Atlas Model Railroad Co. HO scale Alco C-424 diesel locomotive HO scale locomotives Alco C-424 and C-425 diesel locomotives. New paint schemes. C-424 Phase II: Erie Mining (one road number); Springfield Terminal (Guilford scheme); and Toledo, Peoria & Western (two numbers). C-424 Phase III: Canadian National, Canadian Pacific, and Morristown & Erie (two numbers). C-425 […]
Name: CSX Plymouth Subdivision Layout designer: Chip Cole Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 30 x 60 feet Locale: southeast Michigan Era: 2009 to present Style: linear, around the walls Mainline run: 188 feet Mininimum radius: 30″ (18″ in Livonia Industrial Park) Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2.5 percent Originally appeared in the Great Model Railroads […]
Name: Huntington & Hartford RR Layout designer: Bob Collett Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 16 x 24 feet Prototype: freelanced and New York, New Haven & Hartford Locale: central Connecticut’s Naugatuck Valley Era: mid-1950s Style: walk-in Mainline run: 230 feet Minimum radius: 30″ (main), 20″ (sidings) Minimum turnout: no. 6 (main), no. 4 (some sidings) Maximum […]
Name: Louisville & Nashville Layout designer: Perry Simpson Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 34 x 42 feet Prototype: Louisville & Nashville Locale: northern and eastern Kentucky Era: 1955-56 Style: walkaround Mainline run: 350 feet Minimum radius: 32″ (mainline), 28″ (branchline) Minimum turnout: no. 6 (mainline and yards), no. 4 (spurs) Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared […]
Name: Mineral Point & Northern Layout designer: Gregg Condon Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 24 x 28 feet Prototype: freelance, connecting with the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Locale: Michigan’s Upper Peninsula Era: September 1956 Style: linear walkaround with Mainline run: 100 feet Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: 2.5 percent Originally appeared […]
Name: Mississippi, Alabama & Gulf RR Layout designer: Cliff Powers Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 14 x 32 feet Locale: southern Mississippi and New Orleans Period: summer of 1955 Style: multi-deck walkaround Mainline run: 290 feet Minimum radius: 27″ (main line) Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 1.78 percent (helix only) Originally appeared in the Great […]
Name: Nitinat River RRLayout designer: The Branch Lines & Backwoods ClubScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: approx. 16 x 26 feet (5 x 8m)Prototype: Canadian National and freelancedLocale: Vancouver Island, B.C., CanadaEra: late 1940sStyle: sectional donutMainline run: 95 feetMinimum radius: 19″Minimum turnout: no. 5 (main), no. 4 (branch)Maximum grade: 3 percent Originally appeared in the Great Model Railroads […]
Name: Pennsylvania RR New York Division Layout designer: Andy Rubbo Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 26 x 37 feet Prototype: PRR electrified main line between Philadelphia and New York City Locale: New Jersey Period: summer 1967 Style: double-deck around-the-walls Mainline run: 300 feet Minimum radius: 40″ (exposed track), 28″ in staging Minimum turnout: no. 8 Maximum […]
Name: Yosemite Valley RR Layout designer: Jack Burgess Scale: HO (1.87.1) Size: 20 x 20 feet Prototype: shortline railroad to Yosemite National Park Locale: San Joaquin Valley and Merced River Canyon in California Era: August 1939 Style: multi-level Mainline run: 112 feet Minimum radius: 22″ with spiral easements Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: 2.3 […]
HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division F7 diesel locomotive. New paint scheme: Great Northern (Big Sky Blue). Five-pole skew-wound motor with flywheels, prototype-specific details, and McHenry knuckle couplers. A unit only (freight): Direct-current model, $169.98; with SoundTraxx Digital Command Control sound decoder, $269.98. A-B set (freight or passenger): DC model, $309.98; with SoundTraxx DCC sound decoder, […]
The Athearn Trains DDA40X Centennial features two motors and two SoundTraxx Tsunami Digital Command Control (DCC) sound decoders. See and hear this HO scale model of the world’s largest diesel-electric locomotive in action on the Model Railroader staff’s club model train layout, the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy. […]
The Athearn Trains DDA40X Centennial features two motors and two SoundTraxx Tsunami Digital Command Control (DCC) sound decoders. See and hear this HO scale model of the world’s largest diesel-electric locomotive in action on the Model Railroader staff’s club model train layout, the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy. […]
