IHOP restaurant Price: $110 Manufacturer: Summit USA LLC, 512A Ford St., Lake Charles, LA 70601, 337-436-8481, summit-customcuts.com IHOP restaurant features Unpainted milled styrene, laser-cut acrylic, and self-adhesive micro-plywood parts Parts may require light sanding in joints for cosmetic reasons Photo-illustrated instructions Measures 11½” x 7-3/8” x 3¾” Available now Company Information: Summit Customcuts is a […]
BNSF Ry. business cars Scale: HO (1:87.1) Price: Pullman-Standard 36-seat diner BNSF no. 11 (Fred Harvey): standard, $94.98; lighted, $104.98. Budd Big Dome bar-lounge dormitory no. 31 (Bay View): standard, $99.98; lighted, $109.98. Era: late 1990s to mid-2000s Manufacturer: Wm. K. Walthers, Inc., 5601 W. Florist Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53218, 414-527-0770, walthers.com Features: 36” turned-metal […]
Great Northern St. Cloud-built 50-foot combination-door boxcar Scale: HO (1:87.1) Price: To be announced (general price will be in line with current ready-to-run prices) Era: 1961 to 1980s (era varies depending on paint scheme) Manufacturer: Moloco, 302-5025 Harvard Road, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L5M 0W6, molocotrains.com Great Northern boxcar features: 50-ton trucks with metal wheelsets Car-number-specific […]
Railgon 53-foot gondola Scale: HO (1:87.1) Price: $31.98 Era: 1980 to present (era varies depending on paint scheme) Manufacturer: Wm. K. Walthers, Inc., 5601 W. Florist Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53218, 414-527-0770, walthers.com Railgon 53-foot gondola features: 36” metal wheelsets with RP-25 contour 100-ton roller-bearing trucks Proto-Max metal couplers Based on Railgon 310000-series cars Available now […]
General Steel Castings 53-foot bulkhead flatcar Scale: HO (1:87.1) Price: $34.98 Era: 1950s to early 2000s (era varies depending on paint scheme) Manufacturer: Wm. K. Walthers, Inc., 5601 W. Florist Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53218, 414-527-0770, walthers.com General Steel Castings 53-foot bulkhead flatcar features: Newly tooled die-cast metal body 33” turned metal wheelsets Proto-Max metal couplers […]
LD101 dual-mode command station Price: $120 Manufacturer: ANE Model Co. Ltd., 10F, No. 50, Fuxin Rd., Zhongli Dist., Taoyuan City 32041, Taiwan (R.O.C.), 886 3 4270573, anemodel.com Features: Includes main control box, handheld controller, handheld control cable, transformer, and user manual 28 and 128 speed steps 28 functions 9,999 locomotive addresses Analog and digital control […]
Pullman-Standard 85-foot bi-level commuter cars Scale: HO (1:87.1) Price: Standard, $89.98; lighted, $99.98 Era: mid-1950s to mid-1980s Manufacturer: Wm. K. Walthers, Inc., 5601 W. Florist Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53218, 414-527-0770, walthers.com Features: 33” turned metal RP-25 contour wheels Factory-installed grab irons Gallery car interior configuration Light-emitting diode interior lighting (lighted cars only) Proto-Max metal couplers […]
WAUKESHA, Wis — Kalmbach Media Co. has named veteran editor and journalist Eric White as the new editor of MODEL RAILROADER, the nation’s largest-circulation magazine covering the model railroading hobby. White succeeds Carl Swanson, who is moving to TRAINS Magazine, also published by Kalmbach Media. White joined the MODEL RAILROADER in 2014 as Associate Editor. […]
Backdrops for water scenes Scale: HO (1:87.1) Price: Water Under the Bridge (HJ44), $26.95; Down by the River (HS48), $41.95 Manufacturer: BPH Enterprises, 4 Palmer Dr., Barrie, ON, Canada L4M 6V9, 705-739-4878, sceniking.com Water Under the Bridge features: Junior Roll Out line Measures 72” x 8” Extendable at either end through more than nine different […]
Pullman-Standard PS-2CD 4427 three-bay covered hopper Scale: HO (1:87.1) Price: $54.99 Era: 1964 to 1980s (varies based on paint scheme) Manufacturer: ExactRail, 525 E. 1860 S., Provo, UT 84606, 866-945-1701, exactrail.com Features: CNC-machined 36” metal wheelsets ExactRail 100-ton ASF Ride Control trucks Injection-molded plastic body and underbody Kadee no. 58 scale couplers Minimum radius: 22” […]
Model Realistic Freight Car Loads Book: Model Realistic Freight Car Loads Author: Keith Kohlmann Price: $21.99 Publisher: Kalmbach Media, 21027 Crossroads Circle, P.O. Box 1612, Waukesha, WI 53187-1612, 262-796-8776, KalmbachHobbyStore.com Features: Prototype photos Drawings showing how full-size railroads secure loads to cars Modeled examples of freight car loads Farm machinery and heavy equipment loads Steel […]
Johnstown America BethGon coal gondola Scale: HO (1:87.1) Price: Five-pack, $234.99 Era: 1990s to 2000s (varies depending on paint scheme) Manufacturer: Athearn Trains, 2904 Research Rd., Champaign, IL 61822, 800-338-4639, athearn.com Features: Injection-molded plastic body Separate, factory-installed brake wheel, wire grab irons, and etched-metal crossover platforms 36” machined metal RP-25 contour wheels Body-mounted McHenry scale couplers […]
