Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. Logan Subdivision

CO Logan Subdivision

Name: C&O Logan Subdivision Layout designer: Jeff Ashby Scale: N (1:160) Size: 9 x 15 feet Prototype: freelanced, inspired by the Chesapeake & Ohio Locale: West Virginia Era: early 1950s Style: walk-in with multilevel peninsula Mainline run: 99 feet Minimum radius: 10″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Originally appeared in the July 2011 issue of Model […]

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Building Bay Junction part 22

Dana Kawala next to layout

Don’t miss the last episode of our Building Bay Junction video journal. The editors wrap up the series by describing the various finished structures and scenes on the Model Railroader HO scale Bay Junction model train layout. Be sure to post your comments below, and thank you for watching! […]

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Video: Bachmann HO scale Baldwin 4-4-0

Bachmann baldwin train

This HO scale Baldwin 4-4-0 steam locomotive includes a SoundTraxx Tsunami Digital Command Control (DCC) sound decoder. Watch us run the Bachmann Spectrum Series model on the Model Railroader club layout, the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy (MR&T). […]

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Bachmann Trains HO scale Baldwin 4-4-0 steam locomotive

Bachmann Trains HO scale Baldwin 4-4-0 steam locomotive

Bachmann Trains HO scale Baldwin 4-4-0 steam locomotive The introduction of a modernized Baldwin 4-4-0 steam locomotive will come as welcome news to modelers of HO scale railroads set in the first half of the 20th century. The new release from Bachmann’s Spectrum line includes SoundTraxx Digital Command Control (DCC) and sound, and features boilers, […]

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Kato N scale City of Los Angeles

Kato USA N scale City of Los Angeles

Kato N scale City of Los Angeles I watched the sleek yellow Kato City of Los Angeles snake through the desert scenery of our N scale Salt Lake Route layout. A great thing about N scale is that you can run full-length name passenger trains on a modest-size layout. A great thing about this Kato […]

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Athearn Trains HO scale TTX 89-foot flatcar

Athearn Trains HO scale 89-foot flatcar

Athearn Trains HO scale TTX 89-foot flatcar This versatile 89-foot intermodal flatcar is a recent addition to Athearn’s HO scale Genesis freight car fleet. It has a well-detailed plastic carbody and deck fitted with a die-cast metal underframe, and hand-applied details. This superb model comes in many versions that reflect the prototype’s numerous variations and […]

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Walthers HO scale Budd 21-roomette sleeper

Walthers HO scale Budd sleeper

Walthers HO scale Budd 21-roomette sleeper The Pennsylvania RR’s streamlined Broadway Limited is the latest name passenger train released by Walthers. The first car in the series is this well-detailed HO scale Budd 21-roomette sleeper. The prototype. Inaugurated in 1912, the Broadway Limited was the premier passenger train of the Pennsylvania RR. Running between New […]

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