Bill Kachel’s HO scale Brideport Branch

Bill Kachel's HO scale Brideport Branch

Bill Kachel’s Cosmopolitan Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad from Pittsburgh to NYC and New Haven is an HO-scale DCC-controlled railroad. It incorporates the PRR, New Haven and Reading railroads, and includes the Hell Gate Bridge, Horseshoe Curve and the Zoo interchange in Philadelphia. His railroad has been featured in season 9 of the TV show […]

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Lionel’s postwar-style “Layout for the years”

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Scale: O Layout size: 100″ x 160″ Track type: Lionel sectional Originally appeared in the July 2016 issue of Classic Toy Trains magazine Click on the link below to download a PDF of the track plan, track components, and accessory list. Lionel’s postwar-style “Layout for the years” […]

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Off The Rails: Episode 1

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Master Model Railroader Gerry Leone brings his honed skills and a keen sense of humor back to MR Video Plus! In this series debut of Off The Rails with Gerry Leone, our pal Gerry (and assistant Loretta) highlights not one, not Two, but THREE great tools he’s discovered and uses often to make modeling efforts […]

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