Amtrak train No. 851, the northbound Hoosier State, passes Reynolds, Ind., on the morning of Aug. 3, 2014, bound for Chicago. Photo by John E. Troxler […]
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Blair Line HO scale common pile trestle kit
Blair Line HO scale common pile trestle kit Some time ago I purchased and built this kit for a river scene on my newest module. I had never built a wooden kit with this level of detail and found it delightfully challenging at times. The trestle comes with all the required pieces including a piece […]
Video: Walthers HO scale San Francisco Chief passenger train
The Walthers HO scale San Francisco Chief models one of the famous passenger trains of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry. Model Railroader received a sample of each one of the car types and locomotives offered in the series. A pair of F7 locomotives equipped with SoundTraxx Tsunami Digital Command Control (DCC) sound decoders […]
Video: Walthers HO scale San Francisco Chief passenger train
The Walthers HO scale San Francisco Chief models one of the famous passenger trains of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry. Model Railroader received a sample of each one of the car types and locomotives offered in the series. A pair of F7 locomotives equipped with SoundTraxx Tsunami Digital Command Control (DCC) sound decoders […]
New model trains for the week of July 23, 2015
HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division GP9M diesel locomotive. New paint schemes: Alaska RR, Boston & Maine, Chessie System (with Baltimore & Ohio reporting marks), Norfolk Southern (post-1982 company), and Union Pacific (“We can handle it” slogan on cab). One road number per scheme. All-wheel drive and electrical pickup, five-pole can motor with dual flyhweels, and […]
Accessible 3-D printing for model railroaders
Free software available online, such as Sketchup, can be used to design models that are produced by 3-D printing services like Shapeways. Alex Marchand followed this path to model a CSX class U-13 phosphate hopper in N scale. When I was in high school in the late ’90s, I saw a TV show that ran […]
Video: Rapido Trains HO scale F40PH-2D
The Rapido Trains HO scale F40PH-2D features prototype specific detail and sound. The locomotive model features an ESU LokSound Select Digital Command Control (DCC) decoder. Watch two F40PH-2D locomotives haul a push-pull passenger train on the Model Railroader staff’s Milwaukee, Racine, and Troy HO scale model railroad. […]
Video: Rapido Trains HO scale F40PH-2D
The Rapido Trains HO scale F40PH-2D features prototype specific detail and sound. The locomotive model features an ESU LokSound Select Digital Command Control (DCC) decoder. Watch two F40PH-2D locomotives haul a push-pull passenger train on the Model Railroader staff’s Milwaukee, Racine, and Troy HO scale model railroad. […]
New Haven in Providence photos from Chris Burger
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New toy train products from the September 2015 issue
FOR THAT COAL HAULING LAYOUT: The MTH RailKing Imperial no. 30-1641-1 Pennsylvania RR L1 2-8-2 Mikado is in stores now. The locomotive features O-31 operation and has a die-cast metal shell and tender, directional lighting, firebox glow, can-style motor, smoke unit, tender-mounted coil coupler, and the ProtoSound 3.0 sound and command system for $449.95. For […]
Just Plug light system from Woodland Scenics
Just Plug light system from Woodland Scenics Prices: $19.99 (no. JP5770 power supply), $19.99 (no. JP5700 lights & hub set), $9.99 (no. JP5725 auxiliary switch) Who doesn’t have buildings on their layout that lack illumination? I have a few old Plasticville structures as well as some buildings I made with Design Preservation Models panels that, […]
Lionel O gauge GP7
Lionel O gauge GP7 Price: $329.99 (no. 38827) Burlington Route Features: O-31 operation, metal frame and die-cast metal trucks and couplers. It is equipped with dual motors, coil couplers (controllable only via LionChief Plus remote), a fan-driven smoke unit, RailSounds RC with locomotive sounds and announcements, can be operated in conventional mode (though some LionChief […]
