The Atlas HO scale Alco RS-1 diesel locomotive comes equipped with an ESU LokSound Select Digital Command Control (DCC) decoder. See and hear the HO scale locomotive haul a freight train along the Model Railroader staff’s club model train layout, the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy. […]
1:20.3 scale, gauge 1, live-steam Shay Accucraft 33268 Central Avenue Union City CA 94587 Price: $2,299 Website: www.accucraft.com 1:20.3 scale, gauge 1, live-steam model of a 28-ton, three-cylinder Shay; steel, brass, and stainless-steel construction; butane fired—gas tank in bunker; hand pump in bunker; blow-off pressure, 55 psi; fittings include safety valve, throttle, water glass, pressure […]
Prototype Compressed Natural Gas powered loco TEM19 001 outside Russia’s Bryansk Engineering Plant. The CNG tank is clearly visible at the hood end. Transmasholding MOSCOW — Having completed acceptance trials on the first unit, Russian Railways (RZD) now plans an order of 50 locomotives powered by compressed natural gas. The Class TEM19 locomotive, built by […]
One of the most popular second-generation diesels to serve on North American rails returns to N scale with accurate details and an upgraded mechanism. The Walthers N scale GP38-2 has a redesigned frame compared to the earlier Life-Like Proto N release. This Direct-Current (DC) model is easily converted to Digital Command Control. The prototype. The […]
Price: Single car, $34.95; six-pack, $199.95 Manufacturer MTH Electric Trains 7020 Columbia Gateway Dr. Columbia, MD 21046 www.mthhotrains.com Era: Mid- to late 1990s, as decorated for the LIRR Road names: Long Island Rail Road; Bessemer & Lake Erie; Burlington Northern (with side extensions); Canadian Pacific; Great Northern; Milwaukee Road; Soo Line; and Union Pacific. Three […]
N&W No. 611 passes through Dry Fork, Va., with a short freight train as part of a June 15 ferry move. Kevin Gilliam Newly restored Norfolk & Western Class J 4-8-4 No. 611 was back in action Monday, in somewhat unexpected fashion: as a freight hauler. After trips for the Norfolk Southern 21st Century Steam […]
From the pioneering long hood/short hood configuration to the staccato growl of its prime mover, the Alco RS-1 lives on in this accurate HO scale model from Atlas. I reviewed the Digital Command Control-equipped version that includes a factory-installed ESU LokSound Select dual-mode sound decoder. The prototype. Alco introduced the light road switcher, the RS-1, […]
The Bachmann Trains HO scale heavyweight passengers cars include flush-fitting windows and LED overhead interior lighting. A new body shell and other details highlight Bachmann’s recently released HO scale heavyweight passenger cars. The company has offered heavyweight passenger cars in the past, but these models, a coach and a passenger/baggage combine, feature finer rivet detail, […]
Price: Ready-to-run 6-packs priced at $139.99 per set Manufacturer: Broadway Limited Imports 9 East Tower Circle Ormond Beach, FL 32174 www.broadway-limited.com Era: 1948 to 1980s Road names (six-packs): Illinois Central; Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; Baltimore & Ohio; Chicago & North Western; CP Rail; CSX; Denver & Rio Grande Western; Great Northern; New York Central; […]
A runaway coal truck temporarily closed Norfolk Southern’s Pittsburgh Line in Summerhill, Pa. Erik Rasmussen SUMMERHILL, Pa. – A runaway coal truck crashed onto the NS Pittsburgh Line Friday, damaged two tracks and stopping main line rail traffic. At approximately 3 p.m. on June 12, a coal-hauling dump truck lost its brakes while travelling southeast […]
Weaver Models, makers of O scale model trains and Scalecoat model railroad paint, will be closing its doors as of June 29. The Northumberland, Pa., model railroad manufacturer was founded in 1965 as Quality Craft Models, producing wooden kits in N scale to O scale. Today, in addition to hobby paint, the company produces O […]
Athearn HO scale Electro-Motive Division SD60M diesel locomotive HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division SD60M diesel locomotive. New paint schemes: BNSF Ry. (experimental merger scheme in one road number, Heritage I in one number, and Heritage II in two numbers), CSX (Conrail patchout), Norfolk Southern, and Union Pacific. Four numbers each unless noted. Five-pole skew-wound motor […]
