Broadway Limited Imports HO scale Paragon2 SW7 diesel locomotive From the bleating of a single-chime air horn to the low rumble of a 567A diesel engine, this HO scale SW7 captures the distinctive sounds of the hardworking prototype. The Broadway Limited Imports model uses the same tooling as the BLI SW7 and NW2 made in […]
HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division F7 A-A and A-B diesel locomotive sets. Atlantic Coast Line, Kansas City Southern, Minneapolis & St. Louis (A-A set), New York Central, and Southern Pacific (Daylight paint scheme). Powered lead unit with dummy trailer; all are A-B sets unless noted. Metal wheelsets and McHenry scale magnetic knuckle couplers. $89.98. March […]
HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division SD40T-2 diesel locomotive. Denver & Rio Grande Western (with 88″ nose), Ohio Central (88″ nose), R.J. Corman RR (81″ nose), and Southern Pacific (123″ nose). Three road numbers available. Upgraded tooling, prototype-specific details, and McHenry scale magnetic knuckle couplers. $109.98. March 2010. Ready-to-Roll. Athearn Trains General Electric U23B diesel locomotive. […]
Late in the day, but early on author Fred Frailey’s trip, Pan Am train AYMO passes Otter Creek, Mass., on Aug. 6, 2009. Ryan Parent In our January 2010 issue, Fred W. Frailey explores Pan Am Railways’ history and its history-making partnership with Norfolk Southern Railway: Pan Am Southern, which provides Pan Am a lot […]
GENERAL ELECTRIC’S FOUR-AXLE VERSION OF ITS POPULAR DASH 8 LOCOMOTIVE SERIES was selected by the Santa Fe for high-speed freight operation. The locomotives proved reliable enough for the Santa Fe to acquire more than 80, and 20 years after they were produced Santa Fe successor BNSF still rosters most of them. Standing by for our […]
LIKE THE PEACEFUL ELOI BEING DRAWN TO THE UNDERGROUND TEMPLE OF THE MORLOCKS in the H.G. Wells’ classic novel, The Time Machine, so do hundreds of thousands of people descend into the dim, man-made caverns of New York City. They are fired through the dark, rolling along in chariots of steel through narrow passages only […]
MTH Electric Trains HO scale SD70ACe diesel locomotive Remotely opening couplers set this HO scale SD70ACe from MTH Electric Trains apart from other recent locomotive models. This is a feature that hasn’t before been seen on a ready-to-run HO locomotive. The MTH SD70ACe also has many realistic sound effects and operates on DC, Digital Command […]
HO scale locomotives General Electric C44-9W diesel locomotives. Chicago & North Western. Two road numbers available. Direct-current models, $135 each; with Digitrax Digital Command Control and sound, $215 each. First quarter 2010. Ready-to-run. Kato USA Inc. Model Power HO scale Electro-Motive Division GP20 diesel locomotive Electro-Motive Division GP20 diesel locomotive. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; […]
Freightliner No. 70006 represents GE’s new PowerHaul series, a potential competitor to the venerable EMD Class 66 diesels that currently rule in Britain. GE Twenty-four years ago, a British aggregate company, Foster Yeoman, took the unusual step of ordering American motive power for its movement of stone trains on the British rail network. Electro-Motive built […]
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 […]
Bachmann N scale DDA40X Locomotive The Bachmann Company just came out with another wonderful “Must Have” N scale locomotive. This time they developed a superb model of Union Pacific’s huge DDA40X locomotive. The Union Pacific developed these locomotives to take the place of at least two of their regular road diesel units. In fact, these […]
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 […]
