Bullfrog Snot traction-tire maker Price: $24.95 (1 oz. jar, enough for hundreds of applications) ManufacturerFrogs Frills and Daffodils21951 CosalaMission Viejo, CA 92691www.bullfrogsnot.com Comments: The name may make it sound like a joke, but it’s Snot.Bullfrog Snot is a one-part, self-curing liquid plastic designed to be applied to the tread of model locomotive wheels. When it […]
SoundTraxx Tsunami Digital Command Control sound decoder “That sounds good!” was the enthusiastic response of my Model Railroader colleagues when I was programming and testing the SoundTraxx Tsunami diesel sound decoder in the MR workshop. I certainly agree. What’s more, the TSU-1000 Digital Command Control decoder, no. 827101 with the sounds of Electro-Motive’s 567 diesel […]
Sunset Models HO scale M-6 Moguls 2-6-0 Accounting for a total of 72 locomotives, class M-6 Moguls were among the most numerous 2-6-0s on the Southern Pacific. The brass HO scale M-6 from Sunset Models has a high level of detail and is available with a dual-mode QSI Quantum sound decoder for sound effects on […]
See a demonstration of this brass HO scale locomotive on our HO scale club layout, the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy. The detailed model is based on a Southern Pacific prototype and features a dual-mode sound system. […]
Follow Model Railroader Managing Editor David Popp as he shows you some of the configurations of our Beer Line project layout. He also show you some of the operations on the HO scale railroad, including how we use a car-card-and-waybill operating system. […]
Name: CP Slocan Lake Division Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 9′-0″ x 11′-0″ Prototype: Canadian Pacific Era: 1970s Mainline run: 40 feet Minimum radius: 20″ Minimum turnouts: no. 4 Maximum grade: 2.3 percent Originally appeared in the April 2009 issue of Model Railroader. See a PDF version of this track plan by clicking here. […]
Name: Jones Island Scale: 1:24 and 1:29 proportion Size: 28 x 28 feet Prototype: freelanced Locale: Jones Island and the south side of Milwaukee, Wis. Era: 1950s Style: walk-in Mainline run: 125 feet Minimum radius: 30″ (main line); 24″ (streetcar track) Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: none Originally appeared in the April 2009 issue […]
Name: New Haven’s Derby Junction Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 15′-6″ x 19′-6″ Prototype: New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Locale: Shelton/Derby, Conn., and Maybrook, N.Y. Era: late 1940s to mid-1950s Style: walk-in Mainline run: 80 feet Minimum radius: 32¼” (main), 24″ (sidings) Minimum turnout: no. 5 (main), no. 4 (sidings) Maximum grade: 1.5 percent […]
Ulrich DCC decoder tester This easy-to-use product from Ulrich Models lets you test and program National Model Railroad Association-recommended Digital Command Control decoders before installing them in your models. The Ulrich decoder tester measures 11/2″ x 2 1/2″ x 4″ and has two leads that you connect to the track of your Digital Command Control-equipped […]
Atlas N scale GP15-1 diesel A light-duty Electro-Motive Division road switcher built to work yards or haul short local freights is now available as an accurate N scale model. The Atlas GP15-1 features exceptional performance, especially at slow speeds, and can be easily converted to Digital Command Control. Prototype. By the 1970s railroads began using […]
Kato N scale Southern Pacific Alco PA-1 and PB-1 Price: $95.00 ManufacturerKato U.S.A. Inc.100 Remington Rd.Schaumburg, IL 60173www.katousa.com Comments: An upgraded N scale Alco PA-1 and powered PB-1 are available from Kato in the Southern Pacific Daylight paint scheme. The colors and striping match the Kato N scale Morning Daylight, reviewed in the July 2008 […]
Atlas N scale code 65 sectional track with roadbed Price: $8.50 to $19.95 ManufacturerAtlas Model Railroad Co.378 Florence Ave.Hillside, NJ 07205www.atlasrr.com Comments: Sectional track with painted plastic roadbed is the latest N scale track system from Atlas. The firm’s N True-Track comes with code 65 nickel-silver rail mounted on one-piece molded plastic roadbed. The tops […]
