QSI Solutions c/o American Hobby Distributors dual-mode DCC decoder Are you looking to add realistic sound to your HO scale motive power fleet? The QSI Revolution-A supports an extensive library of downloadable locomotive sounds and is designed to fit a wide variety of locomotives. This dual-mode sound decoder will work on DC or DCC-equipped layouts. […]
Bollinger Edgerly Scale Trains HO scale freight house kit Price: $89.95 ManufacturerBollinger Edgerly Scale Trains375 Bean Hill Rd.Belmont, NH 03220www.besttrains.com Comments: HO scale New England modelers can add an accurate model of a prototype that still stands in rural New Hampshire with the Wolfeboro Freight House from Bollinger Edgerly Scale Trains. This craftsman kit comes […]
Atlas HO scale GP40-2 road diesel A great-looking GP40-2 is the latest addition to the popular line of Electro-Motive Division road diesels offered by Atlas. The new HO scale model is a smooth-running unit that represents what railfans call the Phase 1 version, and it’s offered with railroad-specific detailing in a Silver series DC version, […]
Dennis Murphy photo Product: Weathering Mix Company: Hunterline (Of Canada) http://www.hunterline.com/ 1-866-934-4174 Price: $5.00 (US or Canada) One of my favorite things to do in our hobby of model railroading is to build wooden bridges. Big ones or small ones… They are all fun to me. The only problem I seem to have is getting […]
SIXTY YEARS AGO, if you’d lined up Alco, Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton, Electro-Motive, Fairbanks-Morse, and General Electric diesels and tried to pick which would rule 21st-Century railroading, few would have guessed it would be GE. After all, General Electric was a late-comer to the locomotive business and was chiefly known for supplying electrical components to other locomotive builders. […]
INEXPENSIVE IS NOT BAD. Cheap is bad, but not inexpensive. Cheap means flimsy material and poor reliability. Inexpensive means “I’ll take two, instead.” Lionel seems to be steering the K-Line product line in a specific direction – and that direction appears to be smart, economical trains, rather than the high-dollar super-spectacular locomotives we came to […]
Watch Bob’s video introduction of Atlas O’s Industrial Rail starter set. Only from Classic Toy Trains. […]
Here is a video of the MTH RailKing diesel freight set. […]
ALTHOUGH THE SHAPE OF THE P5a BOXCAB bears a strong resemblance to a plastic cheese storage box, don’t let that fool you. This model illustrates the high level of detail that can go into a die-cast metal diesel or locomotive shell. […]
Action video of the SuperStreets sets by K-Line by Lionel can be viewed below. […]
Athearn N scale FP45 and F45 The semi-streamlined successor to Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe warbonnet-clad F units, Electro-Motive Division FP45s served briefly in passenger service but had long freight-hauling careers, as did the F45. The Athearn N scale FP45 and F45 feature many prototype- specific details. Prototype. In 1966, the Atchison, Topeka & Santa […]
Broadway Limited Imports HO scale PRR I1sa 2-10-0 Models of the Pennsylvania RR’s powerful class I1sa Decapod-type locomotives have just been introduced by Broadway Limited Imports. They’re offered in a number of versions that capture the look and feel of PRR’s standard motive power design. The models include automatic dual-mode sound decoders that operate on […]
