Atlas HO scale ACF LPG tank car HO LPG car looks great An 11,000-gallon, 40-foot tank car is the latest addition to the Atlas line of HO freight cars. It comes ready-to-run in two versions decorated for eight private owners. The prototype is an American Car & Foundry class Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) 105A-300W tank […]
City Classics HO scale company house HO company house is a common design Here’s a company house that’ll fit perfectly on the gritty blue-collar side of the tracks on most model railroads. Made by City Classics, this easy styrene structure kit follows the form and function of numerous dwellings commonly found around industrial centers from […]
Atlas O scale NE-6 cupola caboose An excellent postwar steel caboose is now available from Atlas O. It comes ready-to-run in two versions fitted with different wheel-sets and couplers for use on either two-rail scale or three-rail tinplate layouts. The model follows a prototype class NE-6 scale caboose built by International Car Co. for the […]
Life-Like Proto 2000 HO Alco S-3 diesel switcher An excellent Alco S-3 yard switcher is the latest diesel in Life-Like’s Proto-2000 line of HO diesel locomotives. It’s a model of an early diesel switcher that combines a great-looking styrene body with a smooth-running dual-flywheel drive. The model includes sliding side windows and a crew in […]
Broadway Limited Import’s HO E7 passenger diesels This new HO scale Electro-Motive Division E7 is the first diesel from Broadway Limited Imports, and it’s squarely in the young firm’s tradition of combining a popular prototype with innovative features. Introduced in February 1945, the 2,000 hp E7A and E7B (cabless booster) were in production through April […]
Central Valley HO code 70 and code 83 turnout kits Versatile HO turnout kits Central Valley has introduced code 70 and code 83 kits for nos. 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 turnouts as part of its CVT line of track components. The turnout tie strips are also sold separately. These kits offer several attractive […]
Trix HO Union Pacific automobile boxcar and Pacific Fruit Express reefer Trix adds more American HO freight cars A double-door Union Pacific 40-foot automobile boxcar and a steel Pacific Fruit Express refrigerator car are the latest offerings in the growing Trix/ Märklin line of American-prototype freight cars, and they’re both well built and well detailed […]
Bachmann large scale 45-ton industrial diesel switcher A 45-ton General Electric industrial diesel switcher is Bachmann’s latest ready-to-run 1:20.3 scale locomotive. It’s a common center-cab design with eight-wheel drive and electrical pickup, two smoke units, and a choice of coupler heights. The locomotive is modeled from a GE center-cab prototype, introduced in 1939, that evolved […]
Broadway Limited’s HO GGI electric locomotive Broadway Limited Inc.’s third HO locomotive is a model of another American legend, the Pennsylvania’s GG1 electric. It has two can motors, a heavy metal shell, and excellent sound effects. This powerful model is capable of hauling prototype-length trains. A beauty with gutsServing the Pennsylvania RR and its successors […]
CVP Products RF1300 wireless DCC cab control The RF1300 digital wireless cab from CVP Products has several new features that make running trains with the firm’s EasyDCC Digital Command Control system even easier. CVP built what it terms its “second-generation throttle” to replace the firm’s older TX900 series wireless cab. If you have an existing […]
Pennsylvania Railroad’s coast-to-coast air-rail service, run jointly with the Santa Fe and Trancontinental Air Transport, was championed by PRR president Gen. William Wallace Atterbury. (A promotional video clip of that service is available on our site. See the link at the bottom of this story.) The Winter 2003 issue of Classic Trains magazine takes an […]
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