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Member video: A model train leaving the kitchen
Type of Train: Diesel Locomotives
New products for the week of November 20, 2014
Athearn Trains HO scale Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe CF7 diesel locomotive HO scale locomotives Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe CF7 diesel locomotive. New road names: BNSF Ry. (Heritage I) and Watco (three Santa Fe patchouts, one number each). New road numbers: Amtrak and Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (round cab in pinstripe scheme, angled […]
Broadway Limited Imports HO scale PRR class H10s 2-8-0 steam locomotive
Broadway Limited Imports LLC PRR 2-8-0 steam locomotive A superb Pennsylvania RR class H10s 2-8-0 Consolidation has been released in HO scale by Broadway Limited Imports. It’s offered decorated in multiple road numbers with a choice of prototypical tenders. The model features BLI’s dual-mode Paragon2 sound decoder which provides smooth operation on both direct-current (DC) […]
MTH RailKing ES44AC Heritage unit
O gauge RailKing ES44AC diesel from MTH Price: $329.95 (no. 30-20170-1 Features: Two can-style motors, smoke unit, coil couplers, ProtoSound 3.0 command and sound system Current road names: BNSF, General Electric Evolution De-monstrator, Pennsylvania RR Heritage unit, Southern Ry. Heritage unit, Union Pacific Announced by MTH in 2013, the RailKing General Electric ES44AC diesels have […]
Locomotive startup Tractive Power Corp. manufactures three-axle industrial switcher NEWSWIRE
Tractive Power Corp.’s new TP56 three-axle switcher. Tractive Power Corp. VANOUVER, British Columbia – Tractive Power Corp. of North Vancouver has developed and begun manufacturing its TP56 industrial switching locomotive. The unit is designed for moving freight cars within industrial facilities – relieving the industry of having to rely on outside sources for switching. The […]
Trainfest 2014 show report
Athearn Trains HO scale Electro-Motive Division FP45 diesel locomotive HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division F45 and FP45 diesel locomotives. F45: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (pinstripe scheme); BNSF Ry. (ex-Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe yellow bonnet), Burlington Northern, and Montana Rail Link. FP45: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Super Fleet warbonnet) and Milwaukee Road. Railroad-specific […]
Former NJT U34CH takes first steps to restoration NEWSWIRE
U34CH No. 3372 in transit in late October. Michael William Sullivan BOONTON, N.J. – For the first time in more than a decade, a General Electric U34CH rolled along the NJ Transit main line. Last week, the United Railroad Historical Society of New Jersey moved the world’s last surviving U34CH, No. 3372, from the New […]
Minnesota Southern to reopen line, acquires larger locomotives NEWSWIRE
A Minnesota Southern train crosses a trestle at Magnolia. Steve Glischinski LUVERNE, Minn. – The Minnesota Southern Railway hopes to reopen the western end of its line following flooding which devastated the railroad last summer. Heavy rains struck the area in June, heavily damaging the railroad. No trains have reached the west end of the […]
Vermont Rail System locomotive roster
NOTES: 1. Owned by Ogdensburg Bridge & Port Authority 2. Lettered Washington County Railroad 3. Painted in 50th anniversary scheme 4. Built as ACL GP7 No. 103 in 1950, rebuilt by SCL to GP16 ABBREVIATIONS: CLP – Clarendon & Pittsford Railroad GMRC – Green Mountain Railroad NY&OC – New York & Ogdensburg Railway VTR – […]
Iowa Pacific purchases Illinois Central E units from CN NEWSWIRE
Nos. 100 and 101 running around an excursion train in Wisconsin in December 2012. Steve Glischinski CHICAGO – Iowa Pacific Holding is the top bidder for two Illinois Central E units from Canadian National. The two units, E9s Nos. 100 and 101 were put up for sale earlier this year after CN deemed them surplus. […]
Video Step by Step: Weathering an N scale locomotive – part 1
In this installment of Video Step by Step, Cody Grivno shows you how to model a weather-beaten modern diesel locomotive using acrylic paints. In part 1 of 2, he covers how to disassemble the N scale model, prep it for painting, and apply the characteristic deteriorating paint patches. […]
Video Step by Step: Weathering an N scale locomotive – part 2
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page This is part 2 of the Video Step by Step covering how to add weathering effects to an N scale diesel locomotive. Cody Grivno shares techniques for applying rust patches and soot effects, painting the trucks, fuel tank, and underframe, blending the various […]
