BlueRail Trains offers control boards that use bluetooth technology to wirelessly control model trains via a tablet or smartphone. The BlueRail Trains app has now been updated to include consisting and speed matching functionality. Check out this quick demo with Model Railroader senior editor Dana Kawala. Be sure to also check out the other BlueRail […]
In addition to being available in a wide variety of road names, the InterMountain N scale SD40-2 features an ESU LokSound Select Digital Command Control (DCC) decoder. See and hear the N scale locomotive in action on the Model Railroader staff’s Salt Lake Route model train layout. […]
In addition to being available in a wide variety of road names, the InterMountain N scale SD40-2 features an ESU LokSound Select Digital Command Control (DCC) decoder. See and hear the N scale locomotive in action on the Model Railroader staff’s Salt Lake Route model train layout. […]
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Price: Free Manufacturer BlueRail Trains 2540½ Foothill Dr. Vista, CA 92084-6578 www.bluerailtrains.com Comments: For modelers who use BlueRail Trains or Bachmann E-Z App Bluetooth train control, a recent upgrade adds consisting and speed matching functionality. BlueRail Trains introduced its Bluetooth control system a couple of years ago. A touch screen on a smartphone, tablet, or […]
Click on the links at left to download the image sized appropriately for your computer screen. New York Central no. 6024, a 4-8-4 Niagara, departs Ellison Union Station with the afternoon express, while no. 9403, a class A-2a Berkshire, enters the yard with a manifest freight on Lee Gasparik’s O scale layout. This trackside photo, […]
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An ammeter in a GP40-2 with the short-time rating plate below. Note the duplicate time chart listed on the gauge as well. Chris Guss Q Why is it that a D.C. traction locomotive can stay below its continuous full-power minimum speed limit for only 30 minutes while an A.C. traction unit can grind away in […]
SURVEYORS OF THE SEA LANES: Menards has bolstered its O gauge product line with two more flatcars with helicopter loads. The no. 279-3398 is a U.S. Navy flatcar with Navy MH60R anti-submarine warfare helicopter onboard. The no. 29-3396 U.S. Coast Guard flatcar with general-purpose MH65 rescue and patrol helicopter will handle operations closer to shore. […]
InterMountain N scale SD40-2 Our review sample features a split die-cast metal frame and ESU LokSound decoder. The metal contacts were bent down to make better electrical contact. A newly tooled N scale SD40-2 with a detail level that rivals larger scale models joins the InterMountain Ry. roster. For the most part the 1:160-proportion model […]
WalthersProto HO scale EMD GP35 diesel locomotive The WalthersProto GP35 has a die-cast metal frame. A metal weight surrounds the motor and flywheels and supports the decoder and speaker enclosure. The model has the thin side sill of a Phase II locomotive, as well as the later raised inertial filter hatch. The BN engine has […]
Atlas HO scale FMC 5347 boxcar Separately applied brake hardware and wire brake rods are just some of the underbody details on the Atlas HO scale FMC 5347 boxcar. A new HO scale boxcar based on a 1970s prototype has been released by Atlas Model Railroad Co. The FMC 5,347-cubic-foot-capacity boxcar features a one-piece injection-molded […]
