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Hop on for an exciting chase as we track down the powerful EMD E-Unit on the Norfolk Southern (NS) main line in Kentucky.
The WalthersMainline HO EMD SD60 is back, this time with new features. Model Railroader Senior Editor Cody Grivno uses this ...
Complete Ready To Run 155 Piece Freight Train Set Powered by a 0-6-0 Steam Era Locomotive and Tender with Operating Smoke and Headlight Includes; Plug Door Box Car, Open Quad Hopper Car ...
A 1950s diesel locomotive pulls the Jacobite carriages in place of the Jacobite due to it being unable to run because of the high risk of wildfires in Glenfinnan. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty ...
The former EMD GP9 diesel locomotive was rebuilt by battery supplier AMPS Traction who installed liquid-cooled lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxide (LNMC) batteries to provide 1.2MW of usable power ...
Two-unit Santa Fe diesel locomotive No. 1, the “One-Spot Twins,” sports Ripley’s preferred plain wheel bearings at Dearborn Station, Chicago in 1936. Alexander Maxwell photo In 1931-32, Chief ...
Scale speedometers, such as the Accutrack by Model Railroad Technologies, make measuring locomotive speed easy. This N scale General Electric U23B diesel locomotive is going much faster than its ...
The Biggar RCMP are on the lookout for a fuel thief. At 4:30 AM on April 7, it was reported that 300 gallons of diesel fuel was stolen from a locomotive, located west of Biggar near the access of Oban ...
The Kent and East Sussex Railway (K&ESR) has announced the first guest locomotive for its three-day Summer Diesel Gala in July. Class 50 50017 ‘Royal Oak’ will be visiting the K&ESR courtesy of the ...
The Epping Ongar Railway (EOR) has announced that class 73 electro-diesel locomotive E6040 (73133) will attend its diesel gala next month. The gala takes place on Friday 25, Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 ...
The event to celebrate Britain's diesel heritage will take place from Thursday, June 12, to Sunday, June 15. The NYMR has confirmed the attendance of two guest locomotives. Class 55 Deltic No 55009 ...