ALTHOUGH THE SHAPE OF THE P5a BOXCAB bears a strong resemblance to a plastic cheese storage box, don’t let that fool you. This model illustrates the high level of detail that can go into a die-cast metal diesel or locomotive shell. […]
ALTHOUGH THE SHAPE OF THE P5a BOXCAB bears a strong resemblance to a plastic cheese storage box, don’t let that fool you. This model illustrates the high level of detail that can go into a die-cast metal diesel or locomotive shell. […]
Kato U.S.A. N scale GG1 electric locomotive For 49 years GG1 electric locomotives hauled premier passenger trains as well as some freight traffic across the electrified territory of the Pennsylvania RR and its successors. This N scale Kato model accurately captures all the curves of the Raymond Loewy-streamlined carbody and has a smooth and powerful […]
Peter Witt-type streetcar Before the age of the interstate highway system and city buses, streetcars were the backbone of urban mass transit. A new HO scale model of a Peter Witt-type streetcar that served on the streets of Baltimore is now available from Bachmann. The prototype for this Spectrum series model is similar to streetcars […]
Marc Horovitz 1:24 scale, gauge-1 San Francisco cable carAMS33268 Central AvenueUnion City CA 94587Price: $299 + s&hWeb site: www.amstrains.com Plastic, ready-to-run model of a Powell & Hyde Streets cable car; interior detail; one power truck; working headlight and marker lights; available in two color schemes; two car numbers per color available. Dimensions: Length, 151/4 “; […]
THE WILLIAMS E60 electric locomotive has the distinction of being the first modern O gauge electric locomotive offered by any manufacturer other than Lionel. It is also notable that the first E60 offered by Williams Electric Trains predated the creation of Classic Toy Trains by more than a decade! The prototype E60 is a General […]
TIME MARCHES ON in both reality and the toy train world. Electric boxcab locomotives often replaced steam engines, streamlined GG1s replaced boxcabs, and finally the venerable GG1s fell victim to the passage of time and were replaced by the AEM7 electric. AEM7 you say? In the mid-1970s Amtrak saw the handwriting on the wall. The […]
THE POSTWAR LIONEL GG1 is one of the most widely venerated toy trains ever made. Popular in its original incantation, it spawned similar, non-scale-sized copies by Williams, MTH, and now K-Line. K-Line has made some key modifications to its GG1, which puts this new O gauge version at the front of the pack. K-Line has […]
WHO WOULD HAVE thought there would be a market for brand new Dorfan Wide gauge locomotives in the 21st century? Not me. But the guys at JFP’s Fun Stuff saw a niche, and are offering a reproduction of the Dorfan no. 3930 “Crocodile” electric locomotive. For those coming into the theater after the picture began, […]
IF THERE HAD BEEN a locomotive in the movie Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Gene Wilder, who portrayed the title character, would undoubtedly have been at the throttle of this strange-looking beast. Appearing for all of the world like three shoeboxes set down on a steam locomotive chassis, the L5 was a failed experiment […]
PERHAPS THE MOST lasting symbol of the electrification era of American railroads is the Pennsylvania Railroad’s GG1 locomotive. To steal a phrase from a 1930s boxing movie, the GG1 electric is the “Winnah and still heavyweight champeen” of prototype American electric locomotives. Like the New York Central Hudson steamer, the hobby will most certainly see […]
MTH’S “PAY AS YOU ENTER” Standard gauge trolley is a reproduction of Lionel’s prewar no. 9 trolley – that’s pre-World War I, not II. Lionel first produced its no. 9 trolley way back in 1909, just one year after two fellows named Orville and Wilbur were granted a patent for a flying machine. The no. […]
