Click on the links at left to download the image sized appropriately for your computer screen. A manifest freight barrels through the crossing at York, Pa., on Brian Wolfe’s HO scale Western Maryland layout. Paul Dolkos shot the photo. Click on the links below to download the image to use as a background on your […]
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A Union Pacific Gas Turbine-Electric heads a mixed consist from Klamath Falls to Dog Lake. Filmed during Extreme Trains Weekend at the Colorado Model Railroad Museum. […]
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A Union Pacific Gas Turbine-Electric heads a mixed consist from Klamath Falls to Dog Lake. Filmed during Extreme Trains Weekend at the Colorado Model Railroad Museum. […]
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The Rivet Counter version of the ScaleTrains.com HO scale General Electric ET44 features prototype-specific detailing and an ESU LokSound Digital Command Control (DCC) decoder. Senior editor Dana Kawala used two of these superdetailed locomotives to haul a freight train along the main line of the Model Railroader staff’s Milwaukee, Racine & Troy layout. […]
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The Rivet Counter version of the ScaleTrains.com HO scale General Electric ET44 features prototype-specific detailing and an ESU LokSound Digital Command Control (DCC) decoder. Senior editor Dana Kawala used two of these superdetailed locomotives to haul a freight train along the main line of the Model Railroader staff’s Milwaukee, Racine & Troy layout. […]
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Name: The Tar Branch Size: 2′-9″ x 8′-2″ Prototype: Winston-Salem Southbound Ry. Location: Winston-Salem, N.C. Era: mid-to-late 1950s Style: shelf Minimum radius: 20″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: none Benchwork: L-girder Height: 46″ Roadbed: milled Homasote on ½” plywood Track: handlaid code 83 Scenery: Sculptamold on extruded-foam insulation board and plywood Backdrop: building photographs […]
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Name: Texas & Pacific Layout designers: R.D. Moses and Jack Luck Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 18′-8″ x 40′-0″ Prototype: Texas & Pacific Locale: rural west Texas Era: 1950 to 1960 Style: linear walkaround Mainline run: 193 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 3 percent Benchwork: open grid Height: 45″ to 54″ […]
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HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division SDP40F diesel locomotive. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (1985 nose and pilot configuration). Four road numbers. Leslie S3L air horn, illuminated Strato-light beacon, and removed steam generator with blank panels at rear of body. Direct-current model, $219.98; with dual-mode SoundTraxx Tsunami2 sound decoder, $309.98. October 2018. Genesis series. Athearn Trains, […]
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The Bachmann Sound Value HO scale Norfolk & Western Class J 4-8-4 models one of the most famous steam locomotives in North Amerida. Watch no. 611 as she chuffs along the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy main line with a railfan special in tow. […]
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The Bachmann Sound Value HO scale Norfolk & Western Class J 4-8-4 models one of the most famous steam locomotives in North Amerida. Watch no. 611 as she chuffs along the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy main line with a railfan special in tow. […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page A “Red Barn” from Bowser Trains and an N scale Olympian Hiawatha from Kato USA are among the new arrivals in this month’s episode of Cody’s Office. Associate editor Cody Grivno will also head down to the Model Railroader workshop to show you […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page A “Red Barn” from Bowser Trains and an N scale Olympian Hiawatha from Kato USA are among the new arrivals in this month’s episode of Cody’s Office. Associate editor Cody Grivno will also head down to the Model Railroader workshop to show you […]
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