FULL SCREEN Kevin Scanlon Don Colangelo, Delaware-Lackawanna chief mechanical officer, cleans the handrails on C420 No. 405 at Scranton, Pa., on April 9, 2012. FULL SCREEN Kevin Scanlon Colangelo and author Kevin Tomasic discuss Alcos at Tower 60, Scranton, Pa., on April 9, 2012. FULL SCREEN Kevin Scanlon Delaware-Lackawanna grain train SPG09 heads for Horizon […]
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Video: Lionel Archive Operating freight station
Bob Keller demonstrates how freight is loaded via conveyor belt to its destination, working either as a railroad structure or the loading arm of a trackside factory. […]
A wood pellet fired Ruby
Name: Eric Schade Forum User Name: captain perry Railroad Name: Visiting the Down East Light Railway Location: East Boothbay, Maine Scale: 1:13.7 (7/8 inch =1 foot) Description: Wood pellet fired modified Ruby I made a new boiler for this Ruby kit so it could burn solid fuel. She has a water pump working off the […]
Walthers HO scale El Capitan cars
Walthers HO scale El Capitan cars The arrival of a famous name train model is a much-anticipated event at the Model Railroader offices. Receiving the Walthers HO scale El Capitan was no exception. The ready-to-run cars accurately model one of the last streamlined trains to run under the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry. nameplate. […]
Con-Cor International HO scale New Haven Comet
Con-Cor International HO scale New Haven Comet Recently, if you were a modeler looking for an HO scale New York, New Haven & Hartford RR Comet, you’d either have to pay big bucks for a brass model (assuming you could find one) or embark on an ambitious scratchbuilding project. That’s not the case anymore, thanks […]
True Scene Modeling Fusion Fiber
Price: 1 pound bag, $20 ManufacturerTrue Scene ModelingP.O. Box 1322N. Tonawanda, NY 14120truescene.com Comments: True Scene Modeling introduced its first Modeling Fibre product a few years ago. Fusion Fiber is a new formulation of the same basic concept: a dry, fluffy product you mix with water to make a spreadable terrain cover. The material should […]
Kato N scale Maxi-Stack I
Kato N scale Maxi-Stack I Magnets help keep the N scale containers in place on the Kato cars. Price: $150 ManufacturerKato USA Inc.100 Remington Rd.Schaumburg, IL 60173katousa.com Era: 1988 to present Comments: This N scale Gunderson Maxi-Stack I from Kato USA features a level of detail once found only on intermodal cars in larger scales. […]
ExactRail HO scale Berwick 7,327-cubic-foot boxcar
ExactRail HO scale Berwick 7,327-cubic-foot boxcar The ExactRail HO scale car features a prototypically detailed underframe. North America’s automakers have depended upon railroad transportation since the 1920s, and auto traffic remains a popular theme for model railroaders. Thousands of specialized cars haul auto parts, including this Berwick 7,327- cubic-foot-capacity boxcar that’s now available in HO […]
Dad, trains, and me
In a photo by his dad, 11-year-old Michael Landry stands in Pontiac, Mich., with the Grand Trunk Western 4-8-4 they rode from Detroit on March 24, 1960. Hank Landry There I am, 11 years old, dwarfed by the Grand Trunk Western 4-8-4 on the next track during its stop at Pontiac, Mich., on March 24, […]
MTH O gauge TRAXX F14 Electric
Let’s face it. Electrified mainline railway operations in the United States have been small potatoes on the world scene. Sure, the Pennsylvania, New Haven, and Virginian lines were neat and functional, but the rest of the globe embraced electric traction far more extensively than did the United States. Innovation in the realm of electrics belongs […]
Woodland Scenics Rail-Track rail cleaning system
There are many ways to clean your track. You can grab an old T-shirt, shoot on some Goo Gone, and strong-arm it. You can buy one of several track-cleaning cars that let the trains do the work. Or you can try the Tidy Track system from Woodland Scenics. Tidy Track is a pretty handy way […]
Kent Johnson rainy day run-by
In the September 2012 issue, Kent Johnson demonstrated how he accomplished the realistic backdrop for his O gauge railroad. Subscribers can watch this rainy day run-by on a moody wet morning on his layout. […]
