Rolling stock

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place and align the rails with equivalent fixtures on the exit to the layout. When not being used, the cassettes holding trains become a storage box with rolling stock kept above or below the layout until required. If a train needs turning, just run it off the layout onto a cassette and lift and turn the cassette around.

Swiss railoperator BLS is in the process of placing the largest rolling stock order in its history. The company has decided to award Stadler Rail with the contract for the delivery of 58 6-car EMU's that will replace the aging trains of the type Einheitswagen III, RBDe 565 and RBDe 566 II. The first

Gary Christensen is a member of The Weathering Shop ( theweatheringshop.com/gary.html ) and is known worldwide for his beautifully-weathered models of rolling stock. He sat down at Joe Fugate's dining room table to share his techniques. Part one of a series Scale Trains, Big Dreams is a three- part documentary that takes you behind the scenes of the business of making model trains. Travel the globe to see how a new upstart - ScaleTrains.com - takes on the challenge of designing…

RailPictures.Net Photo: 421 387 IRSI (International Rolling Stock Investment Gmbh, Frauenfeld) Re 421 at Bellinzona, Switzerland by Georg Trüb

Learn expert model railroad weathering techniques to make your rolling stock look like it's been used for years.

7812 arriving into Highley during the Severn Valley Railway's 1940s weekend at the beginning of July.

With Amtrak on pace to set another ridership record this year, it appears millions of Americans are reserving seats on the nation’s rolling stock. Some are going a step further and reserving entire cars.“Chartering a private rail car is a civilized way to travel,” said Bart Barton, publisher of Private Varnish, the magazine of the American Association of Private Railroad Car Owners (AAPRCO).

Inside a half–subway car prototype in the Hudson Yards station on Friday afternoon, an MTA employee holding a tablet peppered Thomas Downs, a student at Fordham Prep, with questions. “How would you rate the material of the grab rails?” “How would you rate the color of the grab rails?” “How would you rate the finish […]

High quality photograph of Conrail Homebuilt # CR 0 at Enola, Pennsylvania, USA.

Utah Railway conductor Bruce Weaver exits the cab of Santa Fe GP9u No. 2258, on loan from the Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway. The classic EMD, coupled to a leased Mid-South GP10, are working the Amoco Refinery in Salt Lake City, Utah on July 5, 1997.

Wills's Cigarettes "Locomotives & Rolling Stock" the three varieties of #32 Top card is the original from 1901 then it was "updated" to the middle card, which was found to be incorrect, so a third card was issued in 1902 (which is probably still incorrect!)