Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Cody continues adding realistic weathering effects to a modern N scale locomotive – all without using an airbrush! Follow along as he shares tips and techniques for working with powders (see the December 2017 issue of Model Railroader magazine) to weather the unit from […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Cody continues adding realistic weathering effects to a modern N scale locomotive – all without using an airbrush! Follow along as he shares tips and techniques for working with powders (see the December 2017 issue of Model Railroader magazine) to weather the unit from […]
UNUSUAL LIVERY: MTH’s steel refrigerator car line has added a unique road name: the no. 20-94276 Magcobar Foundry Products. Magcobar used a fleet of 10 insulated cars leased from GE Rail Services (reporting mark NIRX) to ship dry drilling mud to oilfield support sites. In addition to Magcobar, road names include Baltimore & Ohio, Canadian […]
Dave Rickaby shot this cab ride video on Gregg Condon’s HOn3 Rio Grande Southern Lizard Head Division layout, which is featured in the 2019 issue of Great Model Railroads. Hop on board and enjoy the ride from Rico to Lizard Head. […]
Dave Rickaby shot this cab ride video on Gregg Condon’s HOn3 Rio Grande Southern Lizard Head Division layout, which is featured in the 2019 issue of Great Model Railroads. Hop on board and enjoy the ride from Rico to Lizard Head. […]
This cab ride video was shot on Gregg Condon’s HOn3 Rio Grande Southern Lizard Head layout, which is featured in Great Model Railroads 2019. Hop on board as we travel from the snowsheds at Lizard Head down to Rico. Video by Dave Rickaby. […]
Setting up the DR5000 is easy but requires a Microsoft Windows PC. Shown here are the adjustable power supply and the DR5000 command station. Laptop not included. The DR5000 works with a variety of wireless and wired throttles that use Loconet and XpressNet interfaces. The device also supports several smartphone apps. One of the challenges […]
Con-Cor HO scale MP54 coach and trailer Con-Cor’s Pennsylvania RR MP54 has a wide-open passenger compartment, facilitated by its ceiling-mounted printed-circuit board and subfloor drivetrain. Here comes the happy couple! Con-Cor has added to its line of Pennsylvania RR MP54 commuter cars with models of the semi-permanently coupled married pairs, or bride-and-grooms. We published tests […]
ScaleTrains.com N scale 5750 carbon black covered hopper Price: $31.99 Manufacturer ScaleTrains.com Inc. 7598 Highway 411 Benton, TN 37307 www.scaletrains.com Era: September 1977 to present Road names: Columbian Chemicals, Cabot, Sid Richardson Carbon Co., and Witco. Four road numbers per scheme. Comments: A Thrall Manufacturing Co. 5,750-cubic-foot-capacity three-bay carbon black covered hopper is now offered […]
This cab ride video was shot on Gregg Condon’s HOn3 Rio Grande Southern Lizard Head layout, which is featured in Great Model Railroads 2019. Hop on board as we travel from the snowsheds at Lizard Head down to Rico. Video by Dave Rickaby. […]
Kato USA HO scale General Electric C44-9W diesel locomotive HO scale locomotives General Electric C44-9W diesel locomotive. Southern Pacific and Union Pacific. Two road numbers each. Late hi-adhesion trucks, deck-mounted ditch lights, and illuminated number boxes. With motor and headlight control only Digital Command Control decoder, $260; with dual-mode ESU LokSound sound decoder (special order […]
WalthersMainline HO scale EMD F7 diesels New tooling and realistic sound highlight these HO scale General Motors Electro-Motive Division F7 locomotives from Walthers. Part of the value-priced WalthersMainline series, the models feature accurately detailed body shells and are available with optional dual-mode sound decoders that operate on Digital Command Control (DCC) and direct-current (DC) layouts. […]
