive. Chessie System (Baltimore & Ohio reporting marks), Chicago & North Western, CSX (gray and blue in one number, Chessie System patchout in three numbers), Erie Lackawanna (fictional paint scheme, three numbers), Norfolk Southern, Northern Pacific (fictional paint scheme, three numbers), and Union Pacific. Four numbers per scheme […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Host Bob Keller is back for his first BTB of 2017! In this episode, the products range from structures, vehicles, and rolling stock to a new S scale locomotive to an array of books and DVDs for toy train enthusiasts! […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Host Bob Keller is back for his first BTB of 2017! In this episode, the products range from structures, vehicles, and rolling stock to a new S scale locomotive to an array of books and DVDs for toy train enthusiasts! […]
The Bucyrus Railcar team in August 2016. Brian Schmidt BUCYRUS, Ohio – Bucyrus Railcar Repair LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cathcart Rail Holdings, has expanded its flagship Bucyrus repair facility by acquiring the adjacent facility and assets of the former American & Ohio Locomotive Crane Co. American & Ohio recently relocated operations to Duluth, Minn., […]
