Name: Chris Haon Railroad Name: L.P. & C.L. Railroad Location: Marietta, GA Scale: 1:29 Theme: Anytown, USA Description: In this multi part video series I will be taking apart a locomotive and walk you through the steps on how to paint it and decal it. I will be adding more videos so be on the […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this final episode of the mini-series, Cody wraps up the project by adding grab irons, M.U. cables, and then applying a touch of paint. He then shows how to re-assemble the Athearn HO scale GP9 diesel locomotive before giving the custom-painted Winston-Salem […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this final episode of the mini-series, Cody wraps up the project by adding grab irons, M.U. cables, and then applying a touch of paint. He then shows how to re-assemble the Athearn HO scale GP9 diesel locomotive before giving the custom-painted Winston-Salem […]
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 […]
Pennsylvania E7A 5901, one of the units constituting the big road’s first passenger diesel, teams up with an E7B and another E7A on a “Blue Ribbon” limited departing Chicago. This historic unit is preserved at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania. PRR photo […]
Check out how Ken Patterson, Mike Budde, and Chris Palomarez approach weathering the latest Athearn Genesis Diesels arriving this March 2016. […]
Check out how Ken Patterson, Mike Budde, and Chris Palomarez approach weathering the latest Athearn Genesis Diesels arriving this March 2016. […]
FULL SCREEN Eric Powell Lehigh & New England No. 611 as it sat in Emporia, Ind., awaiting loading onto a flatcar for transport east to Pennsylvania. FULL SCREEN Eric Powell A nose shot of Lehigh & New England No. 611 as it sat in Emporia, Ind., awaiting loading onto a flatcar for transport east to Pennsylvania. […]
Norfolk Southern B32-8 No. 535 leads local train P-87 near Asheville, N.C., in February 2015. The venerable Dash 8s are headed for the scrap heap. Grady McKinley ROANOKE, Va. — Norfolk Southern’s fleet of GE Dash B32-8 locomotives is headed for the scrap yard. Three NS B32-8 locomotives have already met the scrapper’s torch at […]
MTH HO scale C44-9W diesel locomotive The General Electric C44-9W was one of the most popular locomotives of the 1990s, helping establish GE as the dominant locomotive builder in North America. These six-axle beasts are now available in HO scale from MTH Electric Trains. The prototype. The 4,400-horsepower Dash-9 road freight locomotives were built from […]
Union Pacific SD70AH No. 8948 leads EMDX SD70ACe-T4 Nos. 1502 and 1503 along with three other UP units on a test train from Denver to Tabernash, Colo., up the two-percent grade in Coal Creek Canyon on March 7. John Crisanti DENVER — New Electro-Motive Tier 4 SD70ACe-T4s are roaming the rails of Union Pacific’s Moffat […]
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 […]
