New model trains for the week of June 21, 2018

Atlas Model Railroad Co. HO scale General Electric Dash 8-40C and Dash 8-40CW diesel locomotives

Atlas Model Railroad Co. HO scale General Electric Dash 8-40C and Dash 8-40CW diesel locomotives HO scale locomotives General Electric Dash 8-40C and Dash 8-40CW diesel locomotives. New paint schemes. Dash 8-40C (two road numbers each unless noted): Citicorp (Union Pacific patchout with CREX reporting marks), Kansas City Southern de Mexico (Southern Belle scheme), Lancaster […]

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MRVP Insider: June 2018

A tiger at the zoo

Lions, tigers, and bears – plus the Milwaukee County Zoo train too! MRVP Insider host Jenny Maaske covers all of them, right along with highlights of the videos you’ll see on Model Railroader Video Plus in June 2018. Look for a new DCC install instruction from David Popp, tips and tricks from Gerry Leone, scenery […]

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Atlas Master Line N scale EMD GP7

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Atlas Master Line N scale EMD GP7 A tried-and-true N scale model of one of the most popular early diesel-electric locomotives has been upgraded with the addition of an NCE Digital Command Control (DCC) decoder. Atlas Model RR Co. is also issuing its N scale Electro-Motive Division GP7 road switcher in new road names. History. […]

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Athearn Genesis HO scale GE ES44DC

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On our sound-equipped sample, the Tsunami2 decoder is mounted above the motor and flywheels. Lighting leads run from decoder to bulbs in the body shell. Athearn Trains has added an ES44DC version of its HO scale GEVO locomotive to its top-of-the-line Genesis series. In addition to capturing the subtle external differences between the DC and […]

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Quick Look: Kato N scale Johnstown American BethGon protein gondola

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Kato N scale Johnstown America BethGon protein gondola Price: Eight-pack, $155 Manufacturer Kato USA Inc. 100 Remington Rd. Schaumburg, IL 60173 www.katousa.com Road names: Wells Fargo Rail Corp. (SBTX reporting marks) and Burlington Northern. Two eight-packs per name. Era: April/May 2009 to present Comments: Bring the modern era to your N scale layout with protein […]

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Odd-looking signal

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This odd-looking signal serves to warn motorists. Sherman Cahal Q What can you tell me about this signal? – Carl Lehman, San Antonio A The photo was taken along the Baltimore & Ohio’s line in Greenfield, Ohio, and faces Baltimore Avenue, which runs parallel to the tracks through the city. The single top light will […]

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ScaleTrains.com HO scale covered hopper

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ScaleTrains.com HO scale covered hopper A Greenbrier (Gunderson) 5,188- cubic-foot-capacity covered hopper has been added to the ScaleTrains.com HO scale Rivet Counter line. The modern three-bay hopper is offered in four body styles. It features see-through stainless steel running boards and crossover platforms, prototype-specific hatch covers and outlet gates, and American Steel Foundries Ride-Control trucks […]

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Quick Look: Walthers HO scale 50-foot refrigerator car

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Walthers HO scale 50-foot refrigerator car Price: $27.98 Manufacturer Wm. K. Walthers Inc. 5601 W. Florist Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53218 www.walthers.com Era: 1963 to 1974 (as decorated) Road names: Chicago, Burlington & Quincy; Canadian Pacific; Erie Lackawanna; Milwaukee Road; Pacific Fruit Express (Southern Pacific and Union Pacific heralds); and Santa Fe Refrigerated Despatch. Two road […]

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How to make older turnouts dcc friendly

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Southern Ry. Alco RS-3 no. 2143 passes over an older HO Shinohara turnout on Larry Puckett’s Ho layout. He explains how to make older turnouts DCC-friendly. In the September and October 2014 issues of Model Railroader, I wrote about how I modeled the Rockfish River crossing on my HO scale Piedmont Southern layout and built […]

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