Quick Look: Walthers HO scale 89-foot channel-side flatcar

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Walthers HO scale 89-foot channel-side flatcar Walthers HO scale 89-foot channel-side flatcars Price: $27.98 Manufacturer Wm. K. Walthers Inc. 5601 W. Florist Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53218 www.walthers.com Era: 1963 to present Road names: TTX (yellow and 1960s brown for 40-foot trailers, Twin 45 with KTTX marks in yellow and brown for 45-foot trailers, and general […]

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New model trains for the week of January 11, 2018

Schuylkill Iron Works HO scale Pacific Car & Foundry flatcars

Schuylkill Iron Works HO scale Pacific Car & Foundry flatcars HO scale freight cars Pacific Car & Foundry flatcars. Shielded-deck flatcar, rail deck flatcar, and I-beam deck flatcar. Cast-resin kits with trucks but no wheels. $29 each plus shipping (mix and match any three, $85). Pennsylvania residents add 6 percent sales tax. Schuylkill Iron Works, […]

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HO scale Adrian & Blissfield Macomb Division

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Name: Adrian & Blissfield Macomb Division Layout owner: Ron Griffin Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 13′-6″ x 26′-6″ Prototype: Adrian & Blissfield RR Locale: southeastern Michigan Era: 2010 Style: multi-deck walk-in Mainline run: 240 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: 2.5 percent in helix Train length: 5 feet Benchwork: brackets cantilevered from […]

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HO scale Story City Branch

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Name: Story City Branch Layout owner: Clark Propst Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 13 x 20 feet Prototype: Minneapolis & St. Louis Locale: central Iowa Era: September–October 1949-’50 Style: linear walk-in Mainline run: 70 feet plus staging Minimum radius: 28″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: none Train length: 3 feet Benchwork: L-girder with extended-foam insulation […]

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HO scale Southern Pacific’s Shasta Division

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Name: SP’s Shasta Division Layout designer: Byron Henderson Layout owner: Richard Kelliher Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 21 x 37 feet Prototype: Southern Pacific, McCloud River RR Locale: northern California Era: 1950s Style: walk-in Mainline run: 210 feet (visible) Minimum radius: 31″ (main), 24″ (industrial) Minimum turnout: no. 7 (main), no. 6 (yards/industries) Maximum grade: 2.1 […]

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HO scale Wabash Cayuga Subdivision

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Name: Wabash Cayuga Subdivision Layout owner: Pierre Oliver Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 13 x 41 feet and 11 x 21 feet Prototype: Wabash Ontario lines Locale: Ontario Era: 1951 Style: linear walk-in Mainline run: 200 feet Minimum radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 (main), no. 4 (industries) Maximum grade: none Train length: 13 feet Benchwork: […]

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