See and hear the Bachmann Trains Sound Value Alco S-2 as it switches cars on the Model Railroader train layout. You’ll also get a look at the Fox Valley Models HO scale Baltimore & Ohio M-53 wagontop boxcar. […]
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Video: Bachmann Trains HO Sound Value Alco S-2
See and hear the Bachmann Trains Sound Value Alco S-2 as it switches cars on the Model Railroader train layout. You’ll also get a look at the Fox Valley Models HO scale Baltimore & Ohio M-53 wagontop boxcar. […]
Gimme shelter
A New York City Transit subway train on the 7 line rolls into the 61st St./Woodside station in Queens during a torrential downpour on June 11, 2011, while riders wait nonchalantly on the platform for the train to stop and the doors to open. Photo by Matt Van Hattem […]
New products for December 6, 2012
HO scale locomotives New York Central 20th Century Limited class J3A Dreyfuss Hudson steam locomotive. Hybrid (brass and plastic) construction, five-pole skew-wound motor with flywheels, driver-synchronized puffing smoke unit, and Paragon2 dual-mode sound and control system. 1938 (two road numbers) or 1940 (three numbers) paint schemes. $499.99. Spring 2013. Ready-to-run. Hybrid Paragon2 series. Broadway Limited […]
Merger time in Warren
Renumbered DL&W E8’s (top) roll into Warren with train 6 in 1962. Earlier that year, E8 833, its livery only slightly altered to reflect the 1960 EL merger, led an ex-DL&W E8 on No. 9. W. L. Gwyer The Erie Railroad served my hometown of Warren, Ohio. During my college years in the early 1960s, […]
Wolfgang Richter, co-creator of LGB Trains, dies
Wolfgang Richter, longtime leader of toymaker E.P. Lehmann and co-developer (with his brother Eberhard) of LGB trains, passed away on Wednesday, family sources report. No other details are available at this time, but those who wish to express their condolences may do so via an e-mail to wolfgang.lgb.richter@outlook.com The Richter brothers introduced their G scale […]
Flying high
Empty CSX auto rack train Q217 rolls westbound on the Philadelphia Subdivision across the Susquehanna River as the tug boat “Captain Mac” awaits its next assignment at Perryville, Md., on June 18, 2012. Photo by Michael S. Murray […]
Build a quarry branch
Model Railroader’s HO scale Winter Hill project layout Model Railroader‘s 2013 project layout is located on our HO scale club layout, the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy. It’s a 2 x 12-foot scene with many interesting aspects including making the quarry pit for Larson Stone Co. extend into the aisle. Registered users can click the following […]
Give my regards to the Broadway
A Conrail executive locomotive, E8 No. 4022, leads the eastbound Broadway Limited, train No. 40, into Chicago Union Station on April 11, 1977. Amtrak is in the midst of a motive power shortage, caused by problems with its EMD SDP40F fleet, and is leasing extra locomotives wherever it can. Photo by Gary Dolzall […]
O gauge Blue Streak passenger set by Lionel Corp. Tinplate Line (MTH)
This is a reproduction of a clever bit of marketing from back in the mid-1930s. Take the then-popular Commodore Vanderbilt steam locomotive (the swankiest engine on the New York Central at the time) and pair it with a streamlined vividly colored train set. Profits will surely ensue. To get the job done, Lionel used its […]
O gauge RailKing GG1 by MTH
The traditionally sized GG1 is popular in O gauge, as illustrated by the fact that MTH, Williams by Bachmann, and RMT by AristO have comparable models in their current catalogs. Where vintage models may have the advantage of being collectible, they may also have chipped paint, faded stripes, and five decades of iffy maintenance (or […]
O gauge Blue Streak passenger set by Lionel Corp. Tinplate Line (MTH)
The Lionel Corp. Tinplate Blue Streak features a Commodore Vanderbilt 2-4-2 and an articulated passenger train. Watch it in action here! […]
