An interview with Jim Wiggin of Athearn looks at 80 years of quality products and service to the model railroad industry and hobby.

Locomotives rely on sheer mass to create friction. Tens of thousands of tons press steel wheels into steel rails. That contact generates enough traction to move entire cities’ worth of cargo. Tires ...

KINGSTON, N.Y. — A locomotive owned by the Catskill Mountain Railroad caught fire early Thursday morning near Kingston Plaza in the city, the Kingston Fire Department said. In a press release, ...

FORT HOOD — Officials from Fort Hood held a ribbon cutting ceremony for an electric locomotive Monday, which was hailed by onlookers as a technological achievement. The train engine — which is the ...

Thirteen passengers were injured when a locomotive struck a stationary passenger carriage with force during a coupling manoeuvre at Wang Yen station in Kanchanaburi on Saturday evening, the State ...

NEXRAIL, a Luxembourg-based locomotive leasing firm, has signed an agreement with Stadler for the delivery of up to 200 EURO9000 panto-battery hybrid locomotives. The contract is set to expand the ...

This story was originally published in 2023. If you live in Louisville metro, chances are you have heard of GE Appliances or know one of the roughly 8,000 people the appliance manufacturer employs in ...

(Reuters) -Union Pacific, the largest U.S. freight railroad operator, beat second-quarter profit estimates on Thursday, powered by higher revenue from coal shipments and improved pricing. Coal ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Trainz 2019: ProTrain - AC4400CW Loco Bundle 1 Get five detailed AC4400 Locomotives in Union Pacific, Canadian Pacific, Southern Pacific and Kansas City ...

Model Railroader was among a handful of outlets to receive a review sample of the Athearn HO scale GE AC4400CW diesel locomotive. Join Senior Editor Cody Grivno as he shares a brief history of Chicago ...

Locomotives powered by electricity have been around for over a century, with rail lines like the now-defunct Pennsylvania Rail Road starting electric operations as early as 1905. However, the average ...

Two electric locomotives from Innovative Rail Technologies will work the US Steel switching yards at Mon Valley Works’ Edgar Thomson and Clairton plants near Pittsburgh and will save an estimated ...