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New products for November 2014
HOLIDAY HIGHBALL: A popular point of view for folks interested in getting more youngsters in the hobby is “Offer train sets with trains that kids actually see.” Fair enough, so MTH is offering the no. 30-4230-1 RailKing Genesis train set. The ready-to-run O gauge outfit includes an Amtrak Genesis diesel, three Amfleet passenger cars, a […]
O gauge MP54 electric multiple unit set from MTH
Price: $499.95 (no. 30-20174-1) Features: O-42 operation, one powered unit and three unpowered cars, interior decoration and illumination, powered unit has two can-style motors, ProtoSound 3.0 sound and control system, coil couplers on powered unit. One of the last, great memorials to the majesty of the Pennsylvania RR is the electrified railway line between New […]
O gauge assembled wood dairy barn from Menards
Price: $69.95 (No. 2791992) Features: O gauge-compatible, wood construction, fully assembled and decorated, exterior lights. Order online now at www.menards.com, or visit your local Menards closer to Christmas. When Menards, a regional home improvement chain, stuck a corporate toe in the water of selling seasonal train sets, it was great. When they began selling custom-run […]
O gauge RailKing line GP7 from MTH
Price: $319.95 (no. 30-20190-1) Features: O-31 operation. Scale dimensions, two can-style motors, coil couplers, smoke unit, ProtoSound 3.0 command and sound system Current production run road names: Amtrak, Baltimore & Ohio, Chicago & North Western, and Ontario Southland Ry. At some point in the 1980s, it occurred to me that I wasn’t seeing as many […]
Christopher Esposito’s compact O gauge layout
Read the entire story, only in the October 2014 issue! […]
Steve Nelson’s colossal dream layout
Read the entire article on Steve Nelson’s layout, only in the October 2014 issue! […]
RailKing Wheeling & Lake Erie SD45
Name: Adam Matthews Railroad Name: Lake Laurel & Hardyville Location: Ohio Scale: O Theme: Freelanced hi-rail Description: This is my new Wheeling & Lake Erie SD45 with a coal train. I collect motive power from Ohio railroads of every era and the layout was designed to reflect any era. So by simply changing the motive […]
Classic Toy Trains, July 2014
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Lionel’s 3666 Minuteman–and cannon–boxcar
The September 2014 issue’s Collectible Classic discusses this interesting boxcar. Joe Algozzini provides detailed information about the variations of this car. […]
New products for September 2014
SWOON FOR MAROON: Lehigh Valley F3s return to the MTH Premier line with the no. 20-20401 F3 A-B-A set. The O gauge outfit features can-style motors, coil couplers, directional lighting, a smoke unit, and ProtoSound 3.0. The set will operate on O-31 curves. The current MTH catalog also lists the nos. 20402-1 Great Northern, 20403-1 […]
Atlas O gauge Burlington F3 diesel
Price: no. 1640 powered A unit (two road numbers) $499.95, unpowered B units (two road numbers) $219.95 Features: O-36 operation (A unit), O-45 operation (B unit); two can-style motors; Lionel TrainMaster and RailSounds; speed control; coil coupler; smoke unit Current-production road names: Burlington Route, Chicago & North Western, Great Northern, Jersey Central, Missouri-Kansas-Texas, and Union […]
