Precision HO scale Reading T1-class 4-8-4 Executive editor Andy Sperandeo reviewed the HO scale “T Hog” in the April issue’s Product Review Extravaganza. Click the icons below to see a video clip of this well-detailed, well-proportioned model steam engine. All videos may take several minutes or more to download depending on your connection speed. […]
Roundhouse Trains HO EMD Model 40 The first time I saw this tiny four-wheel EMD Model 40 switcher, I wondered if a prototype really existed. I soon learned that it’s an industrial switcher. Then the model surprised me by pulling a prototype-size load of 15 free-rolling freight cars, and I was really intrigued. On first […]
Atlas HO scale roundhouse I’m sure this new HO roundhouse from Atlas will find a good home on many layouts, as it has that railroady, big roundhouse feel, yet can still fit on a small layout. Roundhouses and their associated turntables are without a doubt among the most “railroady” of structures, and many model railroaders […]
Bachmann HO Climax With whirring rods and driveshafts, the Bachmann 50-ton two-truck class B Climax offers accurate detail and operation. The Spectrum model is based on Greenbrier & Durbin RR no. 3, one of the last survivors of these unique geared steam locomotives. 4 x 4 of the rails. Over a 40-year period, Climax built […]
Athearn Genesis HO scale F unit diesel Sound and a dual-mode DCC (Digital Command Control) decoders are the latest additions to Athearn’s models of Electro-Motive Division F units. When this new electronics package is combined with the smooth-running Genesis mechanism, you get a locomotive that’ll pull a prototype-size train and sound like a hard-working EMD […]
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Trix HO N5c cabin car The new Trix N5c Pennsylvania RR caboose, or “cabin car” in Pennsy parlance, is just as distinctive as any of the Pennsylvania RR’s home-built locomotives. It’s a superb rendition of the prototype, and it comes ready-to-run. Prototype. The N5c cabin car was a refinement of the more numerous N5, introduced […]
Model Railroader first gave readers a sneak peek of the HO scale Great Northern steam locomotive in its Trainfest show report in the February 2006 issue. Part of Broadway Limited Imports’ Museum Series, the factory-painted, ready-to-run model has Digital Command Control, QSI Quantum sound system, vestibule cab, and operating headlight. Click the icons below to […]
Bachmann’s HO Acela HHP8 A nicely detailed HO model of Amtrak’s ultra-modern Alstom/Bombardier HHP8 has been released in Bachmann’s Spectrum line. The ready-to-run model has terrific pulling power and can operate using conventional track power or – just like its real-world counterpart – it can draw current from an overhead catenary system. Prototype background. Amtrak […]
Trix HO GG1 A beautiful ready-to-run model of the Pennsylvania RR’s classic GG1 heavy electric locomotive is available with sound and Digital Command Control from Trix. It has a heavy die-cast-metal body, magnetic knuckle couplers, and comes in two different paint schemes. The Pennsylvania RR (PRR) began to electrify its busiest main lines in the […]
Accurail HO AAR 70-ton triple hopper This AAR 70-ton offset-side hopper from Accurail is a creatively designed and well-executed model of a very common freight car of the steam and steam-diesel transition eras. The model is an accurately scaled representation of a car built to the AAR standard of 1935. Production of the prototype cars […]
Broadway Limited HO C30-7 diesel General Electric’s distinctive chugging exhaust is included in this great-looking C30-7 model, the latest ready-to-run HO scale diesel locomotive from Broadway Limited Imports. It’s sold with or without a factory-installed QSI Quantum sound system and automatic dual-mode decoder that operates on layouts using either DC or Digital Command Control (DCC). […]
