Name: Dutchess & Hudson Valley Division of the Delaware & Hudson Layout designer: Bob Seckler Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 27 x 30 feet Prototype: Delaware & Hudson Locale: Taconic Mountains of New York, Massachusetts, and Connecticut Era: early 1950s to early 1970s Style: walk-in Mainline run: 192 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 […]
Name: Monson RR Layout designer: Steven Otte Scale: HOn2 (1:87.1, 2-foot gauge) Size: 4 x 8 feet Prototype: Monson RR Locale: Maine Era: 1916-1919 Style: tabletop Mainline run: 19 feet Minimum radius: 15″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 stub Maximum grade: none Click on the link to download the PDF of this track plan. […]
Name: Reid Gap Ry. Layout designer: David Popp Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 4 x 8 feet Prototype: Virginian Ry. Locale: West Virginia Era: 1956 Mainline run: 14 feet Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: Atlas 18″ radius snap switch Maximum grade: 3 percent Originally appeared in the February 2011 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the […]
Name: Wexford RR Layout designer: Jim Hediger Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 4 x 8 feet Prototype: Freelanced modern short line Locale: northern Midwest Era: present day Minimum radius: 18″ (main), 15″ (branch) Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: 41⁄2 percent Originally appeared in the February 2011 issue of Model Railroader. Click here to download a […]
HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division GP39-2 diesel locomotive. New paint schemes: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (“Kodachrome” scheme); Boston & Maine (Guilford scheme); CSX; and Delaware & Hudson. Two road numbers each; also available undecorated. Five-pole skew-wound armature motor with flywheels, separately applied details, and Accumate magnetic knuckle couplers. $102.95 (undecorated, $97.95). May 2011. Ready-to-run. […]
The Model Railroader staff is working on the Bay Junction project layout. Managing editor David Popp runs track through the backdrop for the Kelly Appliance factory while associate editor Steve Otte is building shallow interior shadow boxes for the town. […]
The Model Railroader staff continues to work on the Bay Junction HO scale project model train layout. Managing editor David Popp fastens down new plywood for the base of the new town coming in, senior editor Jim Hediger is completing the finishing touches of the moveable step, and editor Neil Besougloff is painting the roof […]
The Model Railroader staff is working on the Bay Junction project layout. Managing editor David Popp runs track through the backdrop for the Kelly Appliance factory while associate editor Steve Otte is building shallow interior shadow boxes for the town. […]
The Model Railroader staff continues to work on the Bay Junction HO scale project model train layout. Managing editor David Popp fastens down new plywood for the base of the new town coming in, senior editor Jim Hediger is completing the finishing touches of the moveable step, and editor Neil Besougloff is painting the roof […]
Work continues on the Model Railroader Bay Junction project. Senior editor Jim Hediger made a mockup of the appliance factory as managing editor David Popp gets ready to lower the benchwork under the industries. Executive editor Andy Sperandeo installed the culvert, and editor Neil Besougloff adds the finishing touches to the Williams Bay depot. […]
Work continues on the Model Railroader Bay Junction project. Senior editor Jim Hediger made a mockup of the appliance factory as managing editor David Popp gets ready to lower the benchwork under the industries. Executive editor Andy Sperandeo installed the culvert, and editor Neil Besougloff adds the finishing touches to the Williams Bay depot. […]
Fox Valley Models HO scale Hiawatha passenger train It’s hard not to smile when watching this HO scale 1935 Hiawatha. The model is of a streamlined train that was an icon of railroading and the Art Deco age. In fact, models of the train have been offered almost as far back as the real train’s […]
