The Illinois Railway Museum has added two former Amtrak diesels — an F40PHR and SDP40F — to its collection. Dynamic Rail Preservation, or DynaRail, has donated F40PHR No. 231 and SDP40F No. 644. The ...

The Surface Transportation Board (STB) on June 30 denied both a request from BNSF to issue an order clarifying that it has ...

B&O Railroad Museum Launches AmericanRail200.org Celebration for the 200th Anniversary of Railroading Kicks Off with Official Website A monumental milestone in American history is on the horizon ...

Admission to get in will be $5 per person, and free for children 2 & under. American Windmill Museum Members will also be able to get in free. AWM says on Saturday, June 28 there will also be a raffle ...

Why and how a freight train struck a semi trailer crossing the BNSF tracks in LaGrange last Friday, snarling Metra for hours, remains under investigation. Mitch McConnell warns of "big setback ...

LA GRANGE, Ill. (WLS) -- Metra BNSF trains began resuming operations Friday evening after it was disrupted in parts of the west suburbs due to a semi being struck by a freight train. A freight ...

There are plenty of ideas for support structures on multi-deck layouts. The upper deck on Contributing Editor Tony Koester’s HO scale Nickel Plate Road is 3⁄4″ birch plywood overlaid with Homasote ...