Piko 0-6-0 with DCC sound and control

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Kevin Strong Freelance gauge-1 0-6-0 with DCC sound and control Piko America, LLC 4610 Alvarado Canyon Road, Suite 5 San Diego CA 92120 Price: $469.99 (decoder available separately: $144.99) Website: www.piko-america.com Plastic, gauge 1, freelance, steam-outline 0-6-0; integrated DCC control and sound; also compatible with traditional analog DC track power; directional lights; whistle blows correct […]

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Proxxon miniature chop and miter saw

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Marc Horovitz Miniature chop and miter saw Proxxon Prox-Tech, Inc.   PO Box 1909 Hickory NC 28603 US Price: $310 Website: http://shop.prox-tech.com Miniature chop and miter saw (#KGS80); will cut non-ferrous metals, plastics, and wood, as supplied; swiveling table, indexable at 15° intervals; built-in work vise; built-in work stop for multiple cuts of the same […]

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Rolling Stones Web Gallery and Map

FULL SCREEN Todd Atkinson CSX Transportation No. 2477, an SD50-2, leads an empty westbound stone train across the Little Kanawha River Bridge at Parkersburg, W.Va., on March 2, 2007. In the background, a loaded CSX coal train crosses the Ohio River bridge that was once part of the Baltimore & Ohio’s main line to St. […]

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Union Pacific freight station drawings

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Check out these plans for the Union Pacific Glendale freight depot from Model Railroader magazine. Union Pacific built this modern-looking freight station midway along the 1.25-mile Glendale Branch that once was part of the former Glendale & Montrose Ry. The post-World War II structure was built of brick with large windows for natural light, and […]

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MR Product Review: Bachmann HO scale F7 with DCC and sound

Bachmann HO scale F7 with DCC and sound

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Bachmann’s latest addition to its Sound Value line is a Elctro-Motive Division F7A and F7B diesel locomotives. The models come with Digital Command Control sound decoders and can be run on DCC or DC layouts. Steven Otte takes a pair for a test […]

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Big Boy story began in 1940

4021 Sherman Hill Kindig June 1949

No. 4014 climbing Wyoming’s Sherman Hill, behind helper No. 4021, on June 25, 1949. R.H. Kindig When Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 Big Boy No. 4014 takes to the rails again following restoration by Union Pacific, admirers of the huge machine would do well to remember two names: Otto Jabelmann and William Jeffers. It was Jeffers who, […]

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Searchlight sentinels

  This hot eastbound BNSF Railway “Z train” is seen near Bucklin, Mo., on July 28, 2013. The searchlight signals are a hallmark of the former Santa Fe route. Photo by Russell J. Lyon […]

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S gauge SD70ACe diesel by American Flyer (Lionel)

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In the September 2013 issue, I offered a critique of Lionel’s well-executed American Flyer passenger cars done in the postwar style. Although the cars were nicely made, their design followed the limited detailing of an older day, and so might not be up to par with a scale-detailed model railroader. This time we’ll examine an […]

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