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Big data is getting bigger in railroading when it comes to tracking freight cars. Advancements in telematics are putting freight movements on the map in an effort to improve visibility across the nation’s rail network. The technology aims to improve real-time tracking of freight cars to better compete with other transportation modes.

Jacksonville Terminal Co. is keeping alive the aura of three mystic model railroads with its latest container roll-out. JTC debuted its Visionary Series by featuring N-scale shipping containers named after iconic model railroads.

For more than 40 years, the Houston-based N’Crowd Model Railroad Society, Inc. has promoted model railroading, first as one of the earliest NTRAK clubs in Texas, and later with the Bayou City & Gulf Railroad, a permanent layout in a prominent Houston hobby store.

 – Tom Marsh/Cowcatcher Magazine                                        

The National O Scale Convention in June is the first large-scale event to be held in person post-pandemic, and organizers aren’t holding back. …

The National Limited was the Baltimore & Ohio’s featured passenger train, running between St. Louis and New York via Washington, D.C. …

Wall Street and much of the railroad industry, including short lines, are embracing the proposed Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger, which is expected to create one massive North American rail network. …

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Model railroading can have its fun surprises, like Menards O-scale M&M Intergalactic Party Bus.

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