ALCO DIESELS ARE POPULAR with the O gauge crowd. After checking out the models of the RSD-7 and RSD-15, you may have to crown Atlas O the king of three-rail Alco power. The RSD-7 and the RSD-15 are basically the same locomotive, except that the RSD-7 had an Alco 244-series diesel engine and the RSD-15 […]
I’LL BET THAT MOST children of the baby boom spent at least a little time in their school library thumbing through books about the Civil War or the Wild West. As model train enthusiasts, we probably spent extra time gazing at black-and-white images of impossibly frail-looking steam power and rolling stock – those trains always […]
WHILE CREATING AN OPERATING scale model of a vintage locomotive is commendable, not too many of us will be happy just staring at it in a case. The folks at Schneider Model Railroading (SMR Trains) acknowledge the inner engineer of potential customers, and they’ve launched a line of scale-sized brass equipment that looks right at […]
Atlas HO and N scale signal system A versatile operating signal system is now available for HO and N scale modelers. These new signals from Atlas Model Railroad Co. come in three different styles and will work on DC layouts as well as those operated with Digital Command Control (DCC). The signal system uses much […]
Kato N scale USRA 2-8-2 Price: $175.00ManufacturerKato U.S.A., Inc. 100 Remington Road Schaumburg, IL 60173Description: Plastic and metal ready-to-run locomotiveComments: Kato has re-released its handsome N scale United States Railway Administration (USRA) 2-8-2 heavy Mikado. This new run of steam locomotives includes a version decorated for Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, as well as a painted […]
Bachmann On21/2 Forney A 2-4-4T Forney with dual-mode Digital Command Control (DCC) and an optional sound system is Bachmann’s latest On2 1/2 offering. The model is available with either outside or inside main frames and with or without a Tsunami sound decoder, in decorated or painted but unlettered versions. A unique design. The Forney is […]
Walthers N scale Alco RS-2 Fans of first-generation diesel power can now have a detailed, solid performing N scale model of an RS-2, the American Locomotive Co.’s first road switcher produced after World War II. The Walthers model is prototypically accurate and has provisions for easy conversion to Digital Command Control (DCC). Postwar road switcher. […]
Peco no. 8 turnouts in HO These great-looking North American-style turnouts deliver reliable performance for HO layouts and are now available in a no. 8 frog angle from Peco. The shallow-angle turnouts are perfect for crossovers, especially where long rolling stock, such as passenger cars, run. As with other Peco Streamline 83 components, these turnouts […]
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Prodigy Advance Digital Command Control Model Rectifier Corp. is adding a wireless throttle to its line of Prodigy Advance Digital Command Control (DCC) products. Model Railroader recently had a chance to operate a pre-production sample of one of the new wireless throttles on both a Prodigy Advance and Prodigy Advance Squared DCC system. The Prodigy […]
Blackstone Models HOn3 K-27 2-8-2 Narrow gauge fans can now add a superdetailed die-cast metal K-27 to their HOn3 (HO scale, 3-foot-gauge) rosters with this new locomotive from Blackstone Models. The firm, which is a division of SoundTraxx, offers the model in a DC-only version or factory-equipped with its powerful Tsunami Digital Command Control (DCC) […]
DCC Specialties PSX circuit breaker Though you’d probably not think of using the word “cool” to describe a circuit breaker, the term definitely applies to the new PSX series of Power Shield Digital Command Control circuit breakers from DCC Specialties. The PSX models have a wealth of new programmable features, such as occupancy detection and […]
