Click on the links at left to download the image sized appropriately for your computer screen. The sun is setting on Magoun Pier in this HO scale scene. Greg Shinnie of Baden, Ont., built the waterfront module and photographed the scene under natural light. Click on the links below to download the image sized appropriately […]
Check out a superdetailed Northern Pacific class Z-8 Challenger as it makes a run on the Model Railroader staff’s HO scale Milwaukee, Racine & Troy layout. This Athearn Genesis steam locomotive model features a SoundTraxx Tsunami Digital Command Control (DCC) decoder. […]
The upgraded Bachmann Trains HO scale PCC car comes to life with a SoundTraxx Sound Value Digital Command Control (DCC) decoder. In addition to realistic sounds, the model features interior and exterior illumination as well as a simulated sparking trolley pole. […]
Check out a superdetailed Northern Pacific class Z-8 Challenger as it makes a run on the Model Railroader staff’s HO scale Milwaukee, Racine & Troy layout. This Athearn Genesis steam locomotive model features a SoundTraxx Tsunami Digital Command Control (DCC) decoder. […]
The upgraded Bachmann Trains HO scale PCC car comes to life with a SoundTraxx Sound Value Digital Command Control (DCC) decoder. In addition to realistic sounds, the model features interior and exterior illumination as well as a simulated sparking trolley pole. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this short video watch trains run through some of the new scenes on Dick Elwell’s HO scale Hoosac Valley RR. You’ll also find an updated track plan and exclusive photos of the layout in the August 2017 Model Railroader. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this short video watch trains run through some of the new scenes on Dick Elwell’s HO scale Hoosac Valley RR. You’ll also find an updated track plan and exclusive photos of the layout in the August 2017 Model Railroader. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Get a quick and easy tip for weathering without an airbrush in this month’s Cody’s Office. Associate editor Cody Grivno shows how to use premixed acrylic weathering washes to make rolling stock models more realistic. He also heads down to the Model Railroader […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Get a quick and easy tip for weathering without an airbrush in this month’s Cody’s Office. Associate editor Cody Grivno shows how to use premixed acrylic weathering washes to make rolling stock models more realistic. He also heads down to the Model Railroader […]
Bachmann Sound Value HO scale PCC streetcar Everything under the shell of Bachmann’s PCC streetcar is new, including a die-cast metal power truck, SoundTraxx Sound Value DCC decoder, and interior lighting. President’s Conference Committee (PCC) streetcars were an attempt to build the first standardized streetcar. The cars, built just before and after World War II, […]
Athearn HO scale class Z-8 Challenger The tender features an operating light-emitting diode backup light and non-operating marker lights. Engineer’s side of the Athearn HO scale class Z-8 Challenger A Northern Pacific RR class Z-8 Challenger is available for the first time in HO scale as a ready-to-run plastic model. Produced by Athearn Trains as […]
Accurail HO scale 36-foot double-sheathed boxcar kit The one-piece plastic carbody features well-defined molded detail, including the seams on the steel roof and the corrugations on the steel ends. Separate plastic parts include a see-through brake platform and a running board with simulated wood grain. As the 40-foot steel boxcar was in the steam-to-diesel transition […]
