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Download the PDF of this project here. This PDF is formatted to print on your home printer. Most pieces are formatted to fit on a 8.5″ x 11″ piece of paper. For larger parts of the plan, you will see “break lines.” Line up the break lines to create the larger piece. Despite our best […]
1:20.3 scale, gauge 1, long cabooseBachmann Industries1400 East Erie AvenuePhiladelphia PA 19124Price: $275Web site: www.bachmanntrains.com Plastic-and-metal model of a D&RGW long caboose; DCC ready; complete interior; working marker lights and table lamps; 8-wheel power pickup from track; complete underbody detail; sliding windows in cupola; sprung, diecast trucks; diecast couplers and other parts; working knuckles; two […]
M.T.H. Electric Trains HO scale “Little Joe” electric locomotive HO scale locomotives “Little Joe” electric locomotive. Milwaukee Road; Chicago, South Shore & South Bend; and General Electric demonstrator. Features to be announced. $399.95. Ready-to-run. M.T.H. Electric Trains M.T.H. Electric Trains HO scale 2-8-4-Berkshire steam locomotive 2-8-4 Berkshire steam locomotive. Nickel Plate Road. Features to be […]
Athearn, manufacturer of N scale and HO scale model train products as well as 1:50-proportion die-cast models, has announced that it will discontinue its line of Blue Box kits. This action is effective immediately. In a press release the firm cites that increased manufacturing and labor costs have caused it to no longer be able […]
Micro-Trains N scale bay window caboose Price: $32.85 ManufacturerMicro-Trains Line Co.P.O. Box 1200Talent, OR 97540www.micro-trains.com Era: 1980s Comments: The prototype for this N scale plastic model was one of the last cabooses purchased by the Southern Pacific Ry. in 1980. The model matches drawings in Freight Cars of the Southern Pacific, Volume 2: Cabooses by […]
Southern Car & Foundry HO scale two-compartment tank car Price: $49, plus $7.50 shipping and handling for up to three kits ManufacturerSouthern Car & Foundry970 Sunshine Lane, Ste. DAltamonte Springs, FL 32714southerncarandfoundry.com Era: 1916 to 1960sComments: This well-detailed model of a Standard Tank Car Co. tank car fills two needs. There have been few replicas […]
BLMA Models HO and N scale Norfolk Southern class G85R Top Gon coal gondolas A Norfolk Southern class G85R Top Gon coal gondola is the first freight car offering from BLMA Models. The ready-to-run cars are available in HO and N scales and have road number-specific load limit, light weight, and “rebody” date stencils. Prototype […]
Q How do railroads figure how much power is necessary for a train?– Richard Panarese, Mesa, Ariz.A Railroads determine power needed for a train based on the route, and the train’s weight and priority. BNSF, for instance, considers the “horsepower per ton” required based on what officials call the train’s “transportation service plan.” The transportation […]
I bought the product from Trainworld. While reading the instructions, I noticed it needed a decoder for working on a DCC layout. I wrote Atlas for a hint regarding a suitable decoder and was informed that the circuit board had a fault so for the present the best thing I could do was not to […]
Download the PDF of this project here. Note: This PDF is formatted to print on your home printer. Most pieces are formatted to fit on a 8.5″ x 11″ piece of paper. For larger parts of the plan, you will see “break lines.” Line up the break lines to create the larger piece. Despite our […]
HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division SD40 diesel locomotive. Detroit Edison Co. (DEEX reporting marks), First Union Rail (FURX), Montana Rail Link, Penn Central, Soo Line, and Wheeling & Lake Erie. Two road numbers each. Plastic handrails, wire grab irons, prototype-specific dynamic brakes, and McHenry scale magnetic knuckle couplers. $109.98 December 2009. Ready-to-Roll. Athearn Trains General […]
HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division GP38-2 diesel locomotive. BNSF Ry., CSX, Illinois Central, Iowa Interstate, Louisville & Nashville, and Penn Central. Two road numbers each. Factory-installed wire grab irons and McHenry scale magnetic knuckle couplers. $69.98. November 2009. Ready-to-Roll. Athearn Trains Bachmann HO scale Union Pacific Electro-Motive Division DD40ax Centennial diesel locomotive Union Pacific Electro-Motive […]
