The recently released Scale Trains N-scale Tunnel Motors represent a variation of the popular Electro-Motive Division SD40-2 diesel locomotive that conquered the rocky terrain of the Western U.S. in the 1970s and 1980s. EMD’s 3,000-horsepower, six-axle SD40-2 locomotives, built from 1972 to 1989, were best-sellers …
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A former Texas & Pacific business car is back on the rails in Texas after a 97-year journey that took it to California. The California State Railroad Museum recently gifted former T&P Business Car No. 2 to the Museum of the American Railroad in Frisco. …
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Never mind that the Rapido HO Budd Slumbercoach is a strong reminder of passenger rail travel in the 1950s. You easily could see yourself in it today. Look in one of the several mirrors inside the model released earlier this year – and see your …
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UPDATE: Aug. 28, 2024 The Canada Industrial Relations Board ordered binding arbitration between Canadian Pacific Kansas City and Canadian National Railway and Teamsters Canada Rail Conference Aug. 24, sending all parties back to work. TCRC removed picket lines at Canadian Pacific Kansas City and did …
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UPDATED: Aug. 22, 2024 – Canadian National and Canadian Pacific Kansas City moved forward in the early morning hours today by locking out employees represented by the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference. Both railroads said they would continue shutting down their networks. Posted Aug. 19, 2024 …
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Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 will visit 14 states over two tours, the first starting the end of this month. Fresh from an upgrade of its Positive Train Control system, the Big Boy will tour five states from Wyoming to California on this summer’s …
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