21+ hour, 16+ min ago   (248+ words) The exact deployment of the new trainsets has yet to be announced SEATTLE — Two Airo trainsets will begin revenue service in Amtrak Cascades service on Sept. 30, a Washington Department of Transportation official disclosed this week. Jason Beloso, WSDOT’s freight and…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (111+ words) Trainz acquires Sal Olsen’s Toy Train Parts Trains has acquired the inventory of parts diagrams from Sal Olsen’s Toy Train Parts. In a press release sent to CTT dated September 10, Trainz announced that they will incorporate the Olsen diagrams into…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1676+ words) The HO scale Crabbitt & Pitchahissee RR is a salute to West Virginia's 1920s logging industry Thanks to Bob Hazard’s careful modeling and attention to detail, visitors to his HO scale 26 x 26-foot Crabbitt & Pitchahissee RR are treated to a slice of…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (146+ words) Berkshire-type 2-8-4 leads three diesels and 85 cars along Indiana Northeastern “We had been discussing putting No. 765 on a freight train since we started the partnership at the Indiana Northeastern, but the timing, opportunities, and proximity to existing fire-ups never quite came…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (110+ words) The America 250 Locomotive Celebration departed the North Carolina Transportation Museum in one consist SALISBURY, N.C. — The three-day America 250 Locomotive Celebration, held at the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer, N.C., officially wrapped up on Sunday, Aug. 30. So on Monday, Aug. 31, that…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (96+ words) CTT is excited to announce a new special issue! Return to the Golden Years takes you back to the 1940s, 50s, and 60s, with 100 pages of all-new stories. See noted Marx expert Jim Flynn’s O gauge layout, learn about Lionel’s S&H Green…...