Bachmann gauge 1, 2-6-6-2T Mallet Marc Horovitz Vital statistics 1:20.3 scale, gauge 1, 2-6-6-2T locomotiveBachmann Industries1400 East Erie Ave.Philadelphia PA 19124Price: $1,250Web site: www.bachmanntrains.com Electrically powered, plastic-and-metal model of a 2-6-6-2T logging locomotive; two pivoting power trucks; two 24V motors with flywheels and gearboxes; electrical pickup on all drivers; control switches for track/battery, polarity, motor […]
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Rich Yoder Models East Broad Top 2-8-2
Rich Yoder Models East Broad Top 2-8-2 Peter Thornton 1:20.3 scale, gauge 1, ready-to-run, East Broad Top 2-8-2Rich Yoder Models7 Edgedale CourtWyomissing PA 19610Price: $2,995Email: richyoder@richyodermodels.com Web site: www.richyodermodels.com All metal, electrically powered model of an EBT Mikado; 24V motor; sprung wheels; directional lighting; sound ready; battery ready. Dimensions: length (loco & tender), 38″ long […]
Steam Trains in Your Garden: Build your own live steam locomotives and rolling stock
Steam Trains in Your Garden: Build your own live steam locomotives and rolling stock Marc Horovitz Steam Trains in Your Garden: Build your own live steam locomotives and rolling stockby Brian WilsonPublished by:Australian Model EngineeringPO Box 4721Higgins ACT 2615AustraliaHardbound, 8½” x 12″, 190 pp., profusely illustrated in color Price: $55AUD + s&hWeb site: www.ameng.com.au If […]
Video: Sunset Models HO class M-6 Mogul 2-6-0
See a demonstration of this brass HO scale locomotive on our HO scale club layout, the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy. The detailed model is based on a Southern Pacific prototype and features a dual-mode sound system. […]
Accucraft live-steam Royal Hudson
Marc Horovitz 1:32 scale, gauge 1, live-steam Royal HudsonAccucraft Trains33268 Central AvenueUnion City CA 94587Price: $4,285Web site: www.accucraft.com All metal, live-steam model of Canadian Pacific Royal Hudson; internally fired, multi-tube boiler; alcohol fired (gas firing also available); Walschaerts valve gear controlled from the cab; sprung drivers; equalized front truck; sprung rear truck; sprung, six-wheel tender […]
Building Small Steam Locomotives: A Practical Guide to Making Engines for the Garden Gauges
Marc Horovitz Building Small Steam Locomotives: A Practical Guide to Making Engines for the Garden Gaugesby Peter JonesCrowood PressUnited KingdomWeb site: www.crowoodpress.co.uk Available in the US from:MBI Publishing400 1st Avenue NorthSuite 300 Minneapolis MN 55401224 pages, hardbound, all drawings and illustrations in colorPrice: $44.95Web site: www.mbipublishing.com Peter Jones, whose prose adorns every issue of GR, […]
Your G-Scale Locomotive: An easy guide to care and maintenance
Marc Horovitz Your G-Scale Locomotive: An easy guide to care and maintenanceby John LythgoeAtlantic Editions Ltd.United KingdomWeb site: www.atlanticpublishers.com Available in North America from:Carstens PublicationsPO Box 700Newton NJ 07860100 pgs; soft bound; all photos in color Price: $24.95Web site: www.carstens-publications.com Have you wondered what’s inside your large-scale locomotive? Or why an engine that used to […]
A Century Plus Ten of D&RGW Narrow Gauge Freight Cars book
Marc Horovitz A Century + Ten of D&RGW Narrow Gauge Freight Cars, 1871 to 19812nd edition, revised and enlargedby Robert E. SloanPublished by BHI PublicationsPO Box 247Cottleville OH 63338Spiral bound, hundreds of b&w photos, 360 pagesPrice: $49.99Web site: www.bhipubs.com In 2000, Bob Sloan published a ground-breaking work on the freight equipment of American’s best known, […]
Accucraft D&RGW Spreader OV
Kevin Strong 1:20.3 scale, gauge-1 D&RGW Spreader OVAccucraft Trains33268 Central Ave.Union City CA 94587Price: $1,000Web site: www.accucraft.com All-metal model of a D&RGW ballast spreader; working knuckle couplers; appropriate moving parts; two versions available. Dimensions: Length, 17″ over end beams; width, 6″ (wings folded) or 10¼” (wings extended); height, 7¾”. In 1:20.3 scale, this works out […]
Piko manual left and right switches
Manual left and right gauge-1 switchesPiko, GermanyDistributed in the US by Silvergate Distributors 9755 Birch Canyon PlaceSan Diego CA 92126Price: $59.99 ea.Web site: pwww.silvergatedistributors.com Manual gauge-1 switches; R1 and L1; 30 degrees; plastic ties; brass rails Pros: High-quality materials; solid construction; compatibilityCons: None Piko’s line of G-scale track for outdoor or indoor use is relatively […]
Accucraft’s Southern Pacific caboose
Marc Horovitz 1:32 scale, gauge-1 brass Southern Pacific cabooseAccucraft Trains33268 Central Ave.Union City CA 94587Price: $399 Web site: www.accucraft.com All-brass model of a Southern Pacific C-30-1 caboose; interior detail; lighted. Dimensions: length, 133/8″; width, 33/4″ (exclusive of marker lamps); height, 57/8″. In 1:32 scale, this works out to 35’8″ x 10’0″ x 15’8″, respectively. Minimum […]
Bachmann side rod gas-mechanical locomotive
Kevin Strong 1:20.3-scale, gauge 1, side rod, gas-mechanical locomotiveBachmann Industries1400 East Erie Ave.Philadelphia PA 19124Price: $275Web site www.bachmanntrains.com Plastic and die-cast-metal industrial gas-mechanical switcher; two powered axles; cab interior; smoke unit; directional lighting; two sets of knuckle couplers; polarity switch; DCC-ready using NMRA standard 8-pin plug. Dimensions: length, 7¾” (over footboards); width, 3¾”; height, 5″. […]