Bachmann HO scale SoundValue USRA light 4-6-2 Pacific

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Bachmann HO scale SoundValue USRA light 4-6-2 Pacific The HO scale model features many separate detail parts, including wire handrails and metal running gear. A SoundTraxx decoder and speaker are in the tender. A passenger workhorse of the steam era joins Bachmann Trains’ HO scale SoundValue lineup with this United States Railway Administration (USRA) light […]

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Arbiter awards steam locomotive owner $200,000 NEWSWIRE

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Saginaw Timber No. 2, lettered for later owner Polson Logging, makes a test run following work at the Mid-Continent Railway Museum in May 2016. Ken Hojnacki NORTH FREEDOM, Wis. — A longstanding dispute over restoration of a steam locomotive ends in victory for the engine’s owner and major financial implications for one of the nation’s […]

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Close encounters of the 4-6-4 kind

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Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo’s two ex-NYC J-1e’s were among the Hudsons that captivated a Buffalo boy in the late 1940s. Frank Clodfelter While growing up in Cleveland and Buffalo after World War II, a close encounter with a Hudson-type locomotive was just a train ride away. My first memory was as a four-year-old. My family […]

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Rivarossi HO scale UP Big Boy 4-8-8-4

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Rivarossi HO scale UP Big Boy The Big Boy’s tender features an operating backup light. The detailed pilot deck includes a swingout scale-size coupler One of the largest and most powerful steam locomotives ever built is now available in HO scale equipped with a top-of-the-line Digital Command Control sound decoder. Just like the prototype, Rivarossi’s […]

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Museum supporters, historical society dig into campaign to preserve five Pennsylvania Railroad steam locomotives NEWSWIRE

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No. 460 rests outside in November 2016. Robert Feeley STRASBURG, Pa. – The Friends of the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society have raised $114,000 as part of a $250,000 campaign to preserve five Pennsylvania Railroad steam locomotives. The locomotives are slated for display in a new roundhouse to […]

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O gauge CB&Q USRA 4-6-2 Pacific from MTH Electric Trains

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O gauge CB&Q USRA 4-6-2 Pacific from MTH Electric Trains Price: $449.95 (no. 30-1681-1) Min Curve: O-31 Cmd Low: 3.4 smph Cnv Low: 5.2 smph High: 61.4 smph Drawbar pull: 1 lb., 2 oz. Features: Can-style motor, ProtoSound 3.0 command and sound system, smoke, coil couplers Current production road names: Alaska RR, Burlington Route, Great […]

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