HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division SD70ACe diesel locomotive in Norfolk Southern heritage schemes. Central RR of New Jersey; Delaware, Lackawanna & Western; Erie; Illinois Terminal; New York Central; Norfolk Southern no. 1030 (1982 and 2012 number boards); Penn Central; Reading Co.; Savannah & Atlanta; Virginian Ry.; and Wabash. New m.u. receptacles, turbocharger compartment doors on […]
Pictured with the engine, left to right, are fireman Dean Gordon, mechanic Phil Reader, and engineer Willie Maine. Chip Sherman SILVER PLUME, Colo. — Georgetown Loop Railroad No. 12, a 1928 Baldwin 2-6-2, ran its last day in Colorado on August 1. The engine will be shipped later in the month to Midwest Central Railroad at […]
In 1956, the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry. re-equipped its El Capitan passenger train with all-new streamlined equipment, including Hi-Level cars. Check out this HO scale model of the famous train from Wm. K. Walthers Inc. We ran the train on the Model Railroader staff’s club model train layout, the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy. […]
The HO scale Comet from Con-Cor International features a factory-installed Digitrax Digital Command Control (DCC) sound decoder. Watch this New York, New Haven & Hartford RR streamliner run on the Model Railroader staff’s club layout, the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy. […]
Like many manufacturers, when Lionel had made prototypes of potential products, whether they went forward to production or not, they often held the single samples in an archive stored away for possible use in the future. Sometimes the market wasn’t right when they were proposed, or the technology wasn’t there to do it right. But […]
Bob Keller demonstrates how freight is loaded via conveyor belt to its destination, working either as a railroad structure or the loading arm of a trackside factory. […]
Walthers HO scale El Capitan cars The arrival of a famous name train model is a much-anticipated event at the Model Railroader offices. Receiving the Walthers HO scale El Capitan was no exception. The ready-to-run cars accurately model one of the last streamlined trains to run under the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry. nameplate. […]
Con-Cor International HO scale New Haven Comet Recently, if you were a modeler looking for an HO scale New York, New Haven & Hartford RR Comet, you’d either have to pay big bucks for a brass model (assuming you could find one) or embark on an ambitious scratchbuilding project. That’s not the case anymore, thanks […]
Price: 1 pound bag, $20 ManufacturerTrue Scene ModelingP.O. Box 1322N. Tonawanda, NY 14120truescene.com Comments: True Scene Modeling introduced its first Modeling Fibre product a few years ago. Fusion Fiber is a new formulation of the same basic concept: a dry, fluffy product you mix with water to make a spreadable terrain cover. The material should […]
Kato N scale Maxi-Stack I Magnets help keep the N scale containers in place on the Kato cars. Price: $150 ManufacturerKato USA Inc.100 Remington Rd.Schaumburg, IL 60173katousa.com Era: 1988 to present Comments: This N scale Gunderson Maxi-Stack I from Kato USA features a level of detail once found only on intermodal cars in larger scales. […]
ExactRail HO scale Berwick 7,327-cubic-foot boxcar The ExactRail HO scale car features a prototypically detailed underframe. North America’s automakers have depended upon railroad transportation since the 1920s, and auto traffic remains a popular theme for model railroaders. Thousands of specialized cars haul auto parts, including this Berwick 7,327- cubic-foot-capacity boxcar that’s now available in HO […]
Let’s face it. Electrified mainline railway operations in the United States have been small potatoes on the world scene. Sure, the Pennsylvania, New Haven, and Virginian lines were neat and functional, but the rest of the globe embraced electric traction far more extensively than did the United States. Innovation in the realm of electrics belongs […]
