The HO scale Little Joe electric locomotive from MTH Electric Trains features remote opening couplers, operating pantographs, and sound effects. The locomotive includes the MTH Digital Command System that runs on DCS, DCC, and DC layouts. See and hear the Little Joe run on our model train layout. […]
Scale: HO Scale
Delaware & Hudson Sonnyvale Branch
Name: Delaware & Hudson Sonnyvale Branch Layout designer: Kip Grant Scale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 12′-9″ x 18′-11″ Prototype: Delaware & Hudson Saratoga SubdivisionLocale: Eastern New YorkEra: early fall, 1962Style: walkaroundMainline run: 45 feetMinimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Click on the link to download the PDF of this track plan. […]
Reading Co., Shamokin Division
Name: Reading Co., Shamokin Division Layout designer: Jim Hertzog Scale: HO Size: 30′-6″ x 40′-0″ Prototype: Reading Co. Locale: eastern Pennsylvania Era: 1952-1957 Style: linear walkaround Mainline run: 285 feet Minimum radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: 2.6 percent Click on the link to download the PDF of this track plan. […]
iHobbyExpo 2010 final show report
Blackstone Models HO scale Denver & Rio Grande Western HOn3 class C-19 2-8-0 steam locomotive HO scale locomotives Denver & Rio Grande Western HOn3 class C-19 2-8-0 steam locomotive. Preproduction sample shown. Denver & Rio Grande, Denver & Rio Grande Western (five paint schemes), Rio Grande Southern, and painted black but unlettered (two versions). $349 […]
Allegheny Midland
Track plan at a glance Name: Allegheny Midland (Coal Fork Extension) Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 13 x 19 feet Prototype: free-lanced, based on coal branches of the Chesapeake & Ohio and Virgnian Period: 1957 Style: walkaround Minimum radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: no. 6, handlaid to fit Originally appeared in the June 1998 issue of Model […]
The Huron Terminal
Name: The Huron Terminal Layout designer: Mark Olstyn Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 12′-0″ x 16′-6″ Theme: urban switching Locale: freelanced, inner city Era: 1990s Style: walkaround Mainline run: 46 feet Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: none Click on the link to download the PDF of this track plan. […]
MTH HO scale General Electric Little Joe locomotive
MTH HO scale General Elctric Little Joe locomotive This HO scale General Electric Little Joe electric locomotive is a good-looking model of its prototype and has some innovative remote-control features. Along with sound effects and lights, this model from MTH Electric Trains has remote control pantographs and couplers. The model includes the MTH Digital Command […]
Video: Broadway Limited Imports Paragon2 T-1 4-8-4
This upgraded Reading T-1 4-8-4 steam locomotive from Broadway Limited Imports includes the firm’s new Paragon2 Digital Command Control (DCC) sound decoder. The HO scale model also includes puffing smoke. Watch us run the locomotive on the Model Railroader club layout. […]
Video: Broadway Limited Imports Paragon2 T-1 4-8-4
This upgraded Reading T-1 4-8-4 steam locomotive from Broadway Limited Imports includes the firm’s new Paragon2 Digital Command Control (DCC) sound decoder. The HO scale model also includes puffing smoke. Watch us run the locomotive on the Model Railroader club layout. […]
iHobby Expo 2010 preliminary show report
Athearn Trains HO scale Electro-Motive Division SD70ACe and SD70M-2 diesel locomotives HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division SD70ACe and SD70M-2 diesel locomotives. SD70ACe: Union Pacific (Western Pacific heritage scheme, one road number). SD70M-2: Canadian National, Florida East Coast, and Norfolk Southern. Four road numbers each unless noted. Direct-current models, $189.98. With Digital Command Control and SoundTraxx […]
Video: Kip Grant’s HO Delaware & Hudson Sonnyvale Branch
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Kip Grant’s HO scale layout is set in eastern New York in the early 1960s. In this video you’ll see trains running through superdetailed scenes. You can read more about Kip’s Delaware & Hudson HO layout in Great Model Railroads 2011. […]
Video: Kip Grant’s HO Delaware & Hudson Sonnyvale Branch
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Kip Grant’s HO scale layout is set in eastern New York in the early 1960s. In this video you’ll see trains running through superdetailed scenes. You can read more about Kip’s Delaware & Hudson HO layout in Great Model Railroads 2011. […]
