Video: A visit to Trainfest 2011

Trainfest 2011 report

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Get an overview of Trainfest 2011 with Model Railroader managing editor David Popp. You’ll see some of the many club layouts featured at “America’s largest operating model railroad show. This year’s show was held on November 12-13, 2011 and celebrated its 40th anniversary. […]

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Video: A visit to Trainfest 2011

Trainfest 2011 report

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Get an overview of Trainfest 2011 with Model Railroader managing editor David Popp. You’ll see some of the many club layouts featured at “America’s largest operating model railroad show. This year’s show was held on November 12-13, 2011 and celebrated its 40th anniversary. […]

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Fox Valley Models B&O Wagon Top Boxcar

Fox Valley Models BO Wagon Top Boxcar

Fox Valley Models B&O Wagon Top Boxcar If you receive the monthly NMRA Magazine, you may have noticed the Fox Valley Models announcement of a Baltimore & Ohio M53 “Wagon Top” Boxcar in HO & N scale. I have very clear memories of this car from my very early childhood so I asked my local […]

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Trainfest 2011 show report

Athearn Trains HO scale Electro-Motive Division SD70ACe

Athearn Trains HO scale Electro-Motive Division SD70ACe HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division SD70ACe. New paint schemes: Montana Rail Link, CSX, Ferromex, and Union Pacific (Missouri-Kansas-Texas heritage scheme). Five-pole skew-wound motor with two flywheels, factory-installed detailed parts, and detailed cab interior. Direct-current models, $189.98. With SoundTraxx Digital Command Control and sound, $289.98. Genesis series. Athearn Trains, […]

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