Accurail May 2022 HO scale freight car kits Scale: HO (1:87.1) Price: See individual cars below Era: Varies depending on car type Manufacturer: Accurail, PO Box 278, Elburn, IL 60119, 630-365-1173, accurail@accurail.com Features: Injection-molded plastic kits Plastic wheelsets Solid-or roller-bearing trucks as appropriate Steel weight(s) Screws for trucks and draft-gear box covers Accumate couplers with modeler-installed […]
Pennsylvania RR class H32 covered hopper Scale: N (1:160) Price: two-pack $54.99 Era: 1948 to 1980s Manufacturer: Broadway Limited Imports, LLC, 9 East Tower Circle,Ormond Beach, FL 32174, 386-673-8900, info@broadway-limited.com Features: Plastic (ABS) body and chassis Metal wheelsets Separate, factory-applied details including brake appliances, running board, roof grab irons, and brake wheel Plain welded roof […]
N scale freight cars Norfolk & Western H2a hoppers: On the Norfolk & Western, hopper cars were the most common type of freight cars on the roster – about a 4-to-1 ratio of hopper cars over all other cars combined. The H2a 3-Bay Hopper was the most common type and was numbered from 15,500 – […]
N scale locomotives Heavy and light Pacific 4-6-2 steam locomotives: In 2022, BLI is bringing out our second production of USRA light and heavy 4-6-2 steam locomotives, commonly called light Pacifics and heavy Pacifics. There were 20 original heavy Pacifics built in 1919 for the USRA program, and all 20 went to Erie Railroad. From […]
N scale locomotives USRA light & heavy Mikados: This is BLI’s second production of the USRA light and heavy 2-8-2 designs in N scale, commonly called heavy Mikados and light Mikados. There were 233 original USRA heavy 2-8-2s built plus another 957 copies, covering 23 railroads. It was an extremely successful design. The USRA heavy […]
Founding of the NMRA The National Model Railroad Association, 20 years ago, grew more or less spontaneously out of two basic needs of the fledgling hobby. The first was the need for standards to assure interchangeable equipment. The second was the social need for getting together with other followers of a hobby which was then […]
Product news Model railroad operators and builders can get the latest information about locomotives, freight cars, passenger cars, tools, track, and more by reading Model Railroader’s frequent product updates. Here are the products Model Railroader editors have news on for the week of April 28, 2022. HO scale locomotives Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 Big Boy […]
HO scale details and accessories Skeletal logging truck: It is a generic skeleton logging truck. You can order just the truck, or with 3 logs or 6 logs. Logging railways used three basic types of log cars, the disconnect, skeleton and the flatcar. Skeleton cars were the most common, basically consisting of a wooden reach […]
HO scale locomotives Texas & Pacific 2-10-4: In 1925, the Texas & Pacific received the first 2-10-4 steam locomotive built in North America. As was the custom, the first railroad to receive a new wheel arrangement was given the honor of naming it, and the T&P selected the name “Texas” for the 2-10-4’s. Our Brass-Hybrid […]
Scottsdale’s Museum of the West in Arizona announces a new exhibition featuring the story of how the transcontinental railroad transformed and built the American West. “The Railroad Opening Up the West” is now open to the public. Western Spirit contracted with members of the train clubs of Scottsdale’s McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park to undertake the design, fabrication, […]
HO/N scale freight cars AutoFlood III coal hopper: Rapido Trains Inc. is proud to announce a series of exclusive AutoFlood III coal hopper road names and numbers for Heartland Hobby Wholesale in both HO and N Scale! Whatever your name for it, this commodity is best transported across the country by rail. Enter the AutoFlood […]
HO scale equipment HO scale tractors and trucks: Mack LH Single Axle Highway Tractor: This resin kit no. V-347 includes mirrors, rubber tires, and a driver figure. L model Macks were introduced in 1940 and were manufactured until 1956 with differences. Our kit portrays a 1950-56 version indicated by the vent windows in the doors […]
