Atlas N scale PS 4000 covered hopper Price: $29.95 (undecorated, $24.95) Manufacturer Atlas Model Railroad Co. 378 Florence Ave. Hillside, NJ 07205 www.atlasrr.com Era: 1962 to 1986 (as decorated) Road names: Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern (two road numbers); Baltimore & Ohio; Illinois Central Gulf; Norfolk & Western; and undecorated. New road numbers: Chessie System and […]
Watch trains in action on John Colombo’s N scale Nickel Plate Railroad. Video shot and edited by Steve Hankel. […]
Krauss-Maffei diesel-hydraulic No. 9120 pulls an excursion for the Pacific Locomotive Association out of Oakland, Calif., in April 1967. The same organization would later work to restore sister unit No. 9010 to operation. Robert L. Hogan Q What can you tell me about the Krauss-Maffei diesel-hydraulic locomotives that operated in the U.S. in the 1960s? […]
Name: Alan Swartley Railroad Name: Canyon City and Pacific Location: Pacific Northwest Scale: O Scale Theme: Trains running around and through freelanced scenic mountain valley city Description: Canyon City at night […]
The team from Athearn Trains visited the Model Railroader offices before Trainfest 2017 to show us a pre-production sample of the company’s latest HO scale model, Union Pacific’s “Spirit of the Union Pacific” SD70ACe diesel locomotive. The Genesis series model, scheduled for release in June 2018, will feature vinyl m.u. hoses, light-emitting-diode headlights and ditch […]
Athearn HO scale Electro-Motive Division SD40T-2 diesel locomotive HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division SD40T-2 diesel locomotive. Denver & Rio Grande Western, Southern Pacific (six road numbers), St. Louis Southwestern (Cotton Belt), and Union Pacific. Four numbers per scheme unless noted. Denver & Rio Grande Western version features 88” nose with protruding Gyralite. All models have […]
Name: Alan Swartley Railroad Name: Canyon City and Pacific Location: Pacific Northwest Scale: O Scale Theme: Trains running in and around freelanced scenic mountain valley town in picturesque setting Description: UP 4-6-2 Forty Niner passing through Canyon City […]
2017 Grand prize winner: I have been a Manhattanite for decades therefore I abhor leaving my island and crossing water. But I will for the No. 7. Opened in 1915, this 22-station New York City subway line carries more than 800,000 daily riders on its mostly elevated route. With a little Lucky 7 luck, I […]
Check out this N scale coal mining scene. Video by Everett Seymour. […]
Name: Alan Swartley Railroad Name: Canyon City and Pacific Location: Pacific Northwest Scale: O Scale Theme: Trains running in and around freelanced scenic mountain valley town in picturesque setting Description: UP 4-6-2 Forty Niner passing through Canyon City […]
Check out this N scale coal mining scene. Video by Everett Seymour. […]
This fictional OO gauge layout is located in Dennis Parker’s 4-foot-high basement. […]
