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Part of the firm’s Rivet Counter series, the ScaleTrains.com N scale General Electric C44-9W is loaded with prototype-specific detail and comes factory equipped with an ESU LokSound decoder. See and hear the N scale Dash 9 haul a freight train along the main line of the Model Railroader staff’s N scale Canadian Canyons layout. […]
All this month — July 2020 — Classic Trains editors are celebrating the heritage, history, and images of the Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Railway. Please enjoy this photo gallery of images from the David P. Morgan Library archives at Kalmbach Media that include TH&B diesel- and steam-powered freight trains through time. […]
This HO scale General Electric B36-7 from Rapido Trains features an ESU LokSound 5 decoder. See and hear this new superdetailed HO diesel in action on the Model Railroader staff layout, the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy. […]
This HO scale General Electric B36-7 from Rapido Trains features an ESU LokSound 5 decoder. See and hear this new superdetailed HO diesel in action on the Model Railroader staff layout, the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy. […]
IRVINE, Ky. – Kentucky Steam Heritage Corp. has acquired SD40-2 No. 6162 from Norfolk Southern via donation. In its 42-year career, No. 6162 saw service in the Appalachian coalfields and hauled countless tons of freight through Central Kentucky. Chris Campbell, president of the nonprofit, says the addition to Kentucky Steam is a major milestone in […]
Monday midday rail news in brief: EU to decide on Alstom-Bombardier deal by July 16 European Union regulators have set a July 16 deadline to decide whether to approve Alstom’s acquisition of Bombardier’s rail division, Reuters reports. The deal, an effort to strengthen Alstom’s ability to compete with China’s CRRC, the world’s largest rail equipment […]
Part of the WalthersMainline series, this HO scale Electro-Motive Division SD50 diesel from Wm. K. Walthers features an ESU Sound & DCC decoder. Check out this smooth performing freight locomotive as Model Railroader senior editor Dana Kawala takes it for a run on the staff’s HO scale model train layout. […]
Part of the WalthersMainline series, this HO scale Electro-Motive Division SD50 diesel from Wm. K. Walthers features an ESU Sound & DCC decoder. Check out this smooth performing freight locomotive as Model Railroader senior editor Dana Kawala takes it for a run on the staff’s HO scale model train layout. […]
ERIE, Pa. — At first glance the 111-year-old locomotive plant built by General Electric in Erie looks no different, but new signs emphasize GE is no longer part of Erie. A new era has begun. So what is happening in Erie more than a year after Wabtec took control? The biggest change includes the integration […]
The Port Harbor Railroad in Granite City, Ill., has unveiled units honoring first responders and veterans. Steve Smedley Port Harbor’s Dominic Montero, left, designed the paint schemes for the two locomotives. He was joined at the unveiling by his father, Mario, of the St. Louis Fire Department. Steve Smedley GRANITE CITY, Ill. — The Port Harbor […]
The ripple effect of the global COVID-19 pandemic has impacted another National Model Railroad Association (NMRA) National Convention. Birmingham, England, scheduled to host the 2022 NMRA National Convention, announced that it will no longer be able to host the event. Birmingham’s decision to back out as host was driven by scheduling conflicts with another event […]
HO scale locomotives 2-8-2 Mikado steam locomotive. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; Baltimore & Ohio; Chesapeake & Ohio; Great Northern; New York Central; Pennsylvania RR; and Union Pacific. One road number per scheme. Die-cast metal boiler and frame with brass details, light-emitting-diode headlights, can motor, and front and rear metal couplers. Can be controlled with […]
