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Layout designer: Ray Stuber Scale: O Layout size: 6 1/2 x 12 Track type: Lionel tubular Minimum curve: O-31 Originally appeared in the December 2015 issue of Classic Toy Trains magazine Build the Lionel Lines track plan Build the Lionel Lines track plan overview […]
O Gauge Amtrak (AMTK) F59PHI from MTH Price: $459.95 (no. 20-20330-1) Min Curve: O-31 Cmd Low: 1.96 smph Cnv Low: 2.6 smph High: 73.6 smph Drawbar pull: 1lb., 10 oz. Features: Two motors, coil couplers, smoke unit, ProtoSound 3.0 Current production road names: Amtrak, Amtk California, Amtk (I Pack a Punch), and Amtk Cascades. The […]
Williams by Bachmann O gauge Amtrak Genesis heritage unit Price: $419.95 (no. 23302) Min Curve: O-31 Cmd Low: N/A Cnv Low: 19.8 smph High: 83.6 smph Drawbar pull: 1 lb., 4 oz. Features: Two motors, couplers, True Blas Plus sound Current production run: Amtrak Phase I Anniversary, Amtrak Phase V, and New Haven (Conn. Dept. […]
Arnold N scale EMD SW1 The Arnold N scale SW1 is available with roadname-specific details, including the headlight arrangement and arched or straight cab windows. The backup lights on the SW1 switchers are also correct for their prototypes. The Burlington Northern version includes a non-functioning rooftop cab beacon. End-cab yard switchers were among the earliest […]
Walthers HO scale GP60 diesel locomotive The most recent release of the WalthersProto GP60 has the look of an old friend, while still being thoroughly modern. Dressed in limited-run paint schemes, these HO scale models depict the end of the GP series from General Motors’ Electro-Motive Division. Yet they were also the first of the […]
American Limited Models HO scale Trinity covered hopper The American Limited Models HO scale TrinityRail 3281 covered hopper separately applied brake gear and piping. American Limited Models, a longtime manufacturer of locomotive and passenger car diaphragms and fuel cranes in HO and N scales, has jumped into the freight car market. The company’s first release […]
Kadee HO scale AC&F 11,000-gallon tank car The Kadee HO scale American Car & Foundry tank car features a prototypically accurate underframe and brake gear. Kadee’s first all-new body style since 2008 is an HO scale 11,000-gallon insulated tank car, built by American Car & Foundry (ACF) to carry hazardous materials like propane, ammonia, chlorine, […]
Scott Thorton shot this video of an operating session on Clark Propst’s HO scale River City model railroad. The layout is based on the Minneapolis & St. Louis Ry. in Mason City, Iowa, during the first week of May 1954. You can read more about the layout in Great Model Railroads 2016. […]