Quick Look: Atlas O Pullman troop sleeper

Atlas O Pullman troop sleeper

Atlas O Pullman troop sleeper Price: $104.95 Manufacturer Atlas O 378 Florence Ave. Hillside, NJ 07205 www.atlaso.com Era: 1943 to 1945 (as decorated) Comments: Atlas mobilizes O scale model railroads for war with its latest release, a 40-foot Pullman troop sleeper based on ex-Weaver tooling. When the United States entered World War II in 1941, […]

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2017 National Train Show report, part 2

Bachmann Trains HO scale Siemens ACS-64 electric locomotive

The 2017 National Train Show was held August 4-6 in Orlando. Here are some of the items that were on display at the show. You’ll find additional model railroading products in part 1 of the 2017 National Train Show report. You can also watch video highlights of the show. Bachmann Trains HO scale Siemens ACS-64 […]

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2017 National Train Show report, part 1

Athearn Trains HO scale Altoona, Pa.,-rebuilt SD60E diesel locomotive

The 2017 National Train Show was held August 4-6 in Orlando. Here are some of the items that were on display at the show. You’ll find additional model railroading products in part 2 of the 2017 National Train Show report. You can also watch video highlights of the show. Athearn Trains HO scale Altoona, Pa.,-rebuilt […]

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New model trains for the week of July 27, 2017

Kato USA N scale North American UNITRAM street track basic set V60

HO scale freight cars Southern Pacific and Union Pacific class S-40-2 36’-6” stockcar with pressed steel underframe. Cast-urethane kit in multiple versions. Side castings with tow staple/jacking pads, one-piece roof casting, decals, and Yarmouth etched bronze Carmer uncoupling levers and side sill steps. Can be modeled with side doors open or closed. Southern Pacific kit […]

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Circus train cars arrive at Baraboo museum NEWSWIRE

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The Wisconsin & Southern drops off a circus stock car, passenger car, and flat car with wagons near the Circus World museum in Baraboo, Wis., this week. John Gruber BARABOO, Wis. — The Circus World Museum in Baraboo is preserving a little piece of circus train history. Watco’s Wisconsin & Southern Railroad recently delivered a […]

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New model trains for the week of July 20, 2017

Kadee HO scale assorted freight cars

HO scale freight cars Assorted freight car kits. Rock Island 40-foot steel boxcar in green and Boxcar Red (single car, $17.98; two-pack, $34.98). 36-foot double-sheathed boxcar with straight underframe and steel or wood ends (painted Boxcar Red with 1940s-style data, Mineral Red with early style data, and Oxide Red with early style data), $17.98 each. […]

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Talgo retools in Milwaukee NEWSWIRE

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A Breda A650 heavy rail vehicle from Los Angeles is among the first of dozens of cars Talgo will rebuild in Milwaukee, Wis., shops. Kevin Keefe MILWAUKEE — Spanish train manufacturer Talgo has entered the U.S. passenger-car overhaul market with a contract to rebuild transit cars for Los Angeles, using a plant it formerly occupied […]

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New products from the September 2017 issue of Classic Toy Trains

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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. […]

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Atlas HO scale FMC 5347 boxcar

Atlas HO scale FMC 5347 boxcar

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 […]

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Quick Look: Tangent HO 40-foot Mini Hy-Cube boxcar

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Tangent HO 40-foot Mini Hy-Cube boxcar Price: $44.95 Manufacturer Tangent Scale Models P.O. Box 6514 Asheville, NC 28816 www.tangentscalemodels.com Era: 1967 to 1990 (as decorated) Road names: Chicago, Burlington & Quincy; Burlington Northern; Denver & Rio Grande Western; Illinois Central; Milwaukee Road; and Northern Pacific. Multiple road numbers per scheme. Undecorated kit also available. Comments: […]

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New model trains for the week of July 13, 2017

Rapido Trains HO scale General Motors Diesel Division SW1200RS diesel locomotive

Rapido Trains HO scale General Motors Diesel Division SW1200RS diesel locomotive HO scale locomotives General Motors Diesel Division SW1200RS diesel locomotive. Canadian National (“wet noodle” herald with black cab and red/orange cab, and North America scheme with small “wet noodle” herald) and Canadian Pacific (block and script lettering, Action Red with 5” stripes and Multimark […]

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