Building a portable Marx toy train layout

Building a portable Marx toy train layout

Name:    David Smith Forum User Name:    David Smith Description:    Here is my Marx portable electric toy train layout. It features Marx 6″ tin lithographed cars and metal engines. There are lots of Marx operating accessories that can be easily attached and removed from the layout. The Marx overhead crane has been customized to include an […]

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Walthers Mainline HO scale F40PH diesel locomotive

WalthersMainline HO scale F40PH

WalthersMainline HO scale F40PH A powerful passenger hauler, the Walthers HO scale Electro-Motive Division F40PH, is back as part of the WalthersMainline series. Although not as highly detailed as a WalthersProto locomotive, the F40PH has been upgraded with the same mechanism as a top-of-the line model. It’s also one of the first WalthersMainline locomotives to […]

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Athearn HO scale SD70M diesel locomotive

Athearn HO scale SD70M

Athearn HO scale SD70M Electro-Motive Division’s SD70M, one of the most numerous locomotives on North American rails today, is now offered in an HO scale model equipped with Digital Command Control and sound. This isn’t the first HO scale SD70M in Athearn’s Genesis line. Senior editor Jim Hediger ­reviewed a previous model in the ­November […]

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Moloco HO scale 50-foot plug door boxcar

Moloco HO scale 50-foot plug door boxcar

Moloco HO scale 50-foot plug door boxcar Like the prototype the 1981 repaint version of the HO scale Moloco boxcar doesn’t have running boards and features rooftop grab irons on the B end. The Moloco HO scale Santa Fe boxcar features a fully detailed underframe. Want a little color in your HO scale boxcar fleet? […]

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The evolution of a Lionel control panel

The evolution of a Lionel control panel

Name:    David Smith Forum User Name:    David Smith Description:    Here is a video of that goes along with my “Building a Layout” and shows the control panel evolution from the beginning in 2006 to its final state in 2013. […]

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New model trains for the week of September 10, 2015

Kato USA N scale Electro-Motive Division E9A and E9B diesel locomotives

HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division SD45-2 diesel locomotives. Arizona & California (two road numbers); Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; Conrail (Quality scheme); Maine Central (Pan Am Rys. scheme, three numbers); Montana Rail Link (two numbers); and Trona Ry. (three numbers). Road-number-specific details, RP-25 contour metal wheels, and McHenry scale couplers. Direct-current model with Quick Plug […]

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