I’LL BET THAT MOST children of the baby boom spent at least a little time in their school library thumbing through books about the Civil War or the Wild West. As model train enthusiasts, we probably spent extra time gazing at black-and-white images of impossibly frail-looking steam power and rolling stock – those trains always […]
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In the Fall 2006 issue of Classic Trains, we look at the Santa Fe’s great steam designs during the tenure of Chief Mechanical Engineer Charles T. Ripley. See clips of the giant 5001- and 5011-class 2-10-4’s on home rails in New Mexico and on lease to the Pennsylvania Railroad in Ohio from the Herron Rail […]
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In the Fall 2006 issue of Classic Trains, we look at the Santa Fe’s great steam designs during the tenure of Chief Mechanical Engineer Charles T. Ripley. See clips of the giant 5001- and 5011-class 2-10-4’s on home rails in New Mexico and on lease to the Pennsylvania Railroad in Ohio from the Herron Rail […]
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In the Fall 2006 issue of Classic Trains, we look at the Santa Fe’s great steam designs during the tenure of Chief Mechanical Engineer Charles T. Ripley. See clips of the giant 5001- and 5011-class 2-10-4’s on home rails in New Mexico and on lease to the Pennsylvania Railroad in Ohio from the Herron Rail […]
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In the Fall 2006 issue of Classic Trains, we look at the Santa Fe’s great steam designs during the tenure of Chief Mechanical Engineer Charles T. Ripley. See clips of the giant 5001- and 5011-class 2-10-4’s on home rails in New Mexico and on lease to the Pennsylvania Railroad in Ohio from the Herron Rail […]
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Kato N scale USRA 2-8-2 Price: $175.00ManufacturerKato U.S.A., Inc. 100 Remington Road Schaumburg, IL 60173Description: Plastic and metal ready-to-run locomotiveComments: Kato has re-released its handsome N scale United States Railway Administration (USRA) 2-8-2 heavy Mikado. This new run of steam locomotives includes a version decorated for Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, as well as a painted […]
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Bachmann On21/2 Forney A 2-4-4T Forney with dual-mode Digital Command Control (DCC) and an optional sound system is Bachmann’s latest On2 1/2 offering. The model is available with either outside or inside main frames and with or without a Tsunami sound decoder, in decorated or painted but unlettered versions. A unique design. The Forney is […]
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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 […]
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Gary Raymond 1:32 scale, gauge 1, ready-to-run Union Pacific “Big Boy” Accucraft Company 33268 Central Avenue Union City CA 94587 Price: $3,899; $4,330.00 with Phoenix sound systemWeb site: www.accucraft.com Predominately die-cast metal model of a Union Pacific 4000-series 4-8-8-4 “Big Boy” Locomotive; mostly metal and a few plastic detail parts; modular electrical connections; two motors […]
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Blackstone Models HOn3 K-27 2-8-2 Narrow gauge fans can now add a superdetailed die-cast metal K-27 to their HOn3 (HO scale, 3-foot-gauge) rosters with this new locomotive from Blackstone Models. The firm, which is a division of SoundTraxx, offers the model in a DC-only version or factory-equipped with its powerful Tsunami Digital Command Control (DCC) […]
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