Fundamentals of changing traction tires

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Many newer diesel locomotives have side frames that can be easily removed, making tire replacement a less complex (and less frustrating) process. Jim Forbes A properly fitting traction tire should be smooth and free of bulges and crimps. The payoff for getting the replacement done right is better pulling performance for your locomotive. Jim Forbes […]

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Baldwin VO-1000 switcher from MTH

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O GAUGE PREMIER LINE BALDWIN VO-1000 SWITCHER FROM MTH Price: $459.95 (No. 20-20786-1) Min Curve: O-31 Low speed: 4.9 smph High speed: 77.4 smph Drawbar pull: 1 lb., 3 oz. Features: Two can-style motors, ProtoSound 3.0 command and sound system, smoke unit, coil couplers Current production road names: Long Island RR, Milwaukee Road, Santa Fe, […]

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Just Plug illuminated vehicles from Woodland Scenics

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O GAUGE JUST-PLUG ILLUMINATED CARS Price: $49.99 each  (Nos. JP5973 police car or JP5978 blue coupe) Features: O scale detailing, detailed interiors, illuminating lights, a variety of vehicles are available Order online at www.WoodlandScenics.com Some O gauge layouts have vehicles crammed in every nook and cranny, while others have streets so empty you’d think a […]

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Starbucks store from Menards

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O GAUGE STARBUCKS STORE FROM MENARDS Price: $79.99  (No. 279-4325)  Features: Coffee shop with three backlit signs, interior lighting, external chairs, tables, and figures; interior store detailing and figures. Order online at www.Menards.com/Trains O gauge layout owners seem to fall into three general groups. The first is roughly “anything goes,” which is any type of […]

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Arrowhead Models announces first car

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An HO scale “committee design” three-bay hopper is the first release from Arrowhead Models, a Sheridan, Wyo.-based model railroad manufacturing company owned by Blaine Hadfield. The model is based on a prototype designed cooperatively by Norfolk & Western, Chesapeake & Ohio, and Pennsylvania RR and built by those railroads and commercial car builders American Car […]

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Factory closure impacts several model railroad manufacturers

In late July Affa Technology Ltd., a Hong Kong-based manufacturer of model trains, radio-controlled toys, scale cars, and other items, announced it had closed. Some of the model railroad manufacturers impacted by this news include American Z Line, Atlas Model Railroad Co., Bowser, ExactRail, Fox Valley Models, InterMountain Railway Co., Trainworx, and Wheels of Time. […]

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New model trains for the week of August 2, 2018

Accurail HO scale assorted freight cars

Accurail HO scale assorted freight cars HO scale freight cars Assorted freight cars. Northern Pacific Pullman-Standard 4,750-cubic-foot-capacity three-bay covered hopper, $19.98. Clinchfield 36-foot double-sheathed boxcar with wood ends and fish-belly frame, $17.98. Grand Trunk 36-foot Fowler boxcar, $17.98. New York Central subsidiary (Cincinnati Northern; Pittsburgh, McKeesport & Youghiogheny; and Toledo & Ohio Central) United States […]

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