Image Courtesy of Atlas.
By Railroad Model Craftsman Staff
Atlas Model Railroad Co. Inc. has announced that it is releasing a new run of its HO scale General Electric U30C locomotive that will feature all-new tooling.
While Atlas has offered Phase II and Phase III U30C models before, this run will represent a Phase 1 version of the locomotive, of which there were 24 built.
The first U30Cs were built with a radiator design outwardly similar to U28Cs, featuring a tall rectangular section sitting at the peak of the radiator section. Phase I U30Cs were built between November 1966 and July 1967, with final U30C production concluding in October of 1976.
Within CSX’s NetOps center in Jacksonville, Fla., is a Fuel Conservation Desk that operates 24/7. Supported by multiple vendors and utilizing technology developed in-house, it monitors all active CSX linehaul locomotives in real time. (CSX photograph)
RAILWAY AGE, FEBRUARY 2021 ISSUE: CSX and MBTA’s commuter rail operation are improving locomotive performance and availability through precision monitoring and analysis of fuel and lube oil, respectively.
Fuel and lube oil are literally the lifeblood of a diesel-electric locomotive. Fuel is the second-largest railroad operating cost, after labor. And lube oil is far more complex than it may seem, as its chemistry is an accurate indicator of how well an engine is performing, and when a failure may be imminent. CSX and the MBTA’s commuter rail operation are using analytics and artificial intelligence (AI)-driven technology to optimize and analyze fuel and lube oil, respectively.
Womack, Mark Sanders, Jr. Monday, December 28, 2020
Mark Womack
Mark Sanders Womack, Jr., after a long and most interesting life, died on December 25, 2020.
Born on Dec. 31, 1923, in Manchester, Tn., to Ethel Moody Womack and Mark S. Womack, Sr., he was raised in Murfreesboro, graduating from Central High School in 1942. He began his career as an operator for the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroad and was a life long practioner of telegraphy. Married to Elizabeth Harrell on June 26 1943, he was drafted into the United States Army in 1943. Serving in Europe, Womack was the last surviving member of the 753rd Railroad Transportation Battalion. Released from active duty in February, 1946, he returned to his home and resumed his career with the NC & St.L Railroad and worked in Murfreesboro, Bridgeport, Cowan, and Chattanooga. While working, he completed his degree at the then Middle Tennessee State College. With the merger of the NC & StL and the Louisville and