American Made Steel Bridge stainless-steel bridge

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Truss bridge for ga. 1 track American Made Steel Bridges 26374 Hernando Road Winter Haven FL 33884 Price: $210 Website: www.americanmadesteelbridges.com Stainless-steel truss bridge (#10048); made from 18-gauge sheet metal; welded construction; can be used alone or combined with other units to make a longer bridge. Dimensions: Length, 18″; width, 6″; height, 93/4″ (91/4″ clear) […]

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AMS hopper car

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Marc Horovitz 1:32 scale, gauge-1 hopper car AMS (Division of Accucraft Trains) 33260 Central Ave. Union City CA 94587 Price: $89.40 Website: www.accucraft.com 1:32 scale, gauge 1, three-bay hopper car; plastic body; metal trucks, fully sprung; operating scale knuckle couplers; blackened wheels; non-opening hopper doors; minimum radius, 48″. Dimensions: Length, 155/8″; width, 4″; height 45/8″. […]

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Arduino control code for traverser

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Click on the link  to download the computer code. Get the download here. Michael Hardwick described how he built a push-button traverser track using an Arduino microcontroller, 3-D printer parts, and other low-cost electronics in the August 2018 Model Railroader. Click on the link below to download the computer program that Michael uses to operate […]

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New model trains for the week of June 21, 2018

Atlas Model Railroad Co. HO scale General Electric Dash 8-40C and Dash 8-40CW diesel locomotives

Atlas Model Railroad Co. HO scale General Electric Dash 8-40C and Dash 8-40CW diesel locomotives HO scale locomotives General Electric Dash 8-40C and Dash 8-40CW diesel locomotives. New paint schemes. Dash 8-40C (two road numbers each unless noted): Citicorp (Union Pacific patchout with CREX reporting marks), Kansas City Southern de Mexico (Southern Belle scheme), Lancaster […]

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MRVP Insider: June 2018

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Lions, tigers, and bears – plus the Milwaukee County Zoo train too! MRVP Insider host Jenny Maaske covers all of them, right along with highlights of the videos you’ll see on Model Railroader Video Plus in June 2018. Look for a new DCC install instruction from David Popp, tips and tricks from Gerry Leone, scenery […]

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Atlas Master Line N scale EMD GP7

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Atlas Master Line N scale EMD GP7 A tried-and-true N scale model of one of the most popular early diesel-electric locomotives has been upgraded with the addition of an NCE Digital Command Control (DCC) decoder. Atlas Model RR Co. is also issuing its N scale Electro-Motive Division GP7 road switcher in new road names. History. […]

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Athearn Genesis HO scale GE ES44DC

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On our sound-equipped sample, the Tsunami2 decoder is mounted above the motor and flywheels. Lighting leads run from decoder to bulbs in the body shell. Athearn Trains has added an ES44DC version of its HO scale GEVO locomotive to its top-of-the-line Genesis series. In addition to capturing the subtle external differences between the DC and […]

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Quick Look: Kato N scale Johnstown American BethGon protein gondola

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Kato N scale Johnstown America BethGon protein gondola Price: Eight-pack, $155 Manufacturer Kato USA Inc. 100 Remington Rd. Schaumburg, IL 60173 www.katousa.com Road names: Wells Fargo Rail Corp. (SBTX reporting marks) and Burlington Northern. Two eight-packs per name. Era: April/May 2009 to present Comments: Bring the modern era to your N scale layout with protein […]

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