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Walthers N scale Alco RS-2 Fans of first-generation diesel power can now have a detailed, solid performing N scale model of an RS-2, the American Locomotive Co.’s first road switcher produced after World War II. The Walthers model is prototypically accurate and has provisions for easy conversion to Digital Command Control (DCC). Postwar road switcher. […]
Walthers HO USRA 2-10-2 This massive HO USRA 2-10-2 is a big brute of a steam locomotive, designed for mainline freight ser-vice. Part of Walthers’ Proto 2000 Heritage Collection, it offers classic good looks and a powerful new mechanism capable of hauling prototype-length trains. Though it can negotiate curves as sharp as 18″ radius, the […]
An MR quick lookPrice: $44.95 ManufacturerWm. K. Walthers, Inc.P.O. Box 3039Milwaukee, WI 53201www.walthers.com Description: ready-to-run plastic and metal model Comments: A highly detailed parlor car based on Pullman plan 3416 is now available for HO scale passenger service. Parlor cars offered more space and more luxurious daytime accommodations than regular coaches. The model has rooftop […]
Walthers HO heavyweight baggage car A highly detailed ready-to-run HO scale 70-foot heavyweight baggage car is now available in several paint schemes. This new Walthers model accurately follows an American Car & Foundry-built Missouri Pacific prototype that’s similar to baggage cars used by many other railroads. Head-end workhorses. Railroads began buying all-steel or heavyweight baggage […]
Walthers HO grain elevator and flour mill Prairie Star Elevator and Prairie Star Milling are the latest HO scale structure kits from Walthers. The injection-molded plastic structures, sold separately, are part of the firm’s Cornerstone Series. The Prairie Star Elevator doesn’t occupy much space (its footprint is 6″ x 6¾”), but its 10″ height captures […]
Walthers HO 2-8-4 Berkshire with sound This classic Nickel Plate 2-8-4 Berkshire by Walthers is an accurate, medium-sized locomotive that delivers smooth performance with excellent sound. It’s an upgraded version of the Life-Like Proto 2000 model that was reviewed in the March 2004 Model Railroader. The new model includes different prototype-specific details and a dual-mode […]
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Walthers HO Proto 2000 EMD GP20 with sound and DCC A high-nose version of Electro-Motive Division’s GP20 road switcher is now available in the Proto 2000 series from Walthers. The ready-to-run HO scale model is offered with and without Digital Command Control (DCC) and QSI Quantum sound, and it features railroad-specific detailing. Though production of […]
Walthers HO AT&SF heavyweight chair car The distinctive look of Santa Fe heavyweight passenger cars is accurately represented in this HO chair car from Walthers. The assembled car includes a detailed interior, six-wheel trucks with metal wheels and sideframes for electrical pickup, and a removable clerestory roof to allow installation of a lighting kit (not […]
WALTHERS’ NEWEST additions to its Cornerstone line of O scale structures are attractive, easy to assemble, and flexible enough to fit a wide variety of modeling eras. I assembled kits for the Steel Water Tank, the Interlocking Tower, and the Five Star Service Gas Station. All three plastic kits went together easily. The only tools […]
Price: $34.98 Manufacturer Walthers P.O. Box 3039 Milwaukee, WI 53201 Phone 414-527-0770 www.walthers.com Description Ready-to-run HO scale plastic and metal baggageexpress car Road names Pennsylvania RR (five versions), Long Island RR,Norfolk & Western (N&W class Bej), Penn Central, and undecorated Walthers’ HO scale Pennsylvania RR baggage car is an accurate model of a prototype that […]
Walther’s HO modular structure system A clever modular structure-building system is now available from Walthers that makes it easy to produce good-looking brick buildings of nearly any size. Its components are cleanly molded, have excellent detail, and fit together in innumerable combinations. Cornerstone Modulars are sold in planned structure kits and as packages of individual […]
