Moloco HO General American 50-foot insulated boxcar Price: $49.99 Manufacturer Moloco 302-5025 Harvard Rd. Mississauga, ON L5M 0W6 Canada www.molocotrains.com Road names: Conrail, Milwaukee Road (Hydra-Cushion), Missouri Pacific, Rock Island, and Wabash. Four road numbers per scheme. Era: 1987 to late 1990s (as decorated) Comments: Moloco has released a new run of highly detailed HO […]
At the National Train Show 2016 held in Indianapolis, Ind., the Model Railroader staff came across a line of professionally built test tracks from Good Deals DCC. Gary Cohn, president of Good Deals DCC, custom-built a 15-foot long version for the Model Railroader workshop. Follow along as Gary shows senior editor Dana Kawala how to […]
Accucraft 2-6-6-6 Allegheny Accucraft caboose Bachmann Thomas & Friends box van LGB gang car LGB open-air observation car Engines & rolling stock Accucraft Trains, 33268 Central Ave., Union City CA 94587, has announced two new products. The first is a 2-6-6-6 Allegheny in 1:32 scale for gauge-1 track, in both live steam and electric. The […]
Marc Horovitz Disc sander Proxxon Tools PO Box 1909 Hickory NC 28603 Price: $300 Website: www.proxxon.com 9 3/4″ disc sander (#TSG 250/E); cast-aluminum housing; double ball-bearing spindle; aluminum, tilting work table; electronic speed control; adjustable miter gauge; owner’s manual; approximate footprint: 11″ x 11″; height, 14″ Pros: Solid construction; easily replacable sanding discs; variable-speed motor; […]
Kevin Strong DCC-equipped 1:22.5 scale, gauge 1, steam-outline locomotive TrainLine Made in Germany Available from: Train Li 3 Kensington Way Upton MA 01568 Prices: $945 (analog DC); $1,145 (DCC) Website: www.trainli.com Mostly plastic steam-outline 0-6-0T; plastic side rods and valve gear; power pickup from all wheels plus skates; working headlights and cab light; available as […]
Turntable plan set in 1:24 scale Vilas County Lumber Company 12306 Lakeview Trail Homer Glen IL 60491 Prices: $18; plans only, $13; free shipping Website: www.VCLCo.com Photos of eight different turntables; full-size plans for 1:24-scale 60′ Lassig turntable; eight 9 1/2″ x 13″ pages and three 13″ x 19″ pages; spiral bound; printed in color; […]
Kato USA released a Second-generation Electro-Motive Division (EMD) Sound Card that’s a perfect match to its new HO scale mid-production SD40-2. Check out the realistic effects provided by SoundTraxx as Model Railroader senior editor Dana Kawala demonstrates the new Sound Card with a Kato Sound Box controller. […]
A loaded CSX coal train spans Pool Point trestle en route to Erwin, Tenn., from Shelby Yard in Pikeville, Ky. Chase Gunnoe Eastern Kentucky rail lines and Interstate highways Federal Railroad Administration Safety Map PIKEVILLE, Ky. — As U.S. coal traffic continues to slide, CSX Transportation is cutting further into its vast Appalachian rail network, […]
Delmarva Peninsula Google Maps WASHINGTON — Rumors you may have heard are true: Norfolk Southern will lease 162 miles of its Delmarva Secondary line in Delaware and Maryland to short line operator Carload Express. The new railroad, the Delmarva Central will be the fourth Carload Express short line, and doubles the mileage under the company’s […]
Progress Rail’s EMD Tier 4 emission compliant locomotives Nos. 1603 and 1604 are seen near Andover, Minn., moving south to Minneapolis on a daily train. BNSF Railway is helping to test the units. Steve Glischinski MINNEAPOLIS — Progress Rail and BNSF Railway have assigned two SD70ACeP4-T4 demonstrator locomotives to trains linking Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn., and […]
Jim McClellan Trains file photo VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Jim McClellan, a primary architect of North America’s modern railroad landscape, has died. McClellan was a life-long rail enthusiast who leveraged his passions for the benefit of the industry in the bankruptcy-riddled 1970s. Executives and planners relied on his knowledge of railroading and interpretations of maps […]
Caboose Hobbies, known as The World’s Largest Model Train Store, is now under new ownership and will move to a new retail location in the Denver, Co., metropolitan area. This announcement comes from the new owner Kevin Ruble via the Caboose Hobbies website at www.caboosehobbies.com. In August 2016, former owners Duane and Joanna Miller had […]
