Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Host Kathy Millatt tackles snow and ice scenery effects on a small HO scale (1:87.1) diorama. To get things started, Kathy shows how to plan and prep a location to include various terrain features that will help highlight the additional effects she’ll create […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Host Kathy Millatt tackles snow and ice scenery effects on a small HO scale (1:87.1) diorama. To get things started, Kathy shows how to plan and prep a location to include various terrain features that will help highlight the additional effects she’ll create […]
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In this exclusive video for Model Railroader from James Wright of the JLWII2000 YouTube channel, you’ll see the HO scale Chesapeake & Ohio class J3A 4-8-4 Greenbrier from Broadway Limited Imports. The superdetailed steam locomotive features brass-hybrid construction, realistic sound, and a fan-driven smoke unit. See and hear this new locomotive in action! […]
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In this exclusive video for Model Railroader from James Wright of the JLWII2000 YouTube channel, you’ll see the HO scale Chesapeake & Ohio class J3A 4-8-4 Greenbrier from Broadway Limited Imports. The superdetailed steam locomotive features brass-hybrid construction, realistic sound, and a fan-driven smoke unit. See and hear this new locomotive in action! […]
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Bachmann HO scale Sound Value GG1 GG1s have been riding the model rails almost as long as they did the prototype railroads. Bachmann Trains has added an HO scale model of Raymond Loewy’s Pennsylvania RR masterpiece to their Sound Value line. The dual-mode-decoder-equipped model operates with sound on direct-current (DC) and Digital Command Control (DCC) […]
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Atlas Santa Fe class BX-177 boxcar in N, HO scales An Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe class BX-177 plug-door boxcar is now available in N and HO scales from Atlas Model Railroad Co. Don’t confuse this Master Line car with the BLMA (now Atlas) class BX-166 double-plug-door boxcar that I reviewed in the March 2016 […]
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HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division SD70ACe diesel locomotive. Union Pacific (George Bush 41 Presidential Library and Museum). One road number (2018 version with black radiator fan housings). Removable cab roof secured with magnets, light-emitting-diode headlights and ditch lights, and commemorative box. Direct-current model with 21-pin NEM plug for Digital Command Control decoder, $249.98; with dual-mode […]
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Construction continues on Steve Tello’s Boston & Maine Lowell NH line with the addition of several mill and industrial buildings. Lowell is famous for its textile mill history, and this layout incorporates this history in the design. Several Walthers kits, an Atlas Middlesex Mills mock up, and initial Mill Spur track layout are shared. […]
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Construction continues on Steve Tello’s Boston & Maine Lowell NH line with the addition of several mill and industrial buildings. Lowell is famous for its textile mill history, and this layout incorporates this history in the design. Several Walthers kits, an Atlas Middlesex Mills mock up, and initial Mill Spur track layout are shared. […]
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HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Diesel SD70AH diesel locomotive. Union Pacific. Two road numbers. Models based on Tier 4 credit units built in 2016. Features Positive Train Control antenna array, light-emitting-diode headlights and ditch lights, and late handrails. Direct-current model with 21-pin NEM plug for Digital Command Control decoder, $239.98; with dual-mode SoundTraxx Tsunami 2 sound […]
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