WalthersMainline HO scale EMD SD50 diesel Electro-Motive Division’s SD50 diesel locomotive was the successor to its wildly popular SD40-2. Now a model of this big 3,500-hp brute equipped with an optional Electronic Solutions Ulm (ESU) dual-mode decoder is available from Walthers Mainline for your HO scale layout. The prototype. General Motors sold the first SD50s […]
Read More…
HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division SD70MAC diesel locomotive. Alaska RR (blue-and-yellow scheme), BNSF Ry. (green-and-cream warbonnet in one road number, Heritage III in three numbers), Burlington Northern (as-delivered green and cream scheme, three numbers), CSX (dark blue and yellow with “boxcar” herald), Mexican Rail Transportation (gray and red Kansas City Southern-style scheme, three numbers), and […]
Read More…
We reviewed the Rapido Trains HO scale MLW RS-18 in the June 2020 Model Railroader. The firm produced this video showing step by step how to remove the shell from the model to access the decoder and mechanism. […]
Read More…
We reviewed the Rapido Trains HO scale MLW RS-18 in the June 2020 Model Railroader. The firm produced this video showing step by step how to remove the shell from the model to access the decoder and mechanism. […]
Read More…
HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division GP7 diesel locomotive. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (black and silver “zebra stripes” scheme; two GP7/GP7B sets, two single GP7s, and one GP7B); Chessie System (Baltimore & Ohio and Chesapeake & Ohio reporting marks, two road numbers each); Illinois Terminal (as-delivered 1953 “rubber band” scheme with dual cab controls in […]
Read More…
We recently reviewed the HO scale Montreal Locomotive Works RS-18 from Rapido Trains in the June 2020 Model Railroader. The superdetailed model also features an ESU LokSound decoder. See and hear the diesel in action on the Model Railroader staff’s HO scale layout, the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy. […]
Read More…
We recently reviewed the HO scale Montreal Locomotive Works RS-18 from Rapido Trains in the June 2020 Model Railroader. The superdetailed model also features an ESU LokSound decoder. See and hear the diesel in action on the Model Railroader staff’s HO scale layout, the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy. […]
Read More…
Seeking information about the status of the status of several of Testors long-standing paint lines, we have received the following from Vince Pierri, Senior Manager, PR & Corporate Communications for Rust-Oleum: “With a long history of producing quality hobby kits and supplies, we are evolving our strategy to focus more keenly on Testors, our flagship […]
Read More…
AIS 708 runs around an empty Wisconsin Central boxcar for spotting at City Carton at the north end of the IAIS Hills Industrial Spur. Video by James McNab. […]
Read More…
Removing shell of model locomotive Watch this double-stack train as it travels around Horseshoe Curve at Caliente, Calif., on this N-scale model railroad. Video submitted by Eugen Hänseler. […]
Read More…
AIS 708 runs around an empty Wisconsin Central boxcar for spotting at City Carton at the north end of the IAIS Hills Industrial Spur. Video by James McNab. […]
Read More…
Removing shell of model locomotive Watch this double-stack train as it travels around Horseshoe Curve at Caliente, Calif., on this N-scale model railroad. Video submitted by Eugen Hänseler. […]
Read More…