Rivarossi Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 Big Boy steam locomotive from Hornby Hobbies HO scale locomotives Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 Big Boy steam locomotive. Road numbers 4014 and 4018. Five-pole can motor with brass flywheels and improved electrical pickup on all eight drivers. Direct-current model with 21-pin socket for Digital Command Control decoder, $389.99; with LokSound Select sound […]
Read More…
ScaleTrains.com HO scale insulated boxcar The ScaleTrains.com HO scale insulated boxcar kit includes everything shown above. The underside of the boxcar features well-defined molded details. Got five minutes? Then you have enough time to build ScaleTrains.com’s HO scale Evans 5,100-cubic-foot-capacity double-plug-door boxcar. The freight car, part of the company’s Kit Classics line, features a one-piece […]
Read More…
Trainworx N scale PS-2CD 4,427-cubic-foot covered hopper Price: $26.95 (undecorated, $22.95) Manufacturer Trainworx Inc. P.O. Box 127 Delta, CO 81416 www.train-worx.com Road names: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (24 road numbers); BNSF Ry. (6 numbers); Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (6 numbers); Denver & Rio Grande Western Ry. (12 numbers); Missouri Pacific (12 numbers); St. […]
Read More…
BNSF Railway recently restored former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy lounge-buffet-dome-observation car Silver Veranda as the Canyon View for its business car fleet. Canyon View was once the observation car for the Denver Zephyr. Dennis Stern TOPEKA, Kan. — BNSF Railway’s business fleet now features a newly restored dome observation car. BNSF No. 35, Canyon View […]
Read More…
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Bob’s Train Box returns in 2016! Host Bob Keller highlights several new O gauge toy trains and ancillary products, including new freight cars from ETS, Atlas O, and Menards; passenger cars from MTH; a large industrial structure from Menards; books from various publishers; […]
Read More…
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Bob’s Train Box returns in 2016! Host Bob Keller highlights several new O gauge toy trains and ancillary products, including new freight cars from ETS, Atlas O, and Menards; passenger cars from MTH; a large industrial structure from Menards; books from various publishers; […]
Read More…
HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division SD40-2 diesel locomotive. Canadian National (North America scheme with Grand Trunk Western reporting marks), Illinois Central (black), Milwaukee Road (Hiawatha scheme), Missouri Pacific (Jenks Blue with screaming eagle), Soo Line (red and white), and Union Pacific (modern scheme). Four road numbers per scheme. Road-number-specific details, wire grab irons, and see-through […]
Read More…
Marc Horovitz 1:22.5 scale, gauge 1, animated cattle cars Bachmann Industries 1400 East Erie Avenue Philadelphia PA 19124 Price: $129 Website: www.bachmanntrains.com Cattle car with openings through which horse or cow heads appear; opening doors; plastic construction; plastic arch-bar trucks; metal wheelsets; working, truck-mounted knuckle couplers installed; hook-and-loop couplers also supplied; two road names available […]
Read More…
Marc Horovitz 1:29 scale, gauge-1 trucks Kadee Quality Products Co. 673 Avenue C White City OR 97503 Price: $49.99/pair Website: www.kadee.com 1:29 scale, gauge 1, Barber S-2, roller bearing, freight-car trucks; cast-metal side frames; metal wheels and axles; plastic brake detail; equalized Pros: Mostly-metal construction; weight of trucks will lower the car’s center of gravity; […]
Read More…
CHICAGO — Wells Fargo & Co. says that it will rename its First Union Rail railcar finance, leasing, and fleet management business to Wells Fargo Rail. The Company’s recent acquisition of GE’s railcar and locomotive leasing business has made Wells Fargo Rail the largest and most diverse railcar and locomotive leasing company in North America […]
Read More…
Walthers HO scale well car A Gunderson rebuilt all-purpose 53-foot well car is the first intermodal car in the WalthersProto lineup. The model features die-cast metal and plastic construction, wire grab irons, and etched-metal walkways nested in plastic frames. The Gunderson 53-foot well cars were built in the 1990s as 48-foot cars. As 40- and […]
Read More…
Bowser HO scale General Motors Diesel SD40-2 diesel locomotive HO scale locomotives General Motors Diesel SD40-2 diesel locomotive. CP Rail (small Multimark in two road numbers, as-delivered scheme, large Multimark with 8” stripes in two numbers, no Multimark with or without number on rear of long hood in two numbers each, and dual-flag scheme in […]
Read More…