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LOCOMOTIVES COSTING $1,000 or more seem to capture all the attention today, so we went down to our local hobby shop to find some locomotives that didn’t have “Rockefeller” as a last name. We found three moderately priced diesels that model three notable periods of U.S. railroad history and reflect three periods of O gauge […]
BACK DURING THE HEYDAY OF Gilbert’s American Flyer S gauge, the Connecticut train-maker added a diesel switcher to its lineup. Over the years, the switcher, which debuted in 1956, was offered in Chicago & North Western, Seaboard, Minneapolis & St. Louis, and Texas & Pacific road names, often with a dummy unit. Today, Lionel has […]
COLORFULLY DECORATED TRAINS, cold Molson ale, and Shania Twain are by far my favorite Canadian exports. I know some people won’t share my enthusiasm for all three, but I’m willing to venture that at least one piques your interest. Based on the contents of their Canadian Pacific Grain Train boxed set, I’d think that the […]
The Simpsons are the titular stars of the longest-running animated series on television. Their TV-time fun has now come to O gauge! So why toy trains? Why now? Simple. To make money, of course. If Mickey Mouse was the cat’s meow back in the prewar era, Homer and his dysfunctional family are the cartoon of […]
The HO gas-turbine locomotive is a really heavy hauler. Lionel’s new HO model of Union Pacific’s gas-turbine is an eye-and-ear-catching replica of one of the most recognizable locomotives of the post-World War II era. The UP has historically valued big power (think Big Boy, Challenger, or DD40AX), and during the 1950s and ’60s its big […]
Lionel HO 4-6-6-4 Challenger Click on the chart for a larger image Challenger marks Lionel’s return to HO “Challenger” is one of the more dramatic names given to any steam locomotive wheel arrangement, and the new HO scale 4-6-6-4 from Lionel lives up to that moniker. It’s a well-executed model of a well-known group of […]
