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Marc Horovitz Accucraft’s Kerr Stuart “Wren” Manufacturer Accucraft Trains 33260 Central Ave Union City, CA 94587 accucraftestore.com Price: $1,775 Paint schemes: Black, blue, green, maroon, and gray Features: Dimensions: Length, 9 1/8″ over buffer beams; height, 6 3/4″; width, 3 7/8″. Weight: 5 pounds, 6 ounces Brass, copper, and stainless-steel construction Two working D-valve cylinders […]
Bill Zuback Bachmann Christmas speeder Manufacturer Bachmann Trains 1400 East Erie Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19124 www.bachmanntrains.com Price: $139.00 Product no.: 96255 (Christmas) Features: • Self-propelled unit • Single can motor with rear-wheel drive and all-wheel pickup • Metal and plastic construction • LED headlight and top strobe light • Runs on 45mm track using DC […]
Bill Zuback Bachmann Conrail 100-ton, 3-bay hopper car Manufacturer Bachmann Trains 1400 E. Erie Ave Philadelphia, PA 19124 Bachmanntrains.com Sold exclusively by Star Hobby 1564 Whitehall Rd. Annapolis, MD 21409 Shopstarhobby.com Price: $65 Features: Measures 16 5/8 ” x 4″ x 4″ (without load) Weight: 1.9 pounds Four road numbers available Removeable coal load Metal […]
Bill Zuback PIKO America 0-6-0 Camelback steam locomotive Manufacturer PIKO America LLC 4610 Alvarado Canyon Rd., Ste. 5 San Diego, CA 92120 www.piko-america.com Price: $674.99 (North Pole Express, $699.99) Era: 1913 and 1921 to late 1940s (as decorated) Paint schemes: Reading Co., The Blue Comet, North Pole Express, and Pennsylvania RR Features: Minimum radius: 23.6″ […]
Bill Zuback The Bonsai Beginner’s Bible By Peter Chan Published by Octopus Books USA 1290 Avenue of the Americas 4th and 5th Floors New York NY 10104 Octopusbooksusa.com 320 pages 5½” x 61½” Softcover Price: $14.99 Bill Zuback Bill Zuback The Chinese first practiced the art of bonsai more than 2,000 years ago. Growing miniature […]
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You can own the entire collection of Garden Railways magazine in a convenient DVD-ROM format. This special compilation includes 192 complete issues from 1984–2015, plus 9 bonus issues of its predecessor, the Sidestreet Banner newsletter. In addition, you’ll have access to every full-size drawing ever published — a total of 128 drawings to view, download, […]
We were digging in our archive and remembered a timeline history of the hobby that we published in our December 2003 issue. We thought our readers would enjoy seeing it again. Download a free PDF of this article at the link below! […]
PIKO America R/C 25-tonner Bachmann Halloween bunk car Bachmann Halloween boxcar Bachmann Halloween boxcar Bachmann Halloween boxcar Engines & rolling stock PIKO America, 4610 Alvarado Canyon Rd., Ste. 5, San Diego CA 92120 has three new versions of their GE 25-ton diesels (#38503, #38504, #38505). They are factory-equipped, battery powered locomotives with the PIKO America […]
As previously highlighted in the Rehab My Railroad: Outdoors episodes, the task of restoring Kent Johnson’s small garden railway (1:29 scale) seems to be an on-going effort. While the work on his main line continues in this new series, Kent, Rene, Cody, and others will also introduce you to topics, techniques, tools, projects, and places […]
