New model trains for the week of March 24, 2016

Rivarossi HO scale Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 Big Boy steam locomotive from Hornby America

Rivarossi Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 Big Boy steam locomotive from Hornby Hobbies HO scale locomotives Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 Big Boy steam locomotive. Road numbers 4014 and 4018. Five-pole can motor with brass flywheels and improved electrical pickup on all eight drivers. Direct-current model with 21-pin socket for Digital Command Control decoder, $389.99; with LokSound Select sound […]

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PRR’s first passenger diesel

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Pennsylvania E7A 5901, one of the units constituting the big road’s first passenger diesel, teams up with an E7B and another E7A on a “Blue Ribbon” limited departing Chicago. This historic unit is preserved at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania. PRR photo […]

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Another 611 worth saving NEWSWIRE

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FULL SCREEN Eric Powell Lehigh & New England No. 611 as it sat in Emporia, Ind., awaiting loading onto a flatcar for transport east to Pennsylvania. FULL SCREEN Eric Powell A nose shot of Lehigh & New England No. 611 as it sat in Emporia, Ind., awaiting loading onto a flatcar for transport east to Pennsylvania. […]

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Norfolk Southern begins scrapping Dash 8s NEWSWIRE

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Norfolk Southern B32-8 No. 535 leads local train P-87 near Asheville, N.C., in  February 2015. The venerable Dash 8s are headed for the scrap heap. Grady McKinley ROANOKE, Va. — Norfolk Southern’s fleet of GE Dash B32-8 locomotives is headed for the scrap yard. Three NS B32-8 locomotives have already met the scrapper’s torch at […]

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MTH HO scale General Electric Dash 9 (C44-9W) diesel locomotive

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MTH HO scale C44-9W diesel locomotive The General Electric C44-9W was one of the most popular locomotives of the 1990s, helping establish GE as the dominant locomotive builder in North America. These six-axle beasts are now available in HO scale from MTH Electric Trains. The prototype. The 4,400-horsepower Dash-9 road freight locomotives were built from […]

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New model trains for the week of March 3, 2015

MTH Electric Trains HO scale Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range 2-8-8-4 Yellowstone steam locomotive

HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division SD40-2 diesel locomotive. Canadian National (North America scheme with Grand Trunk Western reporting marks), Illinois Central (black), Milwaukee Road (Hiawatha scheme), Missouri Pacific (Jenks Blue with screaming eagle), Soo Line (red and white), and Union Pacific (modern scheme). Four road numbers per scheme. Road-number-specific details, wire grab irons, and see-through […]

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Santa Fe GP7s

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Santa Fe GP7 No. 2651, above, was equipped with steam generators unlike its sister, No. 2656, which had dynamic brakes and was scrapped in 1966. Trains collection Q I have a black-and-white photo of Santa Fe GP7 No. 2656. The engine has what looks like a 48-inch fan on the top and 13 to 14 […]

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