The MTH Electric Trains HO Scale Alco PA/PB diesel locomotives feature the Digital Command System (DCS) and the Proto-Sound 3.0 system. See and hear the locomotives in action as they haul a streamlined passenger train around our model railroad. […]
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Video: MTH HO scale Alco PA/PB set
The MTH Electric Trains HO Scale Alco PA/PB diesel locomotives feature the Digital Command System (DCS) and the Proto-Sound 3.0 system. See and hear the locomotives in action as they haul a streamlined passenger train around our model railroad. […]
How to make a more realistic puffball forest
The cardboard brings the puffball foliage to the same height as the foreground trees. The screen and cardboard are completely hidden in the finished scene. Modeling a dense forest area on your model train layout can get expensive if you start using individual trees. I found a way to make puffball trees look more realistic, […]
Reading Company
Read about the Reading Company’s railroad in a PDF of the Fallen Flags Remembered article: “Take a Ride on the Reading” published in the Summer 2000 issue of Classic Trains magazine. Download the story by clicking on the PDF below. […]
Take a photo tour of Amtrak’s new Miami shop
FULL SCREEN Bob Johnston Welcome to Hialeah! Amtrak shares space in the 53-acre shop area with CSX and Tri-Rail vendors Veolia and Bombardier, which service Tri-Rail’s Miami-West Palm Beach commuter trains. FULL SCREEN Bob Johnston Wheels that have been recently trued (machined and straightened) are put on a truck for the Auto Train facility at […]
New products for May 24, 2012
HO scale locomotives General Electric U25B diesel locomotive. New road name: Southern Pacific (road no. 3100). Upgraded handrails, separately applied details, and RP-25 contour metal wheelsets. Bowser will donate $15 from each sale to Orange Empire Ry. Museum. Direct current, $199.95. With SoundTraxx Digital Command Control sound decoder, $299.95. Late 2012. Ready-to-run. Executive Line. Bowser, […]
The freight house job on the Milwaukee Road Beer Line
Ride along with me as the conductor of the Freight House Job to see how I get the work done. We start running south out of Humboldt Yard, and don’t stop until we’re just past the scale track switch south of Commerce Street. We open the switch and signal the engineer to back the train […]
New products for May 17, 2012
Atlas HO scale Trinity 25,500-gallon-capacity tank car HO scale freight cars Trinity 25,500-gallon-capacity tank car. New paint schemes: ADM (leaf logo), Bunge, ConAgra Foods, and Chevron. New road numbers: Cargill Vegetable Oils and IBPX. Three car numbers each. See-through platform grating, prototype-specific details, and knuckle couplers. $31.95. Ready-to-run. Master Line. Atlas Model Railroad Co., 908-687-0880, […]
When the Green Hornet raced the Hiawatha
On a day when they left the “Green Hornet” parked in order to simply watch the Afternoon Hiawatha sweep by, artist buddies Howard Fogg (at right in photo) and Gil Reid witnessed an F7 Hudson lean into Deerfield Curve with the Chicago-bound train. Gil Reid The year is 1939, and I am a student at […]
MTH HO scale Alco PA-1 and PB-1 diesel locomotive
MTH HO scale Alco PA-1 and PB-1 diesel locomotive This HO scale Alco PA captures the streamlined form and distinctive diesel growl of the prototype. The MTH model also adds simulated white exhaust to the mix. Equipped with the MTH Digital Command System (DCS), the Alco PA operates on direct-current, Digital Command Control (DCC), and […]
Athearn HO scale bay-window caboose
Athearn HO scale bay-window caboose An impressively detailed model of the Southern Pacific’s C-50 class bay-window caboose is now available from Athearn. The HO scale car comes in three phases, modeling different construction lots and bearing details specific to those eras. The cabooses are loaded with fine details and are available with working interior lighting […]
Piko America large scale 2-6-0 steam locomotive
Piko America LLC large scale 2-6-0 steam locomotive Large scale modelers looking to expand their rosters with a light-duty steamer will want to check out this 2-6-0 Mogul from Piko. The model has a powerful mechanism and can be easily converted to Digital Command Control. Freelanced 2-6-0. Mogul type steam locomotives had a 2-6-0 wheel […]
