Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page John and J.D. Forsythe of Train Control Systems stop by Model Railroader magazine’s MR&T HO scale layout to demonstrate a steam locomotive equipped with a TCS WOWSound decoder. DCC Programming host Dana Kawala has them talk through the helpful TCS audio-assist feature that […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page John and J.D. Forsythe of Train Control Systems stop by Model Railroader magazine’s MR&T HO scale layout to demonstrate a steam locomotive equipped with a TCS WOWSound decoder. DCC Programming host Dana Kawala has them talk through the helpful TCS audio-assist feature […]
AHM helium tank car The unusual-looking helium tank car might seem like a fantasy model to some, but it’s based on a real prototype. General American, American Car & Foundry, and Magor built about 200 helium cars from 1930 to 1962. The early cars were lettered for the U.S. Navy (with USNX reporting marks), then […]
Name: Southern Ry. RatholeDivision Layout designer: Bob Lawson Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 32 x 52 feet Prototype: Southern Ry. Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Division Locale: Cincinnati, central Kentucky, and eastern Tennessee Era: 1945 to early 1950s Style: around-the-walls with attached center island Mainline run: 200 feet (Southern) Minimum radius: 48″ Minimum turnout: no. […]
Name: Hudson, Delaware & Lehigh Layout designer: Gary Schaff Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 13′-6″ x 35′-0″ Prototype: Central of New Jersey and Pennsylvania RR Locale: Jersey City, N.J., to Mauch Chunk, Pa. Era: early 1950s Style: walk-in Mainline run: CNJ, 170 feet; PRR, 108 feet Minimum radius: 27″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: 3.5 […]
Atlas Model Railroad Co. HO scale Alco RS-3 diesel locomotive Atlas Model Railroad Co. is releasing new HO scale versions of the RS-3, Alco’s most successful road switcher. The RS‑3, powered by a 1,600-hp, 12-cylinder 244 engine, was a reliable and versatile locomotive. Though it didn’t come close to the popularity of its rival, Electro-Motive […]
Kato HO scale Amtrak Budd baggage car Price: $85 Manufacturer: Kato USA Inc 100 Remington Road Schaumburg. Ill, 60173 www.katousa.com Era: 1978 to present Comments: A typical Amtrak 73-foot streamlined baggage car has been released by Kato USA for use with the firm’s Superliner passenger cars.The model represents one of the Budd baggage cars originally […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Model Railroader contributing editor Pelle Søeborg scratchbuilt a cement plant on his HO scale Union Pacific Daneville Sub based on a prototype near Tehachapi, Calif. You can watch trains work the cement plant in this last part of the video tour of Pelle’s modern-era […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Model Railroader contributing editor Pelle Søeborg scratchbuilt a cement plant on his HO scale Union Pacific Daneville Sub based on a prototype near Tehachapi, Calif. You can watch trains work the cement plant in this last part of the video tour of Pelle’s modern-era […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Branchline railroading is a great subject for a spare room layout. In this 3D rendering by MRVP’s Ben Lake, you’ll see how layout designer Bowen Tubbs neatly fit a scheme for an HO scale Milwaukee Road branch into a 12 x 17 space. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Branchline railroading is a great subject for a spare room layout. In this 3D rendering by MRVP’s Ben Lake, you’ll see how layout designer Bowen Tubbs neatly fit a scheme for an HO scale Milwaukee Road branch into a 12 x 17 space. […]
