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Sievers Benchwork I was looking for benchwork that was easy to assemble. Siever’s Benchwork is a regular advertiser in Model Railroader, so I figured it had to be a good product. When I received the benchwork, it looked nice, it was sturdy, and it could possibly be transportable (modular capability). It’s nice that the benchwork […]
T W TRAINWORX IS NOTED FOR BOTH ITS LIONEL DISPLAYS AND, MORE RECENTLY, ITS LINE OF LIONEL-BRANDED ARCH BRIDGE KITS. These structures evoke images of catalogs of the past with trains rolling beneath and across the bridge, and the name LIONEL centered in the archway below the deck. How neat is that? Jumping right inWhen […]
IN THE WORLD OF RAILROADING, IT ISN’T ALL THAT OFTEN WHEN A PIECE OF SECONDHAND RAILWAY GEAR makes as big a splash with the follow-on owner as it did with the original titleholder. The two Red Arrow Lines Liberty Liners fall into this category. OriginsWith great fanfare two of the stylish, high-speed train sets were […]
Marc Horovitz Gauge 1, 1:20.3 scale, 0-4-0ST live-steam locomotive Accucraft 33268 Central Avenue Union City CA 94587 Price: $549 Website: www.accucraft.com Gauge-1 model of an 0-4-0 saddle-tank locomotive; single flue, gas-fired boiler; pressure gauge; safety valve; filler plug in cab; reversing lever; displacement lubricator; two, piston-valve cylinders; simple-eccentric valve gear; piston-valve reversing; flip-over cab roof; […]
Kevin Strong Basic digital steam-locomotive sound systemHyde-Out Mountain Live Steam89060 NNRJewett OH 43986Price: $67.50 (including shipping)E-mail: Hydeoutmountain@verizon.net Easy to install, basic steam-locomotive sound Pros: Very simple operation and installationCons: Steam chuff tone rises as track voltage increases; bell has very short duration, must be triggered additional times for more than four rings When I first […]
Gary Raymond 1:32 scale, gauge 1, ready-to-run, Baldwin VO-1000 diesel-electric locomotiveMTH Trains 7020 Colombia Gateway DriveColumbia MD 21046Price: $429.95Website: www.mthtrains.com Plastic model of a Baldwin VO-1000 diesel-electric locomotive; modular electrical connections and car body; two, two-axle power trucks; one motor per truck; directional front and rear headlights; lighted number boards; interior cab light and details; […]
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Virginia & Truckee 2-8-0 No. 29 approaches State Route 342 at Gold Hill, Nev., on Aug. 8, 2010. Moments later it derails. See the PDF slide show for the non-stop action! Diane McCombs Virginia & Truckee’s afternoon train from Eastgate to Virginia City, Nev., derailed and blocked the highway at Gold Hill, Nev., on Aug. […]
DENVER – The proposed American Railway Explorer luxury passenger train is being mothballed just three months after its announcement, the Denver Post has reported. Officials with Xanterra Parks and Resorts, the train’s owner, yesterday told contractors working on equipment refurbishment to cease work. Xanterra, one of billionaire Phil Anschutz’s holdings, couldn’t be reached for comment. […]
Robert W. Downing Burlington Northern SPOKANE, Wash. – Robert W. Downing, a railroad legend who helped shape today’s BNSF Railway during a career with its predecessor roads, died yesterday following surgery. He was 96 years old. Downing’s railroad career began with Pennsylvania Railroad during the Great Depression. When PRR laid him off, he took a […]
This new HO scale Pennsylvania RR class I1sa steam locomotive includes Broadway Limited Imports’ new Paragon2 Digital Command Control (DCC) sound decoder. We ran the smoke and sound equipped Decapod on our Milwaukee, Racine & Troy club layout. […]
Atlas HO scale GP40-2 diesel locomotive The third run of Atlas GP40-2s has arrived and these are the phase 2 versions, which were purchased by roads such as Southern Pacific/ St. Louis Southwestern, Burlington Northern, and others. My review centers on the model of the SP/SSW version. Atlas once again has made a smooth running […]
