Atlas HO scale 50-foot double-door boxcar Price: $32.95 (undecorated, $26.95) Manufacturer Atlas Model Railroad Co. 378 Florence Ave. Hillside, NJ 07205 www.atlasrr.com Road names: Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic; Canadian National; Maine Central; New York, New Haven & Hartford; St. Louis Southwestern; and Union Pacific (two numbers each). Era: 1957 to 1983 (as decorated) Comments: […]
KENILWORTH, Ill. – J. Reilly McCarren, majority owner and chairman of the Arkansas & Missouri Railroad, died of cancer Sunday at his home in Kenilworth. McCarren, a 1978 graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, enjoyed a long career in the railroad industry. He served as president and CEO of Wisconsin Central and led the […]
BLE No. 902 sits in the dead line in Centralia, Ill. Joe Ferguson CENTRALIA, Illinois – Canadian National has released the first former Bessemer & Lake Erie SD40-3 from the paint shop in CN’s corporate paint scheme. B&LE No. 902 was sent to Quality Rail Services in Venice for rebuilding and repainting after being displaced […]
Rapido Trains HO scale 52′-6″ mill gondola Price: $44.95; six-pack, $269.70 Manufacturer Rapido Trains, in association with MLW 500 Alden Rd., Unit 16 Markham, ON L3R 5H5 www.rapidotrains.com Era: 1965 to 1999 (as decorated) Road names: Canadian Pacific; CP Rail; Canadian National (two schemes); and Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Comments: A new run of Canadian-specific […]
HO scale locomotives Southern Pacific class Mt-4 4-8-2 steam locomotive with Skyline casing. Daylight scheme (three road numbers) and black with SOUTHERN PACIFIC or SOUTHERN PACIFIC LINES on tender (one number each). Prototype-specific drivers, pilot, and crosshead; class 120-C-6 semi-Vanderbilt tender; and metal handrails. Direct-current model with Quick Plug for Digital Command Control decoder, $319.98; […]
It’s almost a cliché to call Ohio a crossroads of railroading. The state was, literally, stitched in steel. Here, the New York-Chicago and New York-St. Louis routes of the Eastern trunk lines crossed paths with Pocahontas coal roads making a beeline to Lake Erie and nearby railroad gateways (Norfolk & Western got as far as […]
Rapido HO scale GMD-1 diesel locomotive Some might think of it as an ugly-duckling; others might find its looks endearing. But wherever you stand on its appearance, the GMD-1 is an unusual locomotive. Modelers of Canadian prototypes have Rapido to thank for bringing these prairie “ponies,” as some of their crews called them, to HO […]
Athearn HO scale EMD GP9R diesel locomotive HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division GP7 and GP9R diesel locomotives with head-end power. Chicago & North Western (GP7 with high short hood, GP9R with chopped short hood). Two road numbers per body style. Road-number-specific details, wire grab irons, and detailed cab interior. Direct-current model, $189.98; with dual-mode SoundTraxx […]
New CN Tier 4 Credit User ES44AC No. 3028 leads a train south through Wisconsin on Jan. 29. Craig Douglas ERIE, Pa. – General Electric has begun shipping the first of its Tier 4 “Credit User” locomotives to customers this month. Both Canadian National and BNSF Railway are the first to receive new locomotives from […]
Atlas HO scale Alco S-2 diesel switcher With a metallic fluttering sound of pistons and turbocharger, Atlas’ Alco S-2 chattered to life on the test track. All that was missing was a belch of smoke as the locomotive started to creep forward tie by tie. The dual-mode ESU LokSound Select sound decoder adds a pleasing […]
Price: $84.98 to $86.98 Manufacturer: Athearn Trains 1600 Forbes Way, Suite 120 Long Beach, CA 90810 www.athearn.com Era: 1950 to present Road names: Burlington Northern; Alaska RR; Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; Canadian National; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy; Milwaukee Road; New York Central Comments: Another round of Athearn rotary snowplows is ready to keep HO […]
HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division GP38-2 diesel locomotive. Conrail; Delaware & Hudson; Detroit, Toledo & Ironton (American Revolution Bicentennial scheme in one number or orange scheme); Missouri-Kansas-Texas; and Soo Line (Milwaukee Road “bandit” scheme). Four road numbers per scheme unless noted. Road-number-specific details, wire grab irons, and Celcon handrails. Direct-current model, $169.98; with dual-mode SoundTraxx […]
