Video: Walthers HO scale Plymouth ML-8 switcher

Walthers HO scale Plymouth ML-8 switcher

Recently Model Railroader senior editor Dana Kawala had a chance to examine and operate a preproduction sample of Walthers new HO scale Plymouth ML-8 switcher. The model includes a SoundTraxx Digital Command Control (DCC) motor decoder with a CurrentKeeper capacitor system. See the switcher in action as it works a yard on the Model Railroader […]

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Video: Walthers HO scale Plymouth ML-8 switcher

Walthers HO scale Plymouth ML-8 switcher

Recently Model Railroader senior editor Dana Kawala had a chance to examine and operate a preproduction sample of Walthers new HO scale Plymouth ML-8 switcher. The model includes a SoundTraxx Digital Command Control (DCC) motor decoder with a CurrentKeeper capacitor system. See the switcher in action as it works a yard on the Model Railroader […]

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Video: Athearn HO scale Southern Pacific SD40

Athearn HO scale Southern Pacific SD40

The Athearn Trains HO scale Southern Pacific SD40 features prototypical details and realistic sound effects thanks to a Ready to Roll SoundTraxx decoder. Watch the diesel locomotive model as it hauls a freight train on the Model Railroader staff’s Milwaukee, Racine & Troy model train layout. […]

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Video: Athearn HO scale Southern Pacific SD40

Athearn HO scale Southern Pacific SD40

The Athearn Trains HO scale Southern Pacific SD40 features prototypical details and realistic sound effects thanks to a Ready to Roll SoundTraxx decoder. Watch the diesel locomotive model as it hauls a freight train on the Model Railroader staff’s Milwaukee, Racine & Troy model train layout. […]

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HO scale Grand Street & Three Rivers RR

HOscaleGrandStreetThreeRiversRR2017

Name: Grand Street & Three Rivers RR Layout owner: Rod Stewart Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 23′-0″ x 124′-4″ Prototype: New York Central and Pennsylvania RR Locale: Pennsylvania Era: mid-1940s Style: walk-in Mainline run: 900 feet Minimum radius: 40″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 3.5 percent Benchwork: box grid Height: 391⁄2″ Roadbed: Homasote Track: code […]

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Spring Mills Depot HO wagontop hopper

Spring Mills Depot HO wagontop hopper

Spring Mills Depot HO wagontop hopper An AB brake system with metal piping highlights the details that include metal grab irons and plastic and metal ladders. The hopper is available in several different versions, including this early postwar scheme. The Baltimore & Ohio wagontop hoppers are rounded up and heading out. These transition-era covered hoppers […]

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