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Product Palooza live streaming event (CTT segment only)
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Product Palooza live streaming event (entire event)
This hour-long event features products from Menards, Walthers, and PIKO America. Watch the entire event here! […]
East Broad Top Railroad memories: a railroader’s life
East Broad Top Railroad Mikado No. 15 and its short train head out of Orbisonia, Pennsylvania, June 21, 2009, the 49th year the former coal hauler has been a tourist line. TRAINS: Jim Wrinn EDITOR’S NOTE: A version of this article first appeared in the October 2009 issue of Trains Magazine. Stanley G. Hall has […]
East Broad Top Railroad profile and history
East Broad Top Railroad Mikado-type 2-8-2 locomotives Nos. 12 and 15 appear at the Orbisonia, Pennsylvania, station as part of a nighttime photo shoot in October 2011. Alex Mayes East Broad Top Railroad map The East Broad Top was the last narrow gauge common carrier in the U.S. east of the Mississippi River. It was […]
Top 10 Burlington Northern locomotives
On June 10, 1993, a Burlington Northern SD60M and SD40-2 take an eastbound freight along the Missouri River and into Lombard Canyon just east of Toston, Mont. Tom Danneman Learn about Trains Art Director Tom Danneman’s favorite Burlington Northern Railroad Company diesel locomotives, presented in no particular order. The story of Burlington Northern has been […]
New model railroad products for the week of February 6, 2020
Broadway Limited Imports HO scale Chesapeake & Ohio class J3a Greenbrier 4-8-4 steam locomotive HO scale locomotives Chesapeake & Ohio class J3a Greenbrier 4-8-4 steam locomotive. In-service version (without smoke deflectors in five road numbers, with in one number), excursion service (Chesapeake & Ohio, Chessie System Railroads, and Family Lines Rail System, one number each), […]
Video: Menards exclusive Bachmann Trains HO scale Rocket Freight set
The Menards-exclusive Rocket Freight from Bachmann Trains offers a great way to get started in the model railroading hobby. Model Railroader senior Editor Dana Kawala shows you how to set up and get trains rolling. […]
Product Palooza live streaming event (entire event)
This hour-long event features products from Menards, Walthers, and PIKO America. Watch the entire event here! […]
Product Palooza live streaming event (CTT segment only)
This segment features a new structure from Menards! […]
Video: Menards exclusive Bachmann Trains HO scale Rocket Freight set
The Menards-exclusive Rocket Freight from Bachmann Trains offers a great way to get started in the model railroading hobby. Model Railroader senior Editor Dana Kawala shows you how to set up and get trains rolling. […]
Details make the difference on your layout
Follow along and build the CT&T, a 4 x 8 logging-themed project layout. The staff will walk you through the process, including working with foam board, laying track, wiring, scenery, and much more. Track plans using Lionel FasTrack, Atlas O 21st Century track, and MTH RealTrax are included. This package contains 31 pages from six […]
A freight starter set from Lionel that anyone can enjoy
Bill Zuback O gauge Minneapolis & St. Louis Diesel Super Freight Set by Lionel Price: $229.95 (no. 30155), $74.99 (no. 30157 two-car add-on set) Features: Alco RS-3 diesel with single can-style motor, diesel horn, boxcar, tank car, caboose, 40 x 50-inch loop of Lionel FasTrack, PowerMax 40-watt transformer For some reason, most starter sets seem […]
