LGB Factory Trains Piko locomotive East Coast Large Scale Show boxcar USA Trains passenger car Engines & rolling stock LGB (Märklin) has released a digital “Factory Train” (#L29050) to commemorate LGB’s 50th anniversary in 2018. The prototype of the so-called Factory Train stood for many years in front of LGB’s plant in Nürnberg. The model […]
3D Printing & Laser Cutting: A Railway Modelling Companion by Jeff Geary & Dave Renshaw Published by Ian Allan Available in the US from: Specialty Press 838 Lake Street S Forest Lake MN 55025 Hardcover, 8″ x 10 1/2″, 160 pgs., 325 illustrations Price: $24.95 If you are new to 3D printing and/or laser cutting, […]
Marc Horovitz 1:20.3 scale, gauge-1 ‘E’ van Accucraft Trains 33260 Central Ave. Union City CA 94587 Price: $105 Website: www.accucraft.com 1:20.3 scale, gauge-1 model of Isle of Man Railway guard’s van; gauge-0 wheelsets also supplied; all-plastic construction; metal wheels; chopper-type couplers; maroon-and-cream livery; non-opening doors; no interior detail. Dimensions: Length, 10″; width over duckets, 5 […]
Marc Horovitz 1:19 scale, live-steam 0-4-0+0-4-0 Accucraft Trains 33260 Central Ave. Union City CA 94587 Price: $4,250 Website: www.accucraft.com 1:19 scale, Tasmanian K1 Garratt; all metal construction; regaugeable; gas fired twin-flue boiler; pressure gauge, water glass, twin safety valves, throttle, filler plug; displacement lubricator; gas tank in rear bunker; dummy coal load; dummy Walschaerts valve […]
Truss bridge for ga. 1 track American Made Steel Bridges 26374 Hernando Road Winter Haven FL 33884 Price: $210 Website: www.americanmadesteelbridges.com Stainless-steel truss bridge (#10048); made from 18-gauge sheet metal; welded construction; can be used alone or combined with other units to make a longer bridge. Dimensions: Length, 18″; width, 6″; height, 93/4″ (91/4″ clear) […]
Marc Horovitz 1:32 scale, gauge-1 hopper car AMS (Division of Accucraft Trains) 33260 Central Ave. Union City CA 94587 Price: $89.40 Website: www.accucraft.com 1:32 scale, gauge 1, three-bay hopper car; plastic body; metal trucks, fully sprung; operating scale knuckle couplers; blackened wheels; non-opening hopper doors; minimum radius, 48″. Dimensions: Length, 155/8″; width, 4″; height 45/8″. […]
Click on the link to download the computer code. Get the download here. Michael Hardwick described how he built a push-button traverser track using an Arduino microcontroller, 3-D printer parts, and other low-cost electronics in the August 2018 Model Railroader. Click on the link below to download the computer program that Michael uses to operate […]
OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE — Atlas Model Railroad Company, Inc., and Wm. K. Walthers, Inc. have reached an agreement under which Atlas will purchase all N scale locomotive and rolling stock tooling owned by Walthers, including the Walthers N tooling as well as former Life-Like tooling. Atlas will incorporate this tooling into its Atlas Master, Atlas […]
Atlas Model Railroad Co. HO scale General Electric Dash 8-40C and Dash 8-40CW diesel locomotives HO scale locomotives General Electric Dash 8-40C and Dash 8-40CW diesel locomotives. New paint schemes. Dash 8-40C (two road numbers each unless noted): Citicorp (Union Pacific patchout with CREX reporting marks), Kansas City Southern de Mexico (Southern Belle scheme), Lancaster […]
Name: Paul Smith Railroad Name: Bagley Mountain Division of the Maine Central Railroad Location: Lincoln, Maine Scale: 1:29 to 1:24 Theme: Freight operations on the Maine Central Railroad in the 1970s. Description: Fright train of the Maine Central Railroad in the early 1970s. […]
Name: Paul Smith Forum User Name: Paul Smith Railroad Name: Bagley Mountain Division of the Maine Central Railroad Location: Lincoln, Maine Scale: 1:29 to 1:24 Theme: Freight operations on the Maine Central Railroad in the 1970s. Description: Freight operations on the Bagley Mountain Division of the Maine Central Railroad […]
Lions, tigers, and bears – plus the Milwaukee County Zoo train too! MRVP Insider host Jenny Maaske covers all of them, right along with highlights of the videos you’ll see on Model Railroader Video Plus in June 2018. Look for a new DCC install instruction from David Popp, tips and tricks from Gerry Leone, scenery […]
