This upgraded Reading T-1 4-8-4 steam locomotive from Broadway Limited Imports includes the firm’s new Paragon2 Digital Command Control (DCC) sound decoder. The HO scale model also includes puffing smoke. Watch us run the locomotive on the Model Railroader club layout. […]
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iHobby Expo 2010 preliminary show report
Athearn Trains HO scale Electro-Motive Division SD70ACe and SD70M-2 diesel locomotives HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division SD70ACe and SD70M-2 diesel locomotives. SD70ACe: Union Pacific (Western Pacific heritage scheme, one road number). SD70M-2: Canadian National, Florida East Coast, and Norfolk Southern. Four road numbers each unless noted. Direct-current models, $189.98. With Digital Command Control and SoundTraxx […]
MTH Premier Line O gauge SD35 diesel
The evolution of modern diesel locomotives has been continual, and it is always a surprise to realize that something you might have that was modern is now so old-school that it is mostly out of service. The SD35 built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors (EMD) falls into that category. The “I shot one […]
O gauge bridge by American Made Steel Bridge
Bridges. If you don’t need one now, as just about every model railroader knows, you will eventually. And there’s no shortage of options for the S or O gauge modeler, whether you want a steel, a plastic, or a wooden bridge. I recently had a chance to check out a pre-production sample of a good, […]
SMR Trains O gauge 4-4-0
Okay, let’s give a big shout-out to the Union Army for giving Johnny Reb what for! And one of the things that helped make Atlanta “Hotlanta,” was the United States Military Railroad (USMRR). The USMRR provided strategic direction and operational management to the North’s transport efforts. Col. Daniel C. McCallum, former superintendent of the Erie […]
Illinois city celebrates station upgrades NEWSWIRE
MATTOON, Ill. – A four-year, $3 million project to stabilize and then improve the three-story former railroad office building and passenger station in Mattoon was celebrated last week by Amtrak and Illinois DOT. Six daily Amtrak trains use the station, which is sited about 130 miles northeast of St. Louis. The Coles County Historical Society […]
Santa Fe Southern purchased by Australian high-tech company NEWSWIRE
Santa Fe Southern GP16 93 pauses at the Santa Fe, N.M., station. The railroad has two EMD road-switchers and several vintage railroad cars for its excursions to Lamy. Freight traffic has been limited to inbound loads of lumber, a beer distributor, and pipe for a natural gas line. David Lustig SANTA FE, N.M. – STI-Global, […]
BCH International HOn2-1/2 MiniTrains set
BCH International HOn2-1/2 MiniTrains set On one hand, the MiniTrains set is a nostalgic novelty. On the other hand, the narrow gauge Plymouth switcher and short freight cars may be the right train for an industrial line on your layout. This HO scale set was originally sold by Associated Hobby Manufacturers (AHM) in the 1960s […]
Walthers HO scale American Car & Foundry 85-foot baggage car
Walthers HO scale American Car & Foundry 85-foot baggage car An 85-foot baggage car has been added to the Union Pacific “City train” series of HO scale passenger cars from Walthers. It represents one of the 33 cars (series 5631-5663) built by American Car & Foundry in 1954. It’s a ready-to-run model with factory-installed handrails. […]
Michigan model railroad club runs the world’s longest model train
The 1,112.06-foot O scale model train runs threeabreast on the Chi-Town Union Station layout. More of the train is seen in the background. The white cards in the model railroad cars mark every tenth car. With state, county, and local government officials in attendance, Chi-Town Union Station, a model railroad club in Commerce Township, Mich., […]
Broadway Limited Imports HO scale T-1 4-8-4 steam locomotive
Broadway Limited Imports HO scale T-1 4-8-4 steam locomotive You’ve probably seen an HO scale model of a T-1 class before. Precision Craft Models released one that we reviewed in the April 2006 Model Railroader. Now Broadway Limited Imports has released this version equipped with its Paragon2 Digital Command Control (DCC) sound decoder, and the […]
South African steam locomotives scrapped following damage by thieves NEWSWIRE
Guards armed with shotguns keep scrap thieves at bay while locomotives are cut-up at an outdoor railroad museum near Johannesburg, South Africa Paul Ash The remains of once proud South African steam locomotives being recycled for scrap at an outdoor railroad museum near Johannesburg, South Africa. Paul Ash A priceless collection of steam locomotives has […]
