Broadway Limited Imports HO scale P5a NOTE: We ran an earlier sample of the P5A on our Milwaukee, Racine & Troy model railroad. WATCH THE VIDEO! The boxcabs are back! Broadway Limited allowed us to get a sneak preview of its new HO scale Pennsylvania RR P5a electrics, and now we have production models […]
Athearn ACF Center Flow covered hopper An American Car & Foundry (ACF) 4,600-cubic-foot-capacity covered hopper is the latest freight car to join the Athearn Genesis lineup. The HO scale model is offered in three body styles and features see-through etched-metal running boards, factory-installed and painted wire grab irons, and 100-ton trucks with rotating bearing caps. […]
Tangent’s HO scale GATX 1952 tank cars feature prototype-specific domes The cars are equipped with metal grab irons, see-through running boards, and Kadee scale magnetic knuckle couplers. Tangent Scale Models has released an HO scale model of an 8,000-gallon General American Tank Lines (GATX) 1952 general-service tank car. The finely detailed, ready-to-run model represents a […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Indeed, that’s OTR host Gerry Leone joining David Popp to answer your hobby-related questions in this month’s Ask MRVP! DCC wiring, benchwork assembly, Kalmbach archive videos, painting, and more, are all addressed in this episode. […]
HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division SD70 diesel locomotive with Spartan cab. Canadian National (Illinois Central sublettering, two road numbers), Conrail (“Quality” lettering, four numbers), Illinois Central (as-delivered scheme in four numbers, with yellow sill stripe in three numbers), and Norfolk Southern (Conrail Quality patchout in two numbers, Thoroughbred scheme in four numbers). Road-number-specific details, factory-installed […]
HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division SD45-2 diesel locomotive. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (blue and yellow warbonnet in four road numbers) and Conrail (blue in three numbers). Road-number-specific details, factory-installed and painted wire grab irons, and light-emitting-diode headlights. Direct-current model with 21-pin NEM plug for Digital Command Control decoder, $209.98; with dual-mode SoundTraxx Tsunami sound […]
Click on the image to download a PDF copy of this track plan. Name: Conrail’s Onondaga Cutoff Layout owner: Dave Abeles Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 20′-8″ x 30′-6″ Prototype: Conrail Locale: upstate New York Era: 1990s Style: walk-in Mainline run: 250 feet Minimum radius: 30″ (main), 22″ (yards and sidings) Minimum turnout: no. 8 (main), […]
Use prototypical railroads to design more realistic layouts, build accurate track arrangements, and plan for the future. […]
Click on the links at left to download the image sized appropriately for your computer screen. Oil-burning Union Pacific Challenger no. 3977 pulls a special through the Rocky Mountains on Paul Brennecke’s N scale Grand Line model train layout. Click on the links below to download the image sized appropriately for your computer screen. Download […]
BM Bicentennial unit 200, a GP 38, heads out of Middlesex to pick up two Revere Sugar Cane Hoppers on Steve Tello’s NH division layout. […]
A Union Pacific mixed freight train travels from Lakeside to Klamath Falls at the Colorado Model Railroad Museum. […]
Click on the image to download a PDF of the track plan. Name: Rice Lake, Dallas & Menomonie RR Layout owner: Bob Wundrock Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 17 x 24 feet with a 2 x 9-foot interchange yard Prototype: Soo Line Locale: northwestern Wisconsin Era: 1950 to 1955 Style: walk-in Mainline run: 100 feet Minimum […]
