O gauge F40PH diesel from MTH Price: $499.95 (No. 20-20683-1) Min Curve: O-31 Cmd Low: 2.3 smph Cnv Low: 2.9 smph High: 73.6 smph Drawbar pull: 1 lb., 2 oz. Features: Two can-style motors, ProtoSound 3.0 command and sound system, smoke unit Current-production road names: Amtrak (Phase III and Phase IV), MBTA, Metra, VIA […]
O gauge GP38-2 diesel from MTH Price: $499.95 (no. 20648-1) Min Curve: O-31 Cmd Low: 3.63 smph Cnv Low: 3.86 smph High: 66.1 smph Drawbar pull: 1 lb., 9 oz. Features: Two can-style motors, ProtoSound 3.0 command and sound system, smoke unit Current-production road names: Canadian Pacific; Detroit, Toledo & Ironton; Family Lines (Seaboard); New […]
Welcome to the enjoyable and exciting hobby of toy trains! Folks enter this hobby a number of ways. Perhaps you found your childhood train set after many years and want to relive the fun you had with those toys. Maybe you picked up a vintage toy locomotive and cars at a yard sale or an […]
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MAJESTY IN MOTION: Atlas O’s much anticipated F7 diesels have arrived, and these are some of the most striking locomotives to ride the three-rails. The O gauge models have two can-style motors, a die-cast metal chassis, and a smoke unit. A-units include a scale pilot and operate on O-36 or wider-diameter track. B units require […]
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URCHIN EXPRESS: Have a school on your O gauge layout? Then you need a school bus barn! The latest industrial structure from Menards is the no. 279-4033 school bus garage. It includes a three-bay work center complete with two buses, maintenance equipment, workers, tools, and background detailing. Outside the shop you’ll find a third bus […]
Name: Steven Allen Railroad Name: Look Memorial Park Haunted Train Layout Video Location: Look Memorial Park Train Station, Florence, MA Scale: S Scale Theme: Halloween Description: Members of the Pioneer Valley Model Railroad Club have built a Halloween themed layout for Look Memorial Park’s Train Station. It is available during the Haunted Train Rides on […]
Name: Steven Allen Railroad Name: Santa’s Trains at Look Park Location: Look Memorial Park Florence, MA Scale: S Scale Theme: Christmas Description: The Pioneer Valley Model Railroad Club has built 3 S Gauge layouts for Look Memorial Park’s Christmas event known as Santa’s Trains at Look Park. This is the main layout of 3 layouts […]
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Name: Terry Johnson Forum User Name: tibet99 Railroad Name: Lionel Postwar Layout Location: Michigan Scale: 1/48 Theme: Classic Lionel postwar trains Description: I have a decent high rail layout but got the urge recently to run my Lionel postwar trains. I dug out my Kalmbach book “Classic Lionel Display Layouts You Can Build” by Roger […]
