A nonpartisan hobby industry initiative launched this week calls for targeted tariff relief, desperately needed, to protect American small businesses; science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education; and community-based creative industries. The Hobby Industry Coalition (www.HobbyCoalition.org) represents a wide spectrum of the U.S. toy and …
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By TOM MARSH/Cowcatcher Magazine Updated from the May/June 2025 Cowcatcher Magazine. Unless you haven’t crawled out from under your benchwork in a while, you know about the sweeping tariffs being imposed on goods imported into the United States. Model railroading and other hobbies will cost …
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Passenger rail in Texas is finding itself under the microscope as public funding dries up. U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy announced Monday that the Federal Railroad Administration and Amtrak agreed to terminate the $63.9 million grant awarded for the Amtrak Texas High-Speed …
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From News Releases U.S. railroads finished strong in 2024 and are off to a good start this year, according to traffic data compiled by the Association of American Railroads. For the first six weeks of 2025, total combined U.S. traffic was 2,857,828 carloads and intermodal …
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By TIM BLACKWELL/Cowcatcher Magazine See the March/April 2025 issue of Cowcatcher Magazine for a recap of the show. The Railroad Hobby Show 2025, one of model railroading’s top train show, is marking two industry anniversaries and will don a new look as manufacturers take their …
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Amtrak achieved an all-time ridership record in fiscal year 2024 at 32.8 million customers as demand for passenger rail service continues to grow nationwide. Trips increased a whopping 15 percent compared to 2023. Ticket and total operating revenue also posted big gains. Amtrak sold $2.5 …
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