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Marc Horovitz 1:29 scale, gauge-1 trucks Kadee Quality Products Co. 673 Avenue C White City OR 97503 Price: $49.99/pair Website: www.kadee.com 1:29 scale, gauge 1, Barber S-2, roller bearing, freight-car trucks; cast-metal side frames; metal wheels and axles; plastic brake detail; equalized Pros: Mostly-metal construction; weight of trucks will lower the car’s center of gravity; […]
Kevin Strong 1:32 scale, gauge 1, A-A diesel locomotives MTH Electric Trains 7020 Columbia Gateway Drive Columbia MD 21046 Price $999.95 Website: www.mthtrains.com 1:32 scale, gauge 1, plastic-and-metal A-A set of EMD F7 locomotives; ProtoSound3; smoke; analog DC, AC, DCC, and MTH DCS-compatible control Pros: Accurate scale/gauge combination; well detailed with good fidelity to the […]
Peter Angus: Locomotive Builder by Peter Angus Camden Miniature Steam Services Barrow Farm Rode, Frome, Somerset BA11 6PS Great Britain 8 3/4″ x 11 3/4″, hardbound, 222 pages, color and b&w photos Price: £32.50 + £10.02 s&h to the US Website: www.camdenmin.co.uk Peter Angus, while relatively unknown in the US, is a quite-well-known builder of […]
Buckboard wagon plan sets in 1:24 and 1:13.7 scales Vilas County Lumber Company 12306 Lakeview Trail Homer Glen IL 60491 Prices: 1:24 scale, $14; 1:13.7 scale, $15 Website: www.VCLCo.com Comprehensive plan set for the construction of a buckboard wagon; four 91/2″ x 13″ pages and six (1:24) or eight (1:13.7) 13″ x 19″ pages; spiral […]
Name: Charlie Zimmerman Railroad Name: Smoke and Oak RR Location: Central Pennsylvania Scale: 1:29 Theme: Reading Railroad Description: Three Reading GPs work a snow plow around the mainline so that freight and passenger service can be restored. […]
Name: Trevor Park Railroad Name: Fern Creek and Western Railroad Location: Santa Cruz, CA Scale: 1:20.3 with some 1:22.5 mixed in. Theme: Logging, mining and short line freight and passenger operations. Description: Come join us for a layout tour of my Fern Creek and Western Garden Railroad that I built with my friends. This video […]
Name: Chris Haon Railroad Name: Georgia Garden Railway Society Location: Kennesaw, GA Scale: 1:29 Theme: Display Layout Description: Over the weekend of Jan. 30 & 31 The Georgia Garden Railway Society setup a G Scale display layout for The Southern Museum of Civil War & Locomotive History during their Trains, Trains, Trains event. Over the […]
Name: Jim Connor Railroad Name: Jim’s Winter Train Room Location: West Chester Scale: G scale and O gauge Theme: Winter Description: A train room I created with a winter theme and a working ski slope […]
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1. Working late. Lake Phillips’ traveling terrarium was commissioned by the author for her 7/8″-scale agricultural railway. The greenhouse element is a Tumdee (see “Sources” sidebar) kit, glued and pin-nailed onto a scratchbuilt flatcar, including custom LED lighting. Air plants (Tillandsia sp., Zones 9-11) inside and in the boxes bring it to life. When not […]
Poppleton Community Railway Nursery. Tour de France livered train passes the Nursery. Bob Brook A general view of half the Nursery, the 2’ gauge track far left and right with the main line to Harrogate far right. Bob Brook It only just fits! David Dawson Car park yard with the main line signal box in […]
Narrow Gauge and Short Line Gazette: 50-year collection, 1964-2014 DVD Hayden Consulting 7 South Hijo de Dios Santa Fe NM 87508 Price: $139.95 + s&h Website: www.bobhayden.com The Narrow Gauge and Short Line Gazette is, perhaps, the most respected model-train magazine in the US. To my knowledge, it is the oldest magazine still going under […]
