Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page This Tracks Ahead segment visits a retired CSX engineer’s O gauge layout and extensive collection of prototype signaling equipment. More details about David Downton’s three-rail layout appear in the May 2014 issue of Classic Toy Trains magazine. […]
Scale: HO Scale
Tracks Ahead: Season 9 – Western Maryland Ry. O gauge tribute
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page This Tracks Ahead segment visits a retired CSX engineer’s O gauge layout and extensive collection of prototype signaling equipment. More details about David Downton’s three-rail layout appear in the May 2014 issue of Classic Toy Trains magazine. […]
Broadway Limited Imports HO scale PRR class H10s 2-8-0 steam locomotive
Broadway Limited Imports LLC PRR 2-8-0 steam locomotive A superb Pennsylvania RR class H10s 2-8-0 Consolidation has been released in HO scale by Broadway Limited Imports. It’s offered decorated in multiple road numbers with a choice of prototypical tenders. The model features BLI’s dual-mode Paragon2 sound decoder which provides smooth operation on both direct-current (DC) […]
Athearn Trains HO scale TankTrain tank cars
Athearn Trains HO scale TankTrain tank cars With bright orange and white lettering on black car bodies, models of the GATX TankTrain are again on hobby shop shelves. Models of these cars were available as kits in the early 1980s. Those kits were notorious for being difficult to assemble, but the prototype was always interesting. […]
WalthersProto HO scale 65′ Thrall mill gondola
WalthersProto HO scale 65′ Thrall mill gondola Price: $31.98 Manufacturer Wm. K. Walthers Inc. 5601 Florist Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53218 www.walthersproto.com Era: 1970s to present Road names: Baltimore & Ohio, CSX, Algoma Central, Missouri-Kansas-Texas Comments: Modelers who need mill gondolas for their fleets have a few more choices as Walthers has released new paint schemes […]
Member video: Thomas Klimoski’s Georgia Northeastern model railroad
Construction on my new HO scale Georgia Northeastern layout is progressing as seen in this video. This layout replaces my old CSX Hawksridge Division which was dismantled when I moved. The new layout is a small switching layout based on the Georgia Northeastern Railroad, a short line railroad that runs from Marietta to McCaysville, Ga. […]
Member video: Trackside at Quisling, Calif.
Here’s some Southern Pacific freight action at the November meet of the Western Union division of the NMRA (BR) in Plymouth UK. Video shot by Brian Moore […]
Member video: Thomas Klimoski’s Georgia Northeastern model railroad
This video shows the latest progress on my GNRR model railroad layout, including detailing the locomotive service facility, new DOW chemical facility, and photo backdrops for Etowah River and Highway 53. […]
Member video: Trackside at Quisling, Calif.
Here’s some Southern Pacific freight action at the November meet of the Western Union division of the NMRA (BR) in Plymouth UK. Video shot by Brian Moore […]
Trainfest 2014 show report
Athearn Trains HO scale Electro-Motive Division FP45 diesel locomotive HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division F45 and FP45 diesel locomotives. F45: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (pinstripe scheme); BNSF Ry. (ex-Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe yellow bonnet), Burlington Northern, and Montana Rail Link. FP45: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Super Fleet warbonnet) and Milwaukee Road. Railroad-specific […]
Cody’s Workshop: Episode 19 – Model a modern crossbuck sign
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this episode of Cody’s Workshop, Cody settles in at his workbench to build a pair of HO scale railroad crossbucks. In addition, he reveals a new compact motor tool fitted with a handy LED used to illuminate your work. Cody also answers […]
Cody’s Workshop: Episode 19 – Model a modern crossbuck sign
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this episode of Cody’s Workshop, Cody settles in at his workbench to build a pair of HO scale railroad crossbucks. In addition, he reveals a new compact motor tool fitted with a handy LED used to illuminate your work. Cody also answers […]
