Led by SD40-2 No. 5810, a Canadian Pacific freight rolls west at Glacier, B.C., on June 14, 1988. Photo by David Lassen […]
Through the Rockies
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Close encounter with the B&OCT
B&OCT 0-8-0 1703 hauls a string of cars from Grand Central Station, Chicago, to B&O’s Robey Street coachyard. Robert A. Caflisch In 1957 I was a 14-year-old, dismayed by the disappearance the previous year of the remaining Pacifics from commuter service on the Chicago & North Western through my hometown, Des Plaines, Ill. I knew […]
Prairie landmark
Amtrak train No. 851, the northbound Hoosier State, passes Reynolds, Ind., on the morning of Aug. 3, 2014, bound for Chicago. Photo by John E. Troxler […]
Blair Line HO scale common pile trestle kit
Blair Line HO scale common pile trestle kit Some time ago I purchased and built this kit for a river scene on my newest module. I had never built a wooden kit with this level of detail and found it delightfully challenging at times. The trestle comes with all the required pieces including a piece […]
Video: Walthers HO scale San Francisco Chief passenger train
The Walthers HO scale San Francisco Chief models one of the famous passenger trains of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry. Model Railroader received a sample of each one of the car types and locomotives offered in the series. A pair of F7 locomotives equipped with SoundTraxx Tsunami Digital Command Control (DCC) sound decoders […]
Video: Walthers HO scale San Francisco Chief passenger train
The Walthers HO scale San Francisco Chief models one of the famous passenger trains of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry. Model Railroader received a sample of each one of the car types and locomotives offered in the series. A pair of F7 locomotives equipped with SoundTraxx Tsunami Digital Command Control (DCC) sound decoders […]
New model trains for the week of July 23, 2015
HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division GP9M diesel locomotive. New paint schemes: Alaska RR, Boston & Maine, Chessie System (with Baltimore & Ohio reporting marks), Norfolk Southern (post-1982 company), and Union Pacific (“We can handle it” slogan on cab). One road number per scheme. All-wheel drive and electrical pickup, five-pole can motor with dual flyhweels, and […]
Accessible 3-D printing for model railroaders
Free software available online, such as Sketchup, can be used to design models that are produced by 3-D printing services like Shapeways. Alex Marchand followed this path to model a CSX class U-13 phosphate hopper in N scale. When I was in high school in the late ’90s, I saw a TV show that ran […]
Video: Rapido Trains HO scale F40PH-2D
The Rapido Trains HO scale F40PH-2D features prototype specific detail and sound. The locomotive model features an ESU LokSound Select Digital Command Control (DCC) decoder. Watch two F40PH-2D locomotives haul a push-pull passenger train on the Model Railroader staff’s Milwaukee, Racine, and Troy HO scale model railroad. […]
Video: Rapido Trains HO scale F40PH-2D
The Rapido Trains HO scale F40PH-2D features prototype specific detail and sound. The locomotive model features an ESU LokSound Select Digital Command Control (DCC) decoder. Watch two F40PH-2D locomotives haul a push-pull passenger train on the Model Railroader staff’s Milwaukee, Racine, and Troy HO scale model railroad. […]
New Haven in Providence photos from Chris Burger
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New toy train products from the September 2015 issue
FOR THAT COAL HAULING LAYOUT: The MTH RailKing Imperial no. 30-1641-1 Pennsylvania RR L1 2-8-2 Mikado is in stores now. The locomotive features O-31 operation and has a die-cast metal shell and tender, directional lighting, firebox glow, can-style motor, smoke unit, tender-mounted coil coupler, and the ProtoSound 3.0 sound and command system for $449.95. For […]
