HO scale locomotives Denver & Rio Grande Western class C-19 2-8-0 steam locomotive. HOn3. Denver & Rio Grande Western (Flying Grande lettering, Royal Gorge Route herald, or flared top tender), Denver & Rio Grande, Rio Grande Southern (“Rising Sun” herald or “41” on tender), painted black but unlettered with diamond stack, flared top tender, and […]
Scale: HO Scale
2012 National Train Show preliminary report
HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division SD70ACe diesel locomotive in Norfolk Southern heritage schemes. Central RR of New Jersey; Delaware, Lackawanna & Western; Erie; Illinois Terminal; New York Central; Norfolk Southern no. 1030 (1982 and 2012 number boards); Penn Central; Reading Co.; Savannah & Atlanta; Virginian Ry.; and Wabash. New m.u. receptacles, turbocharger compartment doors on […]
Video Walthers HO scale El Capitan model passenger train
In 1956, the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry. re-equipped its El Capitan passenger train with all-new streamlined equipment, including Hi-Level cars. Check out this HO scale model of the famous train from Wm. K. Walthers Inc. We ran the train on the Model Railroader staff’s club model train layout, the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy. […]
Video Walthers HO scale El Capitan model passenger train
In 1956, the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry. re-equipped its El Capitan passenger train with all-new streamlined equipment, including Hi-Level cars. Check out this HO scale model of the famous train from Wm. K. Walthers Inc. We ran the train on the Model Railroader staff’s club model train layout, the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy. […]
Video: Con-Cor HO scale Comet model passenger train
The HO scale Comet from Con-Cor International features a factory-installed Digitrax Digital Command Control (DCC) sound decoder. Watch this New York, New Haven & Hartford RR streamliner run on the Model Railroader staff’s club layout, the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy. […]
Video: Con-Cor HO scale Comet model passenger train
The HO scale Comet from Con-Cor International features a factory-installed Digitrax Digital Command Control (DCC) sound decoder. Watch this New York, New Haven & Hartford RR streamliner run on the Model Railroader staff’s club layout, the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy. […]
The HO scale Coloma Line
The layout at a glance Name: The Coloma Line Layout owner: Perry Amicangelo Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 9 x 13 feet Prototype: Chicago & North Western and Milwaukee Road Locale: southwest Wisconsin Era: mid-1950s Style: walk-in Benchwork: open grid Height: 43″ Roadbed: none Track: code 100 sectional and flextrack Mainline run: 44 feet Minimum radius: […]
Walthers HO scale El Capitan cars
Walthers HO scale El Capitan cars The arrival of a famous name train model is a much-anticipated event at the Model Railroader offices. Receiving the Walthers HO scale El Capitan was no exception. The ready-to-run cars accurately model one of the last streamlined trains to run under the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry. nameplate. […]
Con-Cor International HO scale New Haven Comet
Con-Cor International HO scale New Haven Comet Recently, if you were a modeler looking for an HO scale New York, New Haven & Hartford RR Comet, you’d either have to pay big bucks for a brass model (assuming you could find one) or embark on an ambitious scratchbuilding project. That’s not the case anymore, thanks […]
ExactRail HO scale Berwick 7,327-cubic-foot boxcar
ExactRail HO scale Berwick 7,327-cubic-foot boxcar The ExactRail HO scale car features a prototypically detailed underframe. North America’s automakers have depended upon railroad transportation since the 1920s, and auto traffic remains a popular theme for model railroaders. Thousands of specialized cars haul auto parts, including this Berwick 7,327- cubic-foot-capacity boxcar that’s now available in HO […]
Video: Bachmann Trains HO scale Alco 2-6-0 Mogul
See and hear the Bachmann Trains Sound Value Alco 2-6-0 Mogul run along a stretch of the Model Railroader club layout, the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy. You’ll get a demonstration of some of the sound effect features of the model’s factory-installed SoundTraxx Digital Command Control (DCC) sound decoder. […]
Video: Bachmann Trains HO scale Alco 2-6-0 Mogul
See and hear the Bachmann Trains Sound Value Alco 2-6-0 Mogul run along a stretch of the Model Railroader club layout, the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy. You’ll get a demonstration of some of the sound effect features of the model’s factory-installed SoundTraxx Digital Command Control (DCC) sound decoder. […]