The National Train Show is being held in conjunction with the National Model Railroad Association national convention in Detroit, Mich., July 27-29, 2007. Below are some of the new products being featured at the show. Look for a full show report next week. Alco C-420 diesel locomotive HO scale locomotivesAlco C-420 diesel locomotive. Arkansas & […]
MRC’s Prodigy Advance Squared and Drop-in Sound Decoder Two waves of Digital Command Control’s future are 28 functions and N scale sound, and Model Rectifier Corp.’s latest offerings feature both. The firm let us try its new upgraded DCC system, the Prodigy Advance Squared, and two of its new N scale sound decoders – all […]
WOW! MTH has raised the bar yet again for the level of detail on a die-cast metal steam locomotive. The MTH Y3 locomotive commemorates a notable U.S. Railway Administration standardized design from the World War I years made famous by the Norfolk & Western. In the article “The USRA 2-8-8-2” in the January 1985 issue […]
The No. 24 was the last locomotive supplied to the two-foot gauge Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Railroad in Maine. This G scale live steam model was manufactured by Roundhouse Engineering of Doncaster, England. Kenneth Matticks Gas is added through the filler valve in the center of the tank. By watching the pressure gauge and […]
The No. 24 was the last locomotive supplied to the two-foot gauge Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Railroad in Maine. This G scale live steam model was manufactured by Roundhouse Engineering of Doncaster, England. Kenneth Matticks Gas is added through the filler valve in the center of the tank. By watching the pressure gauge and […]
Bachmann’s E-Z Command system makes it easy to outfit a small HO layout with Digital Command Control (DCC). This new system was developed in partnership with Bernd Lenz, the inventor who gave his digital control system patent to the National Model Railroad Association (his system became today’s DCC standard). It’s a simplified “plug-and-play” package that’s […]
Athearn HO scale BethGon Coalporter Modern unit-train coal gondola has great detail If you want to model a modern unit coal train, you’ll want to check out Athearn’s Ready-to-Roll BethGon Coalporters. The models are based on the aluminum-and-steel coal gondolas built by Johnstown America in the 1980s and ’90s. The Coalporter’s interior details include the […]
roadway Limited HO N&W Class A 2-6-6-4 steam locomotive Back in the late ’80s, my wife, Cindy, and I went to see Norfolk & Western Class A 2-6-6-4 no. 1218 when it came through Chicago on a fan trip. I’d seen quite a few other steam locomotives by that time, so I didn’t expect to […]
