International Hobby Corp. HO scale USRA Light Mikado This 2-8-2 Mikado is a medium-size steam freight locomotive that comes ready-to-run and performs extremely well. It includes a Digital Command Control socket for easy conversion to DCC. The model comes decorated in 11 road names and includes a USRA 32-foot rectangular coal tender. Made by International […]
OMAHA, Neb. – Union Pacific “Challenger” steam locomotive No. 3985 will tour the Midwest this fall, covering 1,750 miles in 23 days and visiting towns in Iowa, Nebraska, and Minnesota. To help people track the trip, UP has installed a global positioning satellite transmitted in one of the train’s cars and will use it to […]
Okay, so Czar Nicholas II lost the Bolshevik revolution and allowed Russia to slide into four generations of murderous totalitarian rule. But let’s not dwell on the negative – look at the bright side: American railroads got all those 2-10-0s Decapods that were built in the United States to help the Russians fight the Kaiser […]
Let me get this out on the table. The GP7/GP9 is a key locomotive in the history of American railroading. In the realm of O gauge train operations, I own at least four traditional Lionel GP7/GP9s and a Geep set from Williams. That having been noted, I can think of few locomotives that make me […]
Enjoy a streaming video of the O gauge Premier Line 2-10-0 Russian decapod by MTH. It retails for $999.99 (no. 20-3310-1) and features can style motors, O-31 operation, die-cast metal construction, ProtoSound 2.0, and coil coupler on tender. […]
HO scale locomotives Northern Pacific Electro-Motive Division F7 diesel locomotives. “Main Street of the Northwest” slogan. Five-pole skew-wound motor with flywheels, prototype-specific details, and magnetic knuckle couplers. Sound-equipped units have individual sound boards installed in both A and B units. A unit only: without sound, $139.98; with sound, $209.98. A-B set: without sound, $279.98; with […]
Walthers is pleased to officially announce its newest HO Scale name train – the world-famous 20th Century Limited. Like its famous prototype, the First Edition 20th Century Limited is completely “New from Diesels to Lookout Lounge!” For the first time, modelers can build a complete and affordable Century fleet with authentic replicas of the 1948 […]
Oso Railworks, Inc. of Hamilton, Montana, is pleased to announce that it hasacquired Seattle-based NorthWest Short Line in its entirety. All of NWSL’s operations will bemoved to Hamilton, MT, where production of NWSL’s entire product line will continue. NorthWest Short Line has a 50-year tradition of excellence, producing precisiondrivetrain components and wheelsets in virtually all […]
Marc Horovitz 1:20.3 scale, gauge 1, live-steam 4-4-0Accucraft33268 Central AvenueUnion City CA 94578Price: $1,895Web site: www.accucraft.com All metal, live-steam model of a Baldwin 4-4-0; sprung chassis; sprung tender trucks; fittings include throttle, safety valve, water glass, pressure gauge, lubricator; single-flue boiler; butane fired; simple-eccentric-with-reversing-link reversing, controlled from the cab; painted and lettered; some minor assembly […]
Kevin Strong 1:24 scale, gauge 1, ready-to-run 2-8-0 (with wood-style caboose)Aristo-Craft Trains698 S. 21st St.Irvington NJ 07111Price: $420Web site: www.aristocraft.com Plastic, electrically powered model of the C-16 class (formerly class 60) locomotive of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad; comes with a matching plastic model of the D&RG wood long caboose; minimum radius, 2′. Dimensions […]
DVD review Backyard Railroads: Crystal Springs Garden Railroad TourMovie-Mix Productions282 Kerry DriveSanta Clara CA 95050Price: $12.95 + $5.75 s&hWeb site: www.moviemix.com60 minutes Master Model Railroader Jack Verducci is well known to readers of Garden Railways. His Crystal Springs Railroad is one of the finest garden railways anywhere and is unique in a number of different […]
Marc Horovitz 1:20.3 scale, gauge 1, archbar-truck kitEast Gary Car Company3828 St. Joseph CourtLake Station IN 46405Price: $24.95/pr. + $5 s&h All-metal truck kit; white-metal frames and bolsters; insulated steel wheels and axles; instructions supplied. Wheelbase, 2.103″; wheel diameter, 1.275″. In 1:20.3, this works out to 42.69″ and 25.88″, respectively Pros: Simple construction; beautiful wheel […]
