Quick Look: Wheels of Time HO 62-foot bulkhead flatcar

Wheels of Time HO 62-foot bulkhead flatcar

Wheels of Time HO 62-foot bulkhead flatcar Price: Bulkhead flat: $38.95; 3-pack, $116.85; 12-pack, $467.40. Plain deck (no bulkheads): $35.95; 3-pack, $107.85; 6-pack, $215.70. Manufacturer Wheels of Time P.O. Box 846 Mountain View, CA 94042 www.wheelsotime.com Era: 1966 to 1998 (as decorated) Road names: With bulkheads: Southern Pacific, Golden West Service, St. Louis Southwestern (Cotton […]

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Ringling Brothers to auction off passenger cars, equipment NEWSWIRE

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Two cuts of Ringling Bros. circus train passenger cars sit side-by-side in Charleston, W.Va. Chase Gunnoe PALMETTO, Fla. — Managers at Feld Entertainment say they’ll auction the fleet of more than 120 railcars and other assets that make up the two Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus train consists. Passenger car collectors, tourist railroads, […]

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WalthersProto HO scale PRR BM70n RPO-baggage car

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WalthersProto HO scale PRR BR70n RPO baggage car The car has a detailed interior made of several plastic moldings. Contacts at one end of the car provide electrical pickup for interior lighting (sold separately). Fully-fledged post offices on wheels, Railway Post Office cars used to be called the most profitable cars in a railroad’s fleet. […]

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Quick Look: Atlas N scale Norfolk Southern gondola

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Atlas N scale Norfolk Southern gondola Price: Single car, $25.95; three-pack, $77.95; six-pack, $155.70 Manufacturer Atlas Model Railroad Co. 378 Florence Ave. Hillside, NJ 07205 www.atlasrr.com Era: June 1993 to present (as decorated) Road names: Norfolk Southern (with yellow conspicuity stripes, test roller bearings stencil, MW scrap tie loading stencil, and 263K GRL 1993 scheme […]

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New model trains for the week of February 9, 2017

Fox Valley Models HO Soo Line Fond du Lac, Wis.-built 50-foot 7-post plug-door boxcar

HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division F45 diesel locomotive. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (“Kodachrome” scheme); Burlington Northern (Great Northern patchout); and Great Northern. Three road numbers per scheme. Road-number-specific details, Flexicoil-C truck sideframes with high brake cylinders, and 4,000-gallon fuel tank. Direct-current model with 8- and 9-pin connectors for Digital Command Control decoder, $179.98; with […]

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2017 Railroad Hobby Show report

Atlas Model Railroad Co. HO scale Bombardier Transportation ALP-45DP dual-mode locomotive

Atlas Model Railroad Co. HO scale Bombardier Transportation ALP-45DP dual-mode locomotive HO scale locomotives Bombardier Transportation ALP-45DP dual-mode locomotive. Agence Métropolitaine de Transport (Montreal’s commuter agency). Details, release date, and price to be announced. Atlas Model Railroad Co., 908-687-0880, www.atlasrr.com Atlas Model Railroad Co. HO scale Bombardier Transportation ALP-45DP dual-mode locomotive Bombardier Transportation ALP-45DP dual-mode […]

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UPDATE: Nippon Sharyo lays off 100 more workers in Illinois NEWSWIRE

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A bilevel passenger car mock-up stands gleaming under shop lights at the Nippon Sharyo’s Rochelle, Ill., plant in May 2014. Bob Johnston ROCHELLE, Ill. — Another 100 workers have lost their jobs at Nippon Sharyo’s Rochelle manufacturing plant leaving an unknown, but likely small, number of workers at the facility. “This difficult decision is the […]

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Circus cars are sound, but heavily altered NEWSWIRE

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Elephants are unloaded from the Ringing Bros. “Red Unit” train in Charleston, W.Va., on April 19. Most Ringling Bros. cars have been “tunneled” out, meaning little original material is left on the cars’ interior. Chase Gunnoe ELLENTON, Fla. — At first glance, the announced shutdown of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus would […]

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New model trains for the week of January 19, 2017

Atlas Model Railroad HO scale 1932 American Railway Association boxcar

Atlas Model Railroad HO scale 1932 American Railway Association boxcar HO scale freight cars 1932 American Railway Association boxcar. New paint schemes: Soo Line (modern), Erie (1945 repaint), Pennsylvania RR (fictional paint scheme on two road numbers), Missouri Pacific (“Route of the Eagles” slogan), Roberval Saguenay, Seaboard Air Line (1934-37 scheme), and Western Maryland. Three […]

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