Trains, trains, trains event

Trains, trains, trains event

Name:    Chris Haon Railroad Name:    Georgia Garden Railway Society Location:    Kennesaw, GA Scale:    1:29 Theme:    Display Layout Description:    Over the weekend of Jan. 30 & 31 The Georgia Garden Railway Society setup a G Scale display layout for The Southern Museum of Civil War & Locomotive History during their Trains, Trains, Trains event. Over the […]

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Video: Athearn HO scale SD40 with SoundTraxx DCC

Athearn HO scale SD40 with SoundTraxx DCC

The Athearn HO scale Ready-to-Roll Electro-Motive Division SD40 features many roadname-specific details. The model also features a SoundTraxx Digital Command Control (DCC) sound decoder. Watch the SD40 work a freight train on the Model Railroader staff’s Troy Branch model train layout. […]

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Book Review: Streamliners

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Streamliners: Locomotives and Trains in the Age of Speed and Style By Brian Solomon Voyageur Press, 400 First Avenue North, Suite 400 Minneapolis, MN 55401; 208 pages, 115 color & 81 b/w photos; hardcover, 8.5 x 11 inches; $35 www.quartoknows.com Railroading in the U.S. saw rapid change between the 1930s and 1950s. That is likely […]

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“Fire” Photos that evoke fire and railroading

Cog steam locomotive with a passenger car on a steep incline.

  This “Trackside with Trains” photo contest result comes from January 2016. The theme was “Fire.” Trackside with Trains was a regular, periodic contest among Trains website visitors from the earlier 2000s until October 2018. Anyone in the world who wanted to participate, could, and with rare exception, have their images judged by viewers with […]

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MTH RailKing Camelback 4-6-0

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O gauge 4-6-0 Camelback from MTH Price: $449.95 (no. 30-1635-1) Min Curve: O-31 Cmd Low: 3.1 smph, Cnv Low: 8.2 smph, High: 76.0 smph, Drawbar Pull: 1 lb., 8 oz. Features: Can-style motor, ProtoSound 2.0, coil coupler, smoke unit. Current production road names: Baltimore & Ohio, Central RR of New Jersey, Long Island RR, and […]

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New toy train products from the March 2016 issue

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HERITAGE HURRAH: Williams by Bachmann offers another entry in its line of Norfolk Southern Heritage locomotives with the General Electric C44-9W. The O gauge diesel has new windshield wiper detail and upgraded window tooling, O-31 operation, die-cast metal trucks and couples, two can-style motors and the True Blast Plus sound system. Norfolk Southern Heritage C44-9W […]

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Woodland Scenics O scale depot

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O scale depot from Woodland Scenics Price: $169.99 (no. BR5852) Features: Fully assembled, decorated and weathered model including interior and exterior lighting. Lighting compatible with Just Plug lighting system as well as transfer-supplied power. We all have a notion of what we want our layouts to look like, even if only in our mind’s eye. […]

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