New products from the October 2015 issue

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HAPPY HOLIDAYS THE LCCA WAY: The Lionel Collectors Club of America (LCCA) has announced a limited-edition Christmas car made by Lionel. The commemorative O gauge model is a no. 6464-style boxcar with die-cast metal trucks and couplers and festive Christmas 2015 decorations. Only 550 cars will be produced. The car costs $69.99 plus $10 shipping […]

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O gauge Alco Legacy FA A-A by Lionel

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O gauge Alco Legacy FA A-A by Lionel Price:  $749.99 (no. 81516 A-A set) Min Curve: O-36 Cmd Low: 2.38 smph Conv Low: 2.71 smph, High: 72.7 smph, Drawbar Pull: 1 lb., 9 oz. Features: Powered and unpowered units each with a fan-driven smoke unit, can-style motors, coil couplers on noses, Lionel’s Legacy command and […]

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O gauge RailKing PRR L1-class 2-8-2 from MTH

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O gauge RailKing PRR L1-class 2-8-2 from MTH Price:  $449.95 (no. 30-1641-1)  Min Curve: O-31 Cmd Low: 2.1 smph Conv Low: 3.2 smph, High: 68 smph, Drawbar Pull: 1 lb 8 oz. Features: O-31 die-cast metal construction, MTH’s ProtoSound 3.0 command and sound system, smoke unit, coil coupler Current production road names: Pennsylvania RR cab […]

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Fox Valley Models HO GP60M and GP60B diesel locomotives

Fox Valley Models HO scale GP60M and GP60B

Fox Valley Models HO GP60M and GP60B diesel locomotives Dressed up in the warbonnet livery of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry., Fox Valley Models’ GP60M and GP60B model unique ATSF prototypes. Both HO scale locomotives are available with ESU LokSound dual-mode decoders for realistic sound effects on direct-current and Digital Command Control layouts. […]

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Broadway Limited HO Baldwin RF-16 diesel

Broadway Limited HO scale RF-16 diesel locomotive

Broadway Limited HO scale RF-16 diesel locomotive With their angled noses and canted sides, these locomotives aren’t your typical cab units. Broadway Limited Imports’ new Baldwin RF-16 Sharks cut a different path in the locomotive pool. Thanks to the company’s Paragon2 sound decoder, the rumble of Baldwin’s 608A turbocharged 1,600-horsepower 8 cylinder engine emanates from […]

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Walthers HO scale Capitol Limited kitchen and diner cars

Walthers HO scale Capitol Limited kitchen and diner cars

Walthers HO scale Capitol Limited kitchen and diner cars The Baltimore & Ohio’s Capitol Limited of the 1950s is Walthers’ newest name train. It has a 10-car streamlined consist, including eight newly tooled cars, pulled by Electro-Motive Division E9A-E8Bm-E9A locomotives. This kitchen-dormitory-dining car set is one of the train’s new signature cars. The prototype. The […]

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Quick Look: Athearn HO scale Bethlehem Steel F89FH flatcar with Whitehead & Kales hi-level Auto-Pack

Athearn HO scale Bethlehem Steel F89FH flatcar with Whitehead & Kales bi-level Auto-Pack

Athearn HO scale Bethlehem Steel F89FH flatcar with Whitehead & Kales bi-level Auto-Pack Price: $49.98 Manufacturer Athearn Trains 1600 Forbes Way, Ste. 120 Long Beach, CA 90810 www.athearn.com Era: 1960s to 1980s Road names: Chicago, Burlington & Quincy; Illinois Central; Norfolk & Western (BTTX and TTBX reporting marks); New York Central; St. Louis-San Francisco; and […]

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New model railroad products for the week of August 13, 2015

Rapido Trains Alco/Montreal Locomotive Works FA-2 and FPA-2 diesel locomotives

Rapido Trains HO scale Alco/Montreal Locomotive Works FA-2 and FPA-2 diesel locomotive HO scale locomotives Alco/Montreal Locomotive Works FA-2 and FPA-2 diesel locomotives. FA-2: Baltimore & Ohio (three road numbers), Canadian National (as-delivered scheme with original and new nose heralds, two numbers each), Canadian Pacific (block and script lettering, three numbers each), Erie Lackawanna (three […]

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