Noel Wilson’s HO scale Little Truckee RR portrays the Southern Pacific RR around Truckee, Calif. It’s a modular layout in a 10 x 40-foot office trailer. […]
Noel Wilson’s HO scale Little Truckee RR
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Delaware & Hudson Champlain Division layout update
Layout Update April 2019 from North Country Trains on Vimeo. Take a tour of Harrison Smith’s Delaware & Hudson Champlain Division layout. […]
Noel Wilson’s HO scale Little Truckee RR
Noel Wilson’s HO scale Little Truckee RR portrays the Southern Pacific RR around Truckee, Calif. It’s a modular layout in a 10 x 40-foot office trailer. […]
Union stations
A CSX Transportation freight passes Marion (Ohio) Union Station. The site is now a museum with a restored interlocking tower. Brian Schmidt Q Why is the word “Union” used so often in the names of passenger stations and terminals? For example, Cincinnati Union Terminal, St. Louis Union Station, or Denver Union Station. Is there a […]
Sponsored Product Review: Brother ScanNCut DX SDX125e craft cutter
The Brother ScanNCut DX SDX125e is designed to cut thicker materials, opening up a lot of possibilities for projects around the Model Railroader workshop. Craft cutters are useful tools for scenery work, paint masks, and many other modeling tasks. But what about cutting thicker material, such as styrene or even wood? For these heavy-duty jobs, […]
‘Missouri River Runner’ service suspension extended
ST. LOUIS — The suspension of Amtrak’s Missouri River Runner service has been extended to at least Sunday, June 2. Flooding elsewhere in the Midwest has led Union Pacific to divert freight traffic onto the route, leading to the suspension of the passenger service. Chartered bus service is providing substitute transportation, stopping at all stations […]
Master of the E&W Turn
New York Central SW8 8626 stands at the road’s Avon Yard near Indianapolis in 1966. Another EMD switcher powered the E&W Turn some 140 miles to the north. Louis A. Marre As a struggling schoolteacher in northern Indiana in the early 1960s, I worked a few summers as a brakeman on a couple of local railroads, […]
DCC boosters for a model railroad – what to buy and how many
❶ Getting a boost. The Digitrax DB210 booster can supply 3, 5, or 8 amps depending on the power supply used with it. Note the toggle switch for selecting from three possible voltage ranges for N, HO, and O/G scales. ❷ Keeping cool. The Model Rectifier Corp. boosters are available in 3.5 and 8 amp […]
‘California Zephyr’ detouring because of flooding (updated)
CHICAGO — Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr is detouring between Chicago and Omaha today via the Union Pacific’s former Chicago & North Western mainline, as will the eastbound train that arrives Thursday and Thursday’s departure from Chicago. The detour off of the normal BNSF Railway route is because of ongoing flooding problems in the Midwest, according […]
Digital Command Control resources for model railroaders
Learn all about Digital Command Control (DCC) with the Model Railroader staff! Bill Zuback The July 2019 issue of Model Railroader magazine features a buyer’s guide for Digital Command Control (DCC) starter systems. To learn more about DCC, check out this DCC resources page. Below you’ll find links to reference articles, product reviews, and demo […]
Computer desktop wallpaper from the July 2019 Model Railroader
Click on the links at left to download the image sized appropriately for your computer screen. Rutland no. 208, an Alco RS-3, passes Duffy’s Coal as it approaches the north end of the Rutland, Vt., freight yard on Gregory Wiggins’ HO scale layout. This month you can download the trackside photo sized appropriately for your […]
New model trains for the week of May 30, 2019
Broadway Limited Imports HO scale Electro-Motive Division SD7 and SD9 diesel locomotive HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division SD7 and SD9 diesel locomotive. SD7: Chessie System (Baltimore & Ohio reporting marks); CSX (fictional scheme, dark blue and yellow with boxcar herald); Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (black and gray with “Way of the Zephyrs” slogan); Pennsylvania RR […]
