This New Orleans streetcar captures the nostalgic look and feel of big city street transit from the 1920s to the present. Made by LGB, it’s a big, impressive traction model to run or display in your den. This weather-resistant model has some great details and features, and is decoder-equipped for ready-to-run action on analog DC […]
Branchline Trains’ NYC passenger car In an editorial on the state of the art in passenger car modeling (January 2000 Model Railroader), I wrote that we were still missing the passenger equivalents of the best plastic mass-produced freight car kits. The new HO scale heavyweight coach kit from Branchline Trains is an answer to that […]
Hump Yard Purveyance’s interlocking levers are useful for all scales. These mechanical controls represent prototypes that once operated railroad interlocking plants. They can be used to control switch points or signals on a model railroad. Each kit contains a sprue of molded lever parts, six-foot lengths of Teflon tubing containing a push-pull wire, plus the […]
Broadway Limited Imports On2 1/2 C-16 Consolidation 2-8-0 Broadway Limited On21/2 C-16 is a classic Excellent On2 1/2 models of the Denver & Rio Grande Western’s class C-16 2-8-0 Consolidation are now available from Broadway Limited Imports. The models come with electronics to operate on DC or Digital Command Control (DCC) layouts without any modifications, […]
Rivarossi HO UP Streamliner passenger cars Two new Union Pacific streamlined passenger cars of the 1950s have been released by Rivarossi. These classic smooth-side coach and dome-observation cars come ready-to-run with interior details, free-rolling plastic and metal trucks, and magnetic knuckle couplers. The book Union Pacific Streamliners, by Harold Ranks and William Kratville, includes UP […]
Athearn HO scale BethGon Coalporter Modern unit-train coal gondola has great detail If you want to model a modern unit coal train, you’ll want to check out Athearn’s Ready-to-Roll BethGon Coalporters. The models are based on the aluminum-and-steel coal gondolas built by Johnstown America in the 1980s and ’90s. The Coalporter’s interior details include the […]
Lux-Modellbau HO scale powered wheel cleaner Wheel cleaner saves time and effort This cleaning machine effectively cleans oil and dirt off all types of rolling stock wheels. It can be used with all control systems including two-rail DC, three-rail AC, and Digital Command Control (DCC). It’s manufactured by Lux-Modellbau in five sizes for permanent installations […]
Life-Like Proto 2000 HO scale Pere Marqette Berkshire 2-8-4 The motor is concealed in the boiler so the firebox can be filled with weight to help balance the locomotive. Twin air pumps are mounted on the pilot deck behind a pair of shields. DCC plug Click the chart for a larger version. HO 2-8-4 has […]
Kadee HO scale PS-2 two-bay covered hopper The roof hatches can be opened. The molded ladder rungs measure only a scale 1″ in diameter HO PS-2 covered hopper is superbly done A great-looking Clinchfield 70-ton covered hopper is the first model introduced in Kadee’s new line of Pullman-Standard PS-2 two-bay covered hoppers. It comes ready […]
In 1920, when American railroads emerged from 26 months of government control, the prevailing philosophy of freight-train operation was to hang as many cars as possible behind a locomotive and send it out to drag its way along the line. Three locomotive types were ideal for drag freight: 2-10-2, 2-6-6-2, and 2-8-8-2. The 2-10-2 and […]
Athearn HO scale CF7 The unusual-looking CF7 road switcher is the latest ready-to-run plastic locomotive released by Athearn, and it’s the third Ready-to-Roll locomotive to feature a modified Rail Power Products shell. The model is based on a prototype rebuilt by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe in the 1970s. An oddball is bornIn late […]
Rivarossi HO Union Pacific 4-8-4 Northern steam locomotive Click on chart for a larger image Improved HO 4-8-4 has looks and power This HO 4-8-4 from Rivarossi is a welcome upgrade to an accurate and attractive model originally introduced in 1980. The new engine features RP-25 wheels, improved electrical pickup, flywheel drive, increased weight for […]
