Canadian Pacific Railway Canadian Pacific, like its American counterpart Union Pacific, has the “right” name, one that endures, though CP is younger, having been incorporated in 1881 to build from near North Bay, Ontario, to the Pacific Coast at what is now Vancouver, B.C. Post-World War II subsidiaries that maintained some identity included Esquimalt & […]
THE WEAVER division of Quality Craft Models has fielded another terrific O gauge diesel road switcher: The Alco RS-11/RSD-12. Introduced in 1956, the Alco DL701 (RS-11) and DL702 (RSD-12) were designed to replace the RS-3 in the firm’s product line. The venerable RS-3 road switcher sold more than 1,300 in all its variations, and the […]
HAVE YOU EVER seen the Boston Marathon on television, with thousands of runners madly dashing for the front once the gun goes off? Well, that’s how S gauge operators will be acting when they get a look at the new Fairbanks-Morse Train Master from American Models. Surprisingly, it took almost half a century for S […]
J.L. COWEN WOULD probably smile at what Williams Electric Trains has been up to. Amid the scramble to seize the high end of the marketplace, company President Jerry Williams and Marketing Manager Larry Harrington are focusing on producing simple, well-made trains with a postwar flair that won’t break the bank. Starting with a copy of […]
Life-Like Proto 2000 HO U28B A great-looking HO U28B diesel locomotive that delivers smooth performance and realistic sound is the newest addition to Life-Like’s HO scale Proto 2000 line. This road switcher features an automatic dual-mode decoder that operates on DC or Digitial Command Control (DCC) with a QSI Quantum sound system that re-creates the […]
Broadway Limited HO EMD SD40-2 diesel This good-looking EMD SD40-2 is Broadway Limited Imports’ first modern HO diesel locomotive. It’s a ready-to-run model that produces plenty of realistic sound during operation thanks to a factory-installed QSI Quantum sound system and automatic dual-mode decoder. The SD40-2 operates smoothly on layouts using either DC or Digital Command […]
A well detailed, smooth running HO scale model of EMD’s GP38-2 road switcher has been added to Life-Like’s Proto 2000 line. This medium-size locomotive is offered decorated in eight road names. It’s made from all new tooling and is unrelated to the firm’s earlier train set model. Electro-Motive Division (EMD) introduced the GP38-2 as part […]
Life-Like’s HO Alco RS-11 features eye-catching detail. A whole new level of detail has been introduced in the Proto 1000 line with this ready-to-run HO scale Alco RS-11 road switcher. It’s detailed with dozens of individual parts that Life-Like formerly omitted on its more spartan Proto 1000 models. This RS-11 captures the rugged good looks […]
Atlas O scale EMD GP35 diesel O scale GP35 is a top performer This versatile EMD GP35 diesel road switcher is a good-looking and powerful second-generation general purpose locomotive that will be right at home hauling a hotshot freight or switching a yard. It’s made by Atlas O in two versions for two-rail layouts that […]
Bachmann HO USRA heavy 4-8-2 Mountain steam locomotive Will fans of HO scale remember 2003 as the year of the steam locomotive? Perhaps – we’ve already seen several outstanding new releases from a variety of manufacturers. Now Bachmann has stepped forward with its second new steamer of the year, a USRA (United States Railway Administration) […]
In 1879 and 1880, a syndicate headed by George I. Seney, a New York banker, assembled the Lake Erie & Western Railway, a line from Fremont, Ohio, to Bloomington, Ill. After a dispute with the New York Central System about the routing of freight, Seney decided to build a line to connect the LE&W to […]
Atlas HO scale EMD SD35 A trio of excellent HO scale SD35 road switchers has been released as Atlas Master Series Locomotives which feature superb performance, dual flywheel drives, dual-mode DCC decoders, and specific railroad detailing. They represent the Electro-Motive Division’s standard low-nose SD35 road freight locomotive; a high-hood version built for the Norfolk & […]
