Walthers HO scale Amfleet coaches and club cars

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Walthers HO scale Amfleet passenger cars Walthers, like prototype builder Budd Co. before it, has built on its Metroliner multiple-unit cars to bring newly tooled Amfleet equipment to HO. The cars are offered in both Amfleet I and II body styles. The Amfleet I models depict an 84-seat coach and an Amcafe. The Amfleet II […]

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Kato N scale Electro-Motive Division F2 and F3 diesel locomotives

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Kato N scale Elective-Motive Division F2 and F3 diesel locomotives Electro-Motive Division’s F series diesels are perhaps the most recognized locomotives in the world. Kato USA is offering a newly tooled N scale version of the F2/early F3 diesel in two-engine sets, wearing the vivid liveries characteristic of the booming postwar era. Kato’s models are […]

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Fox Valley Models N scale RD-4 hopper

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Fox Valley Models N scale RD-4 hopper Price: $18.95; 12-pack, $227.40 Manufacturer Fox Valley Models P.O. Box 1970 Des Plaines, IL 60017 www.foxvalleymodels.com Era: 1990s to present Comments: A modern-era coal hopper has been added to the Fox Valley Models N scale freight car lineup. The car, based on a Trinity Industries prototype, accurately features […]

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Atlas HO scale 40′-6″ postwar boxcar

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Atlas HO scale 40 ft 6 inch postwar boxcar Price: $27.95 Manufacturer Atlas Model Railroad Co. 378 Florence Ave. Hillside, NJ 07205 www.atlasrr.com Era: 1945 to late 1970s Comments: Atlas now offers a transition-era 40-foot boxcar in its Master Line of ready-to-run rolling stock. The Association of American Railroads 40′-6″ postwar boxcar, originally offered as […]

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MR Insider Weekly: September 15, 2014

David Popp and Jenny Freeland looking into a refrigerator

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page MRVP’s Jenny Maaske bails out of fridge-cleaning duty to see what Cody Grivno is preparing for his next Video Step by Step on MR Video Plus. Cody gives Jenny a peek at the in-depth N scale locomotive weathering project that’s even more extraordinary […]

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Video: TCS WOWSound steam DCC decoder

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The Train Control Systems WOWSound Digital Command Control decoder includes many realistic sound effects. Check out this demonstration of a WOWSound decoder that’s been installed in a Broadway Limited Imports Santa Fe 2-10-2. The decoder includes adjustable sound effects and the Audio Assist programming feature. […]

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Video: TCS WOWSound steam DCC decoder

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The Train Control Systems WOWSound Digital Command Control decoder includes many realistic sound effects. Check out this demonstration of a WOWSound decoder that’s been installed in a Broadway Limited Imports Santa Fe 2-10-2. The decoder includes adjustable sound effects and the Audio Assist programming feature. […]

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Burnt River

A westbound Union Pacific freight crosses the Burnt River near Weatherby, Ore., in June 2010. The train is headed for Baker City. Photo by Kevin Dellinger […]

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MR Insider Weekly: September 8, 2014

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Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page A brand-new series, Rehab My Railroad, is set to debut this week on MR Video Plus! In this week’s MR Insider, David Popp talks with layout owner Chuck Sable and show host Drew Halverson about some of the projects the how-to series will […]

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Borrowed

Canadian Pacific train No. 810, with some borrowed power, makes its run for Wisconsin as the sun settles behind the bluffs along the Mississippi River in southeast Minnesota on Jan. 5, 2014. Photo by Matt Krause […]

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