Name: Christopher Burger Forum User Name: Chris Burger Location: Mason Ohio Scale: S Theme: Christmas Village Description: This is our 2014 version of the Christmas Village Layout. 4-loops of S-Helper Fastrak which is now owned and made by MTH. Running an American Flyer Texas Special with Legacy, A 336 4-8-4 Northern with American Flyer Christmas […]
Name: Christopher Burger Forum User Name: Chris Burger Location: Mason Ohio Scale: S Theme: Christmas Village Description: This is our 2014 version of the Christmas Village Layout. 4-loops of S-Helper Fastrak which is now owned and made by MTH. Running an American Flyer Texas Special with Legacy, A 336 4-8-4 Northern with American Flyer Christmas […]
In the September 2013 issue, I offered a critique of Lionel’s well-executed American Flyer passenger cars done in the postwar style. Although the cars were nicely made, their design followed the limited detailing of an older day, and so might not be up to par with a scale-detailed model railroader. This time we’ll examine an […]
This powerful and intricately detailed diesel represents the new face of S gauge. Watch it in action! […]
This powerful and intricately detailed diesel represents the new face of S gauge. Watch it in action! […]
Take a ride on these postwar-style S gauge American Flyer passenger cars by Lionel – see them in action now! […]
Take a ride on these postwar-style S gauge American Flyer passenger cars by Lionel – see them in action now! […]
With the invigoration of Lionel’s American Flyer product line and the sale of S-Helper Service to MTH Electric Trains, the S gauge market appears to be entering a new epoch that may permanently divide old school and new school S gaugers. Before we step through the looking glass into this brave new world, I wanted […]
BIG RED: MTH’s Premier line of Electro-Motive Division SD9043MAC diesel locomotives includes the Indiana Rail Road paint scheme. The Indiana-based carrier operates approximately 225 miles of track formerly owned by the Illinois Central or the Milwaukee Road. The line also operates between Chicago and Louisville through trackage rights or haulage agreements. This O gauge model, […]
This Union Pacific Challenger from Lionel offers S gaugers a highly detailed, articulated loco that possesses the most advanced electronics in the S gauge world. […]
This Union Pacific Challenger from Lionel offers S gaugers a highly detailed, articulated loco that possesses the most advanced electronics in the S gauge world. […]
This S gauge model is a major step forward for American Flyer enthusiasts. The arrival of the Union Pacific Challenger clearly affirms Lionel’s intention of marketing die-cast metal steam locomotives that are both esthetically and operationally the equal of anything in O gauge, but in 1:64 scale, of course. The Union Pacific Challenger needs no […]
