Timken launched an advertising campaign showing rolling stock of the day decorated in Timken colors. Rectifier! This is a Conventional Classics-series reproduction of the Lionel no. 2505W Super O Virginian Rectifier freight outfit from 1958. Without the Super O track, of course. Frankly, this isn’t a set that would have wowed me as a kid. […]
Shark from Eddystone In a once-in-a-lifetime steam-to-diesel transition period, the Pennsylvania RR had enough money and enough traffic to buy groups of locomotives from all the manufacturers to test their mettle. Though the locomotives of Baldwin came up short, the Eddystone, Pa., firm made some distinctive models. I’m a sucker for just about any Baldwin […]
Digitrax Zephyr Xtra Digital Command Control can seem intimidating, making some novices reluctant to make the switch from direct-current power packs. An upgraded version of the Zepyhr set introduced several years ago, the Digitrax Zephyr Xtra 3.0-amp starter set packs everything needed to add DCC to a medium-size layout into a single box. Though it’s […]
Bachmann HO scale Climax locomotive Angled connecting rods whir away and the chuffing sounds of the exhaust become louder and more rapid as the Climax slowly but steadily climbs the hill. Is this a scene from the Appalachian backwoods? No, it’s the Bachmann Spectrum three-truck Climax on our HO scale Milwaukee, Racine & Troy layout. […]
Kato N scale SD45 diesel locomotive This well-detailed N scale General Motors Electro-Motive Division SD45 is an upgraded version of a Kato USA model first released in 1996. This model’s all-new mechanism is easy to convert to Digital Command Control (DCC). The prototype. Built by EMD beginning in 1965, the SD45 was the first locomotive […]
ExactRail HO scale deck plate girder bridge Price: $44.95 (late version), $36.95 (early version and kits) ManufacturerExactRail LLC1053 South 1675 WestOrem, Utah 84058www.exactrail.com Era: 1920s to present Comments: This assembled plastic model from ExactRail makes it easy to add a highly detailed deck plate girder bridge to an HO scale layout. The bridge is 72 […]
Walthers HO scale TrinityRail 30,145-gallon tank car Price: $39.98 ManufacturerWm. K. Walthers Inc.P.O. Box 3039Milwaukee, WI 53201www.walthers.com Era: 2005 to present Comments: This new Gold Line model from Walthers is based on a popular prototype from TrinityRail. The ready-to-run tank car features a one-piece body with separate ends, factory-installed wire grab irons, and numerous separately […]
Athearn HO scale 50-foot insulated boxcar This Athearn 50-foot insulated boxcar is based on a prototype built by Pacific Car & Foundry in the mid-1960s. The Genesis series car features a high level of detail, including trucks with rotating bearing caps, separately applied door hardware and uncoupling levers, and etched-metal crossover platforms. The Western Fruit […]
ZURICH, Switzerland — The engineer that was operating the Glacier Express when it crashed last summer has been convicted of negligence and homicide, Swiss Info has reported. One Japanese tourist died in the crash and 40 were injured. Investigators say the crash occurred at a point where the line’s speed limit jumps from 22 mph […]
Bachmann HO scale USRA 0-6-0 steam locomotive This product is worth the little money you spend! That’s probably the reason why Bachmann put this product in their train sets. This model has handrails and plastic whistles and bells and e-z mate couplers. It costs around 50 to 30 dollars depending on where you buy it. […]
Walthers Gold Line series HO scale Trinity RD-4 coal hopper six-pack I recently purchased a pack of Walthers Goldline RD4 Coal Hoppers in BNSF (Power Bar) livery. The pack contains six highly detailed Trinity coal Hoppers. The model is well made with good weight to the hopper car. Each car in the pack has a […]
WASHINGTON — In late February, the Transportation Security Administration took over the Amtrak station in Savannah, Ga., and thoroughly searched every person who entered. None of the passengers got into trouble, but the TSA certainly did — big time. Amtrak Police Chief John O’Connor said he first thought a blog posting about the incident was […]
