Broadway Limited Imports HO scale Electro-Motive Division SD7 and SD9 diesel locomotive HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division SD7 and SD9 diesel locomotive. SD7: Chessie System (Baltimore & Ohio reporting marks); CSX (fictional scheme, dark blue and yellow with boxcar herald); Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (black and gray with “Way of the Zephyrs” slogan); Pennsylvania RR […]
Scale: N Scale
New model trains for the week of May 23, 2019
Kadee Quality Products Co. HO scale assorted freight cars HO scale freight cars Assorted freight cars. Toledo, Peoria & Western Pullman-Standard 40-foot PS-1 boxcar with 7-foot, 5-panel Superior doors (built 1953, repainted 6/62), $39.95. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Association of American Railroads 50-foot standard two-bay hopper with lump-egg coal load (built 1949), $40.95. Injection-molded […]
Modeler’s Spotlight Video — Inside Cody’s Office for May 2019
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Check out two new sound-equipped HO scale diesels and more new model railroading products in this month’s Cody’s Office video. Group technical editor Cody Grivno will also give you a quick tip for storing the miters of an NWSL Chopper II tool. Viewer […]
Modeler’s Spotlight Video — Inside Cody’s Office for May 2019
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Check out two new sound-equipped HO scale diesels and more new model railroading products in this month’s Cody’s Office video. Group technical editor Cody Grivno will also give you a quick tip for storing the miters of an NWSL Chopper II tool. Viewer […]
Cody’s Workshop Episode 37
Work on Cody’s HO scale structure kit continues. In this episode, he shows how to make a template for the roof, and then prep and paint the exterior walls. […]
Cody’s Workshop Episode 37
Work on Cody’s HO scale structure kit continues. In this episode, he shows how to make a template for the roof, and then prep and paint the exterior walls. […]
It’s My Railroad with Steve Brown: Episode 3
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page MRVP show host Steve Brown keeps the action moving as he reveals how his N scale (1:160) Brown-Smith Railroad (BSR) track plan evolves. Plus, you’ll see how he remedies a small benchwork snafu, before cutting part of in out to form a river […]
It’s My Railroad with Steve Brown: Episode 3
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page MRVP show host Steve Brown keeps the action moving as he reveals how his N scale (1:160) Brown-Smith Railroad (BSR) track plan evolves. Plus, you’ll see how he remedies a small benchwork snafu, before cutting part of in out to form a river […]
Atlas N scale GP39-2 diesel locomotive
Atlas N scale GP39-2 diesel locomotive Sound or no sound has been one of the basic questions when buying new locomotives. If you bought an engine without sound, but later wanted to add a Digital Command Control (DCC) sound decoder, one of the hurdles was finding a place for the speaker, especially in N scale. […]
Walthers Cornerstone N scale bridge kits
Wm. K. Walthers, which added easy-to-build HO scale railway bridges to its Cornerstone line a few years ago, is now doing the same in N scale. The single-track arched Pratt truss bridge kit is the latest in that line. I assembled and painted the bridge along with its matching pier and abutment kits, which are sold […]
In Memoriam: Randy Kennie
Randy Kennie during his career at Bachmann Trains. Lloyd “Randy” Kennie, a longtime sales manager in the hobby industry, passed away on April 14, 2019. Randy served in the Navy as a Radioman 2nd Class in his younger years. After leaving the military, he worked at several companies in the hobby/crafts industry, including Felix V. […]
Bachmann Trains announces three new HO scale models based on Siemens Mobility prototypes
Following the success of the HO scale Siemens ACS-64 (reviewed in the January 2019 Model Railroader) Bachmann Industries announced three new HO scale models based on Siemens Mobility prototypes: the Charger SC-44 passenger locomotive, the S70 light rail-vehicle, and a single-level mainline passenger car. The SC-44 Charger will be the first model released, due out […]