From the pioneering long hood/short hood configuration to the staccato growl of its prime mover, the Alco RS-1 lives on in this accurate HO scale model from Atlas. I reviewed the Digital Command Control-equipped version that includes a factory-installed ESU LokSound Select dual-mode sound decoder. The prototype. Alco introduced the light road switcher, the RS-1, […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Check out the latest locomotives, rolling stock, and other N, HO, and O scale model train products to arrive in Cody’s Office. In addition, Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno will show you how to install Kadee operating knuckle couplers on HO scale […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Check out the latest locomotives, rolling stock, and other N, HO, and O scale model train products to arrive in Cody’s Office. In addition, Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno will show you how to install Kadee operating knuckle couplers on HO scale […]
HIGH-HOOD HEAVYWEIGHT: MTH Electric Trains has expanded its RailKing motive roster with an O gauge EMD SD9 painted and lettered for the Chessie System (Baltimore & Ohio). The no. 30-20196-1 diesel locomotive is capable of O-32 operation and features a metal frame and die-cast metal trucks and couplers, two can-style motors, an operating smoke unit, […]
Arnold provides a six-pin socket for installing an NEM-style Digital Command Control decoder. Digitrax and Train Control Systems sell decoders that fit. The Louisville & Nashville locomotive has a peaked pilot, different horn, and a different location for the firecracker antenna from the CB&Q sample. An old name has returned to N scale with a […]
Atlas HO scale 50-foot double-door boxcar Price: $32.95 (undecorated, $26.95) Manufacturer Atlas Model Railroad Co. 378 Florence Ave. Hillside, NJ 07205 www.atlasrr.com Road names: Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic; Canadian National; Maine Central; New York, New Haven & Hartford; St. Louis Southwestern; and Union Pacific (two numbers each). Era: 1957 to 1983 (as decorated) Comments: […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Don’t miss this 180th episode retrospective of Cody’s Office. Host Cody Grivno shares some of his favorite moments, including the commercial for Dr. Railroader’s Magic Elixir. You’ll also see a collection of the latest new model railroading products, including a DCC-sound-equipped GP15-1 from […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Don’t miss this 180th episode retrospective of Cody’s Office. Host Cody Grivno shares some of his favorite moments, including the commercial for Dr. Railroader’s Magic Elixir. You’ll also see a collection of the latest new model railroading products, including a DCC-sound-equipped GP15-1 from […]
O gauge passenger cars from Atlas O Price: $99.95 each (Railway Post Office car, baggage car, combine, coach) Features: O-36 operation, plastic construction, die-cast metal trucks and couplers, interior decoration and illumination, separately applied diaphragms Current run road names: Burlington Route, Central RR of New Jersey/NJDOT, Chesapeake & Ohio, Milwaukee Road, New York Central One […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Get a sneak peek at two new HO scale diesel locomotives and other new HO and N scale model train products in this month’s Cody’s Office. The F40PH-2D from Rapido Trains features an ESU LokSound Digital Command Control (DCC) decoder and the GP30 […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Get a sneak peek at two new HO scale diesel locomotives and other new HO and N scale model train products in this month’s Cody’s Office. The F40PH-2D from Rapido Trains features an ESU LokSound Digital Command Control (DCC) decoder and the GP30 […]
The Atlas HO scale Alco S-2 diesel switcher features an ESU LokSound Select Digital Command Control (DCC) decoder. See and hear the locomotive model in action as it hauls freight trains on the Model Railroader staff’s layout. […]
