This PDF is formatted to print on your home printer. Most pieces are formatted to fit on a 8.5″ x 11″ piece of paper. For larger parts of the plan, you will see “break lines.” Line up the break lines to create the larger piece. Despite our best efforts to compress this file, it is […]
1:20.3 scale, gauge-1 combine AMS Trains33268 Central Ave.Union City CA 94587Check with your local dealer for price and availabilityWebsite: www.amstrains.com 1:20.3-scale combine (combination baggage car and coach); plastic body and interior detail; all-metal trucks; lighted interior; sliding side doors; opening, spring-loaded end doors; working knuckle couplers; basic underbody detail. Dimensions: length over end beams, 25½”; […]
Large scale, gauge-1 4-6-0 Bachmann Industries 1400 East Erie Avenue Philadelphia PA 19124 Price: $300 Website: www.bachmanntrains.com All-plastic representation of James from the Thomas-the-Tank series; moving eyes; blackened, metal, spoked wheels on locomotive and tender; plastic side rods; hook-and-loop couplers; unsprung buffers; molded-in handrails; polarity switch (NMRA/large scale) on engine. Dimensions: Length (locomotive and tender), […]
1:22.5/1:20.3-scale resin figures Hope Line FiguresDistributed by:SLMPO Box 28047Baltimore MD 21239Price: $11 unpainted; $14 primed, ready to paintWebsite: www.slmonline.com Cast-resin figures suitable for either 1:22.5 or 1:20.3 scale; sizes vary based on specific figure Pros: Excellent detail; natural poses Cons: None Supply Line Model Railroad Figures has added two new figures to their “Hope Line” […]
Miniature Garden Guidebook by Nancy Norris Published by Kalmbach Publishing Co. PO Box 1612 Waukesha WI 53187 112 pages, 8¼” x 10¾” Softbound, color photos throughout Price: $21.85 Website: www.kalmbachbooks.com Nancy Norris, Horticultural Editor for this magazine, has put together this handy guidebook that railroad gardeners, from novices to green-thumbers, will find useful. It is […]
36″ plate-girder bridge and 42″ Warren truss bridge Gnome Miniature Engineering1335 West River RoadCambridge, Ontario NIR 5S5CanadaPrices: Girder bridge, $321 + s&h; truss bridge, $338 + s&hWebsite: http://gnomengineers.blogspot.com Wood-and-aluminum bridges for garden-railway use. Plate-girder bridge (#PL36) dimensions: length, 36″; width, 4” (bridge), 6.625″ (timber bridge deck); height, 3.575″. Warren truss-bridge (#TR42) dimensions: length, 42″; width, […]
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S12 No. 300 and VO1000 No. 412 congregate at the SMS’s Pureland operation. Scott A. Hartley In the August 2011 issue, we take a look at SMS Rail Lines Inc., owner of one of the coolest rosters of locomotives anywhere. Here’s a look at what locomotives are part of the fleet and where they came […]
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This magical Christmas layout features two monorails, two Lionel trains, one trolley, and an N scale kiddie train. […]
At Ellerson, Va., Richmond-bound passengers watch Amtrak train 450, the James Whitcomb Riley—a C&O GP7 and a dome coach—depart for Newport News before boarding a bus to their destination. Jack N. Bruce Jr. “Are you certain this is the Richmond stop?” asked J. C. Jones of Huntington, W.Va. He was getting off Amtrak train 450, […]
Athearn N scale Bombardier bi-level cars Price: Coach or cab car, $28.98; three-coach set, $84.98 ManufacturerAthearn Trains1600 Forbes Way, Suite 120Long Beach, CA 90810www.athearn.com Era: 1976 to present Road names: Northstar Commuter, Metrolink, New Mexico DOT (RailRunner), North County Transit District (Coaster), Trinity Rail Express, Utah Front RunnerN scale modelers have more options to model […]
