O GAUGE ALCO RS-3 FROM MTH ELECTRIC TRAINS Price: $319.95 (no. 30-20295-1) Min Curve: O-27 Cmd Low: 2.1 smph Cnv Low: 5.2 smph High: 63 smph Drawbar pull: 1 lb., 4 oz. Features: Can-style motor, ProtoSound 3.0 command and sound system, smoke, coil couplers Current-production road names: CP Rail, New Haven, New York Central, Providence […]
O gauge train station from Menards Price: $99.95 (no. 279-3846) plus shipping (free shipping to your local Menards), see your local Menards or go to www.menards.com to order. Unless your O gauge railroad is freight-only, you need a place for passengers to embark on their cross-layout journeys. There is certainly no shortage of stations in […]
Name: Peter Martens Forum User Name: Peter_J_M Railroad Name: The Silver Rail Club (founding chapter) Location: Cumberland, Virginia Scale: O-scale Theme: A different kind of ‘music video’. Description: Inspired by Rusty Draper’s 1956 hit song, ‘The Railroad Comes Through The Middle Of The House’, Peter J. Martens, founder of the Silver Rail Club, built this […]
Name: Peter Martens Forum User Name: Peter_J_M Railroad Name: The Silver Rail Club (founding chapter) Location: Cumberland, Virginia Scale: O-scale Theme: A different kind of ‘music video’. Description: Inspired by Rusty Draper’s 1956 hit song, ‘The Railroad Comes Through The Middle Of The House’, Peter J. Martens, founder of the Silver Rail Club, built this […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Host Bob Keller is back, and he’s making his list (checking it twice, of course) of new O and S scale offerings in the MR Workshop! In this episode, the products range from structures and freight cars to two new O gauge locomotives […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Host Bob Keller is back, and he’s making his list (checking it twice, of course) of new O and S scale offerings in the MR Workshop! In this episode, the products range from structures and freight cars to two new O gauge locomotives […]
Name: Larry Roth Railroad Name: Nutcracker Route Location: Around the Christmas tree in 2015 Scale: O Theme: Holiday train layout Description: The “Twin Cities” are connected by a loop of MTH track over which runs the Lionel Nutcracker Route train set. The buildings are mostly ceramic from several makers. Other scenery elements include ‘snow’ cloth, […]
Name: Larry Roth Railroad Name: Nutcracker Route Location: Around the Christmas tree in 2015 Scale: O Theme: Holiday train layout Description: The “Twin Cities” are connected by a loop of MTH track over which runs the Lionel Nutcracker Route train set. The buildings are mostly ceramic from several makers. Other scenery elements include ‘snow’ cloth, […]
Name: Neal Mayer Forum User Name: NealM Railroad Name: Trains in the Attic Location: Boston, MA Scale: Traditional O Gauge Theme: Location: Somewhere near the coast in north central New England Time period: Sometime between 1957 and today. Description: A freight train passes through the New England coastal town of Cabotport. Originally a small shelf […]
Name: Neal Mayer Forum User Name: NealM Railroad Name: Trains in the Attic Location: Boston, MA Scale: Traditional O Gauge Theme: Location: Somewhere near the coast in north central New England Time period: Sometime between 1957 and today. Description: A freight train passes through the New England coastal town of Cabotport. Originally a small shelf […]
44 TONNER TIMES TWO: Williams by Bachmann has added two road names to its list of General Electric 44-ton locomotives: nos. 23106 Canadian National and 23107 Union Pacific. The O gauge diesels require O-27 or wider-diameter curves and feature die-cast metal trucks and frame, dual flywheel-equipped motors, scale dimensions, and the True Blast Plus sound […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page ‘Tis the season for trainsets… and questions about getting them ready for the holidays! This month, MRVP answer man David Popp fields those questions, along with others related to switch machines, N scale coupler conversion, applying decals, railroad industries, cleaning track, layout wiring, […]
