Almost two years to the day of its first test to evacuate equipment in case of a hurricane, a BNSF train of important Galveston Railroad Museum rolling stock headed off Galveston Island in this morning’s wee hours. The museum’s two F7A Santa Fe “Warbonnets” and …
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Union Pacific launched a two-year celebration in May commemorating the Great Race to complete the transcontinental railroad nearly 150 years ago. Its crews built railroad tracks west of Omaha, NE, while Central Pacific constructed east of Sacramento, CA. A symbolic golden spike was driven at …
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The Western Group, a short-line railroad company based in Ogden, UT, has assumed operation of the Texas State Railroad, the company announced May 4. The Texas State Railroad Authority recently awarded Western Group the contract to operate the East Texas tourist line. The move signals …
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ORMOND BEACH, FL – Broadway Limited Imports, LLC, announced today its 2017 Exclusive Run Program which allows both distributors and dealers of BLI products to build new products with the Broadway Limited Imports brand that will be available exclusively through them. Throughout the years, BLI …
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What officials believe will be a slow recovery began in early March with the restart of service on the Texas State Railroad. Ridership the first three weeks, normally one of the busiest times of the year during spring break, was noticeably lower. TSR began running …
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UPDATED Times are good for model railroad enthusiasts in Denver. An old friend returned last weekend, and a spring ritual at the Denver Mart is back today and Sunday. This weekend marks the return of the Rocky Mountain Train Show, the seventh installment of a …
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