Name: Boston & Maine’s New Hampshire Division Layout designer: Paul J. Dolkos Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 16 x 29 feet (in two rooms) Prototype: B&M (also Barre & Chelsea, Canadian Pacific, and St. Johnsbury & Lamoille County) Locale: northern New Hampshire east of the Connecticut River Valley Period: November 1952 Layout style: walkaround point-to-point Minimum […]
I purchased the DCC-equipped version of Bachmann’s HO scale EMD GP40 diesel locomotive as a replacement for the DC models that came with each of my Bachmann McKinley Explorer starter sets when the GP40 from the older set began to lurch along the track while running under DC power. Bachmann offers this model in several […]
Walthers HO scale 86-foot Hi-cube boxcar Walthers makes absolutely wonderful cars, and this Gold Line model is no exception. The one and only at my local shop, I wanted a car that was long and would challenge my small radius turns. I saw this one, and walked out with a car finally longer than my […]
We ran the 1935 Twin Cities Hiawatha on our Milwaukee, Racine, and Troy club layout. This HO scale model from Fox Valley Models includes the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific (Milwaukee Road) locomotive and passenger cars. We installed a Train Control Systems DP5 Digital Command Control (DCC) decoder in the locomotive. You can read […]
The HO scale Athearn Trains Genesis EMD SD70ACe diesel locomotive includes a SoundTraxx Tsunami Digital Command Control (DCC) sound decoder. Watch the model run through Bay Junction on the Model Railroader club layout, the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy (MR&T). […]
The HO scale Athearn Trains Genesis EMD SD70ACe diesel locomotive includes a SoundTraxx Tsunami Digital Command Control (DCC) sound decoder. Watch the model run through Bay Junction on the Model Railroader club layout, the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy (MR&T). […]
We ran the 1935 Twin Cities Hiawatha on our Milwaukee, Racine, and Troy club layout. This HO scale model from Fox Valley Models includes the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific (Milwaukee Road) locomotive and passenger cars. We installed a Train Control Systems DP5 Digital Command Control (DCC) decoder in the locomotive. You can read […]
German model railroad manufacturer Märklin is putting insolvency behind it and moving forward with a restructuring plan approved by creditors in December. Under the plan, Märklin will pay 33 million euros ($43.6 million) to creditors immediately. According to German newspaper Hamburger Abendblatt, the secured creditors — banks including Kreissparkasse Göppingen, BW-Bank and Goldman Sachs — […]
Name: Rosston, Joelberg & Holly RR (CSX branch line) Division of the Delaware & Hudson Layout designer: Rick Van Laar Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 4 x 8 feet Prototype: freelanced CSX Locale: West Virginia coal country Era: 1990 Style: island, portable Mainline run: 32 feet Minimum radius: 17″ Minimum turnouts: no. 6 (main line), no. […]
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 […]
