Computer desktop wallpaper from the April 2020 Model Railroader

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Click on the links at left to download this image sized appropriately for your computer screen. Lance Mindheim As evening approaches, Los Angeles Junction Ry. no. 2619, a Santa Fe-rebuilt CF7, crosses District Boulevard in Los Angeles. Frequent Model Railroader contributor Lance Mindheim photographed the scene on his HO scale shelf layout. Click on the […]

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New model trains for the week of February 20, 2020

Bowser Manufacturing Co. Inc. two-bay 70-ton covered hopper

HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division SD40-2. BNSF Ry. (four Burlington Northern patchouts); Burlington Northern (as-delivered scheme); Chessie System (Baltimore & Ohio reporting marks), Chicago & North Western (Stagecoach and Zito Yellow schemes); CSX (Chessie System patchout, “S” scheme, and YN2 scheme); and Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern (standard blue-and-yellow and Mt. Rushmore schemes). Multiple road numbers […]

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Athearn HO EMD SD45T-2 tunnel motor

Athearn HO EMD SD45T-2 tunnel motor

Athearn HO EMD SD45T-2 tunnel motor The body shell can be lifted off after removing the draft gear boxes and two screws. Dual speakers situated above the intake grills make for powerful sound. Athearn Trains is launching an HO scale model of Electro-Motive Division’s SD45T-2 Tunnel Motor. Though it’s part of the manufacturer’s Ready-to-Roll line, […]

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WalthersMainline HO National Steel Car 5150 covered hopper

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WalthersMainline HO National Steel Car 5150 covered hopper A National Steel Car 5,150-cubic-foot-capacity three-bay covered hopper has been added to the WalthersMainline HO scale product range. The newly tooled injection-molded plastic model features a one-piece body, a trough-style hatch cover, and 100-ton trucks. Our sample is decorated as Union Pacific no. 90687, a class CH-100-121 […]

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New model trains for the week of February 13, 2020

Accurail HO scale assorted freight cars

HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division FP7, F7A, F7B, and F9B diesel locomotives. Chicago & North Western (two single FP7s and two FP7/F7B sets in yellow-and-green scheme), Rock Island (FP7 in silver-and- maroon scheme and two FP7 sets [one each in silver-and-maroon and gray-and-maroon schemes]), Southern Pacific (FP7, F7B, FP7/F7B set, and FP7/F7A set in “black […]

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New model railroad products for the week of February 6, 2020

Broadway Limited Imports HO scale C&O class J3a Greenbrier 4-8-4

Broadway Limited Imports HO scale Chesapeake & Ohio class J3a Greenbrier 4-8-4 steam locomotive HO scale locomotives Chesapeake & Ohio class J3a Greenbrier 4-8-4 steam locomotive. In-service version (without smoke deflectors in five road numbers, with in one number), excursion service (Chesapeake & Ohio, Chessie System Railroads, and Family Lines Rail System, one number each), […]

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