The Train Department Heisler LGB tender with sound LGB starter track set Accucraft, 3260 Central Ave, Union City CA 94587, has announced Talyllyn Railway’s locomotive No. 1 “Talyllyn” in 1:29 scale. The live-steam 0-4-0ST engine will be butane fired and available in 32mm and 45mm versions. Each version is available in three different colors: TR […]
Waterscape your garden railway: Swirling water stirs the imagination. Splashing shuts out city sounds, and viewers remember seeing famous falls at national parks or smaller watercourses near home. Bridges over brooks urge us to see connections to the land and how plantings create the habitat for a popular scenic attraction. There are countless reasons why […]
HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Diesel SD70ACe diesel locomotive. Union Pacific (“Powered by our people” scheme). One road number. Light-emitting-diode headlights and front and rear ditch lights, removable cab roof secured with magnets, and commemorative box. Direct-current model with 21-pin NEM plug for Digital Command Control decoder, $249.98; with dual-mode SoundTraxx Tsunami2 sound decoder, $339.98. December […]
Aster’s live-steam British Railways Standard Class 4-6-0 5MT Accucraft Talyllyn Railways Dolgoch 0-4-0T PIKO America DB IV BR 360 Diesel Switcher Engines & rolling stock Accucraft, 3260 Central Ave, Union City CA 94587, is selling Aster’s live-steam British Railways Standard Class 4-6-0 5MT in 1:32 scale. The engine is brass and stainless steel construction and […]
1. Retired but still active, Jerry and Alison Ogden maintain their Possum Creek Railroad to stay lush, with wall-to-wall plants they bought from Miniature Plant Kingdom. At this stage, six years after its initial construction, the trackplan still works and access is easy, but several unruly or languishing plants have been replaced. Jerry started with […]
1. Near their back door in Nevada, a railyard introduces viewers to the theme of Joe and Mary Schrock’s highly detailed railway, Bulldog Junction. This picture communicates the teamwork necessary on railroads. All parts support the main theme. The distant backdrop of pointed dwarf Alberta spruce (Picea glauca ‘Conica’, Zones 4-8) suggests the scale world […]
LGB starter set Piko electric locomotive Engines & rolling stock LGB (Märklin) is offering several items for the Christmas market. A Christmas Train Starter Set (#L72305, shown) includes a Christmas design, old-timer steam locomotive with Bühler motor, working headlight, and built-in smoke unit; two passenger cars; 12 sections of curved track; power supply and controller; […]
3D Printing & Laser Cutting: A Railway Modelling Companion by Jeff Geary & Dave Renshaw Published by Ian Allan Available in the US from: Specialty Press 838 Lake Street S Forest Lake MN 55025 Hardcover, 8″ x 10 1/2″, 160 pgs., 325 illustrations Price: $24.95 If you are new to 3D printing and/or laser cutting, […]
LGB anniversary items LGB roller car USA Trains flatcar with tank Egghaulers car Piko steam locomotive Piko boxcar Engines & rolling stock LGB (Märklin) is celebrating its 50th annniversary this year and the company has released a commemorative “Stainz” steam locomotive in a special paint scheme (#L20216, $289.99) and five add-on 50th Anniversary cars. These […]
Marc Horovitz Overhead railway system for gauge-1 track R&G Railroad Company PO Box 8349 Moreno Valley CA 92552 Prices: See website Website: www.randgrailroad.com Wall-mount railroad system; solid oak and oak-plywood conctruction; modular roadbed sections (curves and straights); roadbed sections can be supported by brackes or suspended from brackets or the ceiling; single- and double-track systems […]
O gauge GP38-2 diesel from MTH Price: $499.95 (no. 20648-1) Min Curve: O-31 Cmd Low: 3.63 smph Cnv Low: 3.86 smph High: 66.1 smph Drawbar pull: 1 lb., 9 oz. Features: Two can-style motors, ProtoSound 3.0 command and sound system, smoke unit Current-production road names: Canadian Pacific; Detroit, Toledo & Ironton; Family Lines (Seaboard); New […]
Special note: All photos courtesy of Aileen Elizabeth Photography For many, garden railways are a unique hobby, but for Jack, a garden railway was a “special wish.” A Special Wish Foundation, North Central Ohio Chapter (“Special Wish”), is a non-profit charitable organization dedicated to granting the wishes of children under the age of twenty-one who […]
