Fox Valley Models HO scale and N scale wagontop boxcars With its distinctive semi-streamlined form, a Baltimore & Ohio RR wagontop boxcar is hard to miss in either a prototype or model freight train. Fox Valley Models makes a well-detailed B&O class M-53 wagontop boxcar in HO or N scale that’s available in four different […]
Scale: N Scale
Atlas N scale trash equipment
Atlas N scale trash equipment Price: Combo: $44.90Car only: $24.95 ($19.95 for undecorated). Containers: $19.95 (four-pack). ManufacturerAtlas Model Railroad Co.378 Florence Ave.Hillside, NJ 07205www.atlasrr.com Era: late 1970s to present Road names (multiple road numbers): USA Waste, Allied Waste, Canadian National, Canadian Pacific, CIT Group, East Carbon – DSEX, ECDC, Florida East Coast, General American, Joseph […]
iHobby Expo show report
Atlas Model Railroad Co. HO scale Alco C-424 diesel locomotive HO scale locomotives Alco C-424 and C-425 diesel locomotives. New paint schemes. C-424 Phase II: Erie Mining (one road number); Springfield Terminal (Guilford scheme); and Toledo, Peoria & Western (two numbers). C-424 Phase III: Canadian National, Canadian Pacific, and Morristown & Erie (two numbers). C-425 […]
N scale Cedar River & Iowa Central Ry. “The Crandic Route”
Name: Cedar River & Iowa Central Ry., “the Crandic Route” Layout designer: Patrick G. Lana Scale: N (1:160) Size: 18 x 31 feet Theme: proto-freelanced based on Midwestern railroads Locale: Iowa and Missouri Era: August 10, 1968 Style: linear walkaround island Mainline run: 148 feet Minimum radius: 24″ on mainline, 18″ on secondary tracks, 12″ […]
New products for October 4, 2012
HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division F7 diesel locomotive. New paint scheme: Great Northern (Big Sky Blue). Five-pole skew-wound motor with flywheels, prototype-specific details, and McHenry knuckle couplers. A unit only (freight): Direct-current model, $169.98; with SoundTraxx Digital Command Control sound decoder, $269.98. A-B set (freight or passenger): DC model, $309.98; with SoundTraxx DCC sound decoder, […]
Chicago Belt Lines
Name: Chicago Belt Lines Layout designer: Clifton Linton and Steven Cox Scale: N scale Size: 8′-6″ x 23′-6″ Prototypes: Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal, Belt Railway Co. of Chicago Locale: Chicago Era: 1970s Style: around the walls Mainline run: 44 feet (B&OCT), 21 feet (BRC) Minimum radius: 11″ Minimum turnout: Peco short Turnout control: Manual […]
N scale South West Pacific
Name: South West Pacific Layout designer: Clifton Linton Scale: N (1:160) Size: 16′-2″ x 43′-7″ Prototype: Southern Pacific, Western Pacific Locale: California Era: 1953 Style: around-the-walls Mainline run: 158 feet Minimum radius: 18 inches Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2.5 percent Originally appeared in the November 2012 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the […]
Great Model Railroads 2013 desktop wallpaper
Great Model Railroads 2013 features 10 outstanding railroads in N, HO, and O scales. Use these images from this Model Railroader special issue as backgrounds on your computer screen. Click on the image size appropriate for your monitor and drag the image onto your desktop. Click to order Great Model Railroads 2013! Bob Collett’s HO […]
Fox Valley Models N scale Milwaukee Road ribbed-side bay-window caboose
Fox Valley Models N scale Milwaukee Road ribbed-side bay-window caboose Price: $32.95 ManufacturerFox Valley ModelsP.O. Box 1970Des Plaines, IL 60017www.foxvalleymodels.com Era: late 1960s to early 1970s (as painted) Comments: A Milwaukee Road ribbed-side bay-window caboose is the latest N scale offering from Fox Valley Models. The firm offers the caboose based on the 1939-41, 1946, […]
Modeler’s Spotlight Video: Inside Cody’s Office for September 6, 2012
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Back after traveling to the National Train Show, Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno will show you a selection of the latest model railroad products to arrive at the Model Railroader offices. In addition, you’ll see and hear a demonstration of a new […]
Modeler’s Spotlight Video: Inside Cody’s Office for September 6, 2012
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Back after traveling to the National Train Show, Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno will show you a selection of the latest model railroad products to arrive at the Model Railroader offices. In addition, you’ll see and hear a demonstration of a new […]
Modeling crop fields on an N scale model railroad
The oat harvest is in full swing on Pat Lana’s N scale Cedar River & Iowa Central. Corn and soybean fields are also visible in the photo. Pat shares techniques for modeling crops using items from craft and home supply stores. Mike Danneman My freelanced N scale Cedar River & Iowa Central Ry. is set […]