Walthers HO scale Santa Fe 24-duplex-roomette sleeper Price: $79.98 Manufacturer Wm. K. Walthers Inc. P.O. Box 3039 Milwaukee, WI 53201 www.walthers.com Era: 1954 to 1963 Road name: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry. Comments: This lightweight sleeping car is the most recent addition to Walthers’ HO scale Santa Fe San Francisco Chief. The model represents […]
The layout is 61 feet long and between 3′ 3″ and 5′ wide. Style is European, set roughly in the 1950s and 1960s. Because this is enjoyed by grandkids, I’ve tried to make it interactive. They can fill tank cars remotely and load trains (and a ship) with two cranes, one at each end of […]
The layout is 61 feet long and between 3′ 3″ and 5′ wide. Style is European, set roughly in the 1950s and 1960s. Because this is enjoyed by grandkids, I’ve tried to make it interactive. They can fill tank cars remotely and load trains (and a ship) with two cranes, one at each end of […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page MRVP’s Jenny Maaske shares what’s coming to the website during the week of February 9th. In between running “little” trains on MR’s N scale Red Oak layout, Jenny talks briefly with David Popp about the layout’s DCC system installation, which was captured for […]
72-82: Western Pacific’s Final Decade by Ted Benson, Dick Dorn, Dale Sanders, Dave Stanley White River Productions, P.O. Box 48 Bucklin, MO 64631; 240 pages, hardcover, 12.25 x 9.25 inches; $79.95 www.whiteriverproductions.com North American railroading wasn’t always dominated by super-sized Class I railroads and a smattering of so-called regionals and short lines. Not that long […]
Athearn HO scale EMD GP9R diesel locomotive HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division GP7 and GP9R diesel locomotives with head-end power. Chicago & North Western (GP7 with high short hood, GP9R with chopped short hood). Two road numbers per body style. Road-number-specific details, wire grab irons, and detailed cab interior. Direct-current model, $189.98; with dual-mode SoundTraxx […]
Name: Terry Johnson Forum User Name: Tibet99 Railroad Name: Union Pacific Wasatch Division Location: Michigan Scale: O gauge Theme: Big time western railroading Description: We go on board a couple of steam locomotives with a GoPro camera. […]
This video shows how I lay track on my HOn3 layout. […]
This video shows how I lay track on my HOn3 layout. […]
Rare CPA-24-5 4500 (partially hidden by a signal box) and an F3B lead NYC’s James Whitcomb Riley north at Illinois Central’s 115th Street station; second car is a C&O Newport News–Chicago sleeper. Gordon E. Lloyd What makes a perfect photo? Perhaps first and foremost, “perfect” is an abstraction, perfection being generally defined in the mind […]
Name: Eric Schade Forum User Name: captain perry Railroad Name: Winnegance and Quebec Location: Phippsburg, Maine Scale: 1:13.7 (7/8″=1 foot) Theme: Maine two foot gauge Description: I built a steam rail bus powered by an Accucraft Dora…the smallest live steamer they make. Here she is plowing snow on my line. she does pretty well with […]
Name: Andi Engi Railroad Name: Xrot snowblouwer at work Location: Wengen Switzerland Scale: G IIm 1:24 Theme: snowblower Description: super snow conditions to hurl the Xrot by Mr. Getz. There were eight built. […]
