A recent photograph of a Swiss-built Stadler bilevel EMU that the rail supplier will begin making for Caltrain commuter rail services. Stadler U.S. Swiss railcar building Stadler says it received the contract to design and manufacture 16 six-car KISS bilevel electric multiple-unit trains for Caltrain in California. The contract, with an option for an additional […]
HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division E8Am and E9A diesel locomotives. E8Am: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe. Four road numbers (two each in DC and Digital Command Control). E9A: Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (post-1959 repaint). Three road numbers (one in DC, two in DCC). Both models feature metallic finish, railroad-specific details, die-cast metal underframe, and Proto-Max […]
Henry M. Flagler’s personal business car on the Florida East Coast, No. 90, is now up for sale. Ozark Mountain Railcar website NOBLESVILLE, Ind. — If you want to live like a railroad tycoon, at least a little, you’d be hard pressed to do any better than own the private railroad car of one of […]
Amtrak’s Lake Shore Limited pulls into downtown Chicago on Monday, July 25, with two Amfleet II diner-lounge cars in the consist. Recently discovered structural problems forced Amtrak to remove heritage diners, ones built in the 1940s and 1950s, and reassign structurally OK diners from certain trains, including the Lake Shore. Bob Johnston CHICAGO — Amtrak […]
A REGULAR ROAD RUNNER: Czech train maker ETS has announced a unique motorized unit to help cut costs on your transit line: the no. 200 Rail-Road-Bus. The model is rigged with rail wheels to provide your O scale patrons with a smooth and comfortable commute into Traintown. The vehicle costs $159 in two- or three-rail […]
ScaleTrains.com HO scale crude oil tank car The Rivet Counter car (foreground) features a higher level of detail and printing than its Operator Line counterpart in the background. An HO scale TrinityRail 31,000-gallon crude oil tank car is the first freight car in ScaleTrains.com’s Operator and Rivet Counter product lines. The ready-to-run injection-molded plastic models […]
Walthers HO scale American Car & Foundry 50-foot boxcar Price: $24.98 Manufacturer Wm. K. Walthers Inc. 5601 W. Florist Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53218 www.walthers.com Era: mid-1990s to present (as painted) Road names: Railbox (mid-1990s repaint and original schemes); Ashley, Drew & Northern; Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern; Port Huron & Detroit; and Vermont Ry. (SSI scheme). […]
Athearn HO scale Electro-Motive Division GP40P-2 diesel locomotive HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division GP40P-2 diesel locomotive. Southern Pacific (American Revolution Bicentennial scheme in one road number, scarlet and gray in two numbers). Single rear headlight, detailed cab interior, long hood with steam generator, split fuel tank with steam generator water tank, and train indicator number […]
Norfolk Southern train No. 375 passes maintenance equipment at “North Wye” near Faulconer, Ky., as the train prepares to head onto the Louisville District on April 25, 2016. Photo by Jeff Wagoner […]
One of SEPTA’s Silverliner V transit vehicles at a station stop at Philadelphia’s 30th Street station. Joseph M. Calisi PHILADELPHIA — Typical rail commuters in the City of Brotherly Love are finding other ways to get on with their week while as many as one-third of all Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority regional commuter cars are […]
HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Diesel SD70ACe diesel locomotive. Canadian National (SD70ACe demonstrator patchout), Kansas City Southern, Norfolk Southern (Lackawanna, New York Central, and Wabash heritage units in one number each and horsehead silhouette), Union Pacific (George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum and Chicago & North Western, Denver & Rio Grande Western, and Southern Pacific […]
Atlas Trainman O scale 60-foot observation car Atlas O Trainman 60-foot observation car drumhead Price: $114.95 Manufacturer Atlas O 378 Florence Ave. Hillside, NJ 07205 www.atlaso.com Era: 1929 to mid-1970s Road names: New Jersey Department of Transportation; Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; Chesapeake & Ohio; Chicago & North Western; Denver & Rio Grande Western; Long […]
