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Free software available online, such as Sketchup, can be used to design models that are produced by 3-D printing services like Shapeways. Alex Marchand followed this path to model a CSX class U-13 phosphate hopper in N scale. When I was in high school in the late ’90s, I saw a TV show that ran […]
HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division SD70, SD70M, and SD75M diesel locomotives. SD70: Conrail (Quality scheme) and Illinois Central. SD70M: New York, Susquehanna & Western (three road numbers); Southern Pacific; and Union Pacific (with flared radiators). SD75M: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe. Four numbers per scheme unless noted. Road-number-specific details, operating ditch lights, and wire grab […]
Price: Single car, $34.95; six-pack, $199.95 Manufacturer MTH Electric Trains 7020 Columbia Gateway Dr. Columbia, MD 21046 www.mthhotrains.com Era: Mid- to late 1990s, as decorated for the LIRR Road names: Long Island Rail Road; Bessemer & Lake Erie; Burlington Northern (with side extensions); Canadian Pacific; Great Northern; Milwaukee Road; Soo Line; and Union Pacific. Three […]
Price: Ready-to-run 6-packs priced at $139.99 per set Manufacturer: Broadway Limited Imports 9 East Tower Circle Ormond Beach, FL 32174 www.broadway-limited.com Era: 1948 to 1980s Road names (six-packs): Illinois Central; Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; Baltimore & Ohio; Chicago & North Western; CP Rail; CSX; Denver & Rio Grande Western; Great Northern; New York Central; […]
Weaver Models, makers of O scale model trains and Scalecoat model railroad paint, will be closing its doors as of June 29. The Northumberland, Pa., model railroad manufacturer was founded in 1965 as Quality Craft Models, producing wooden kits in N scale to O scale. Today, in addition to hobby paint, the company produces O […]
Athearn HO scale Electro-Motive Division SD60M diesel locomotive HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division SD60M diesel locomotive. New paint schemes: BNSF Ry. (experimental merger scheme in one road number, Heritage I in one number, and Heritage II in two numbers), CSX (Conrail patchout), Norfolk Southern, and Union Pacific. Four numbers each unless noted. Five-pole skew-wound motor […]
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. – Norfolk Southern has donated former Southern Railway “Big John” covered hopper car No. 8744 to the Southern Appalachia Railway Museum. The car has a connection to Tennessee, as the Big John hoppers were maintained during the first half of their careers at the now gone Coster Shop in Knoxville. It will […]
The Columbia Star dinner train in Missouri. Erik Rasmussen TREGO, Wis. – The equipment set for the Columbia Star Dinner Train, is on the move to new owner Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad in Trego. The dinner train made its last run in October 2014. The train was popular among railfans for its two repainted former […]
Atlas HO scale 50-foot double-door boxcar Price: $32.95 (undecorated, $26.95) Manufacturer Atlas Model Railroad Co. 378 Florence Ave. Hillside, NJ 07205 www.atlasrr.com Road names: Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic; Canadian National; Maine Central; New York, New Haven & Hartford; St. Louis Southwestern; and Union Pacific (two numbers each). Era: 1957 to 1983 (as decorated) Comments: […]
Kevin Strong Replacement wheels for USA Trains diesel locomotives Northwest Short Line PO Box 1349 Hamilton MT 59840 Price: $36.95 for 8 wheels Website: www.nwsl.com Nickel-silver replacement wheels for USA Trains diesel locomotives (#2662-6); 40″ diameter at 1:29 scale Pros: Smooth finish, easy to install Cons: None Kevin Strong Kevin Strong I’m modifying a USA […]
Rapido Trains HO scale 52′-6″ mill gondola Price: $44.95; six-pack, $269.70 Manufacturer Rapido Trains, in association with MLW 500 Alden Rd., Unit 16 Markham, ON L3R 5H5 www.rapidotrains.com Era: 1965 to 1999 (as decorated) Road names: Canadian Pacific; CP Rail; Canadian National (two schemes); and Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Comments: A new run of Canadian-specific […]
Tangent Scale Models HO scale 8,000-gallon acid tank car Price: $44.95 (R-T-R, decorated or undecorated), $37.95 (undecorated kit) Manufacturer: Tangent Scale Models P.O. Box 6514 Asheville, NC 28816 www.tangentscalemodels.com Era: 1949 into the 1980s Paint schemes: (4 road numbers each, all GATX reporting marks) DOW Chemical Co. (1953 black scheme with bright yellow graphics), 1952+ […]
