Name: Ida Valley Ry. Layout designer: Bob Allen Scale: Large scale narrow gauge (1:35) Size: 21 x 51 feet Prototype: New Zealand Rys. Locale: Otago Province, South Island, New Zealand Era: 1955 to 1965 Style: walk-in Mainline run: 240 feet Minimum radius: 72″ Minimum turnout: Peco medium radius Maximum grade: 1.1 percent Originally appeared in […]
Name: Bay Junction (Milwaukee, Racine & Troy) industries and tracks Layout designers: The MR staff Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 6′-8″ x 26′-0″ Theme: freelanced junction town Locale: southern Wisconsin Era: 1990s Style: walkaround Mainline run: 42 feet Minimum radius: 30″ (except as noted) Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 3 percent Originally appeared in the […]
Name: New Mexico Division Layout designer: Bob Foltz Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 45′-7″ x 47′-8″ Prototype: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry. Locale: Northern New Mexico Era: 1951 Style: walkaround Mainline run: 350 feet Minimum radius: 36″ (main), 30″ (all others), 26″ (narrow gauge) Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 1.5 percent (main), 3.2 percent […]
Model Railroader executive editor Andy Sperandeo finishes up the corn syrup transloading terminal in Williams Bay. He’s adding a Walthers HO scale chain link fence. Associate editor Cody Grivno is in the workshop detailing diesel locomotives for the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy. You’ll also see associate editors Steve Otte and Kent Johnson working on other […]
In this episode Model Railroader executive editor Andy Sperandeo discusses the prototypical arrangement of the signals in Bay Junction. He’ll also show you some of the trackside details that he added to some of the turnouts on our HO scale model train layout. Managing editor David Popp then gives an overview of a typical day […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Green Mountain Division of the Boston & Maine Layout designer: Don Janes Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 12′-8″ x 20′-0″ plus 12′-0″ x 30′-0″ addition Prototype: Boston & Maine, Central Vermont, and Rutland Locale: Vermont Era: 1950 to 1958 Style: Around the walls Mainline run: 120 feet (original), 70 feet […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Rock Island Lines Layout designer: Tony Bowen Scale: N (1:160) Size: 15 x 21 feet Prototype: Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Locale: western Illinois and eastern Iowa Era: 1955-1965 Style: walkaround Mainline run: 126 feet Minimum radius: 11″ Originally appeared in the How To Model Railroads of the 1950s […]
MTH Electric Trains HO scale General Electric bipolar The General Electric bipolar 1B+D+D+1B is the latest heavy electric locomotive modeled by MTH in HO scale. Like the firm’s EP-4 and EF-4 “Little Joe” electrics, this HO bipolar has an array of sound effects and metal pantographs that raise and lower automatically or by remote control. […]
Atlas Model Railroad Co. HO scale Alco HH600/HH660 diesel locomotive Atlas Model Railroad Co. is reissuing its HO scale Alco HH600/HH660 diesel switcher, this time equipped with Digital Command Control (DCC) and sound. The authentic sounds and powerful controls add a new dimension to an already impressive model. When we originally reviewed this locomotive in […]
Atlas HO scale 73-foot center-beam bulkhead flatcar Price: $46.95 (undecorated, $39.95) ManufacturerAtlas Model Railroad Co.378 Florence Ave.Hillside, NJ 07205www.atlasrr.com Era: 1986 to present Comments: A center-beam bulkhead flatcar based on a Gunderson prototype is now available from Atlas. The full-size flatcar, designed for carrying building products, was introduced in 1986 and is still in production […]
Piko America LLC BR199 German diesel locomotive With its new model of a German narrow-gauge diesel, Piko has entered the market for G narrow-gauge equipment in a big way – literally. The two-motor, 12-wheel locomotive is more than 21″ long. The prototype for Piko’s model is a B-B diesel-hydraulic that was developed for the East […]
ExactRail HO scale 100-ton auto parts car Here’s another contemporary high-capacity HO scale high-cube boxcar that captures the look and tall proportions of a Pullman-Standard 7315 waffle-side boxcar used to transport heavy automobile parts. It’s a recent addition to ExactRail’s Platinum line, and it comes ready-to-run with scale-size magnetic knuckle couplers. It’s also the first […]
