Name: Sandy Fork Lumber Co. Layout designer: Henry Fieler Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 9 x 16 feet Prototype: Elk River Coal & Lumber and other West Virginia logging railroads Locale: West Virginia Era: 1960s Style: walk-in Benchwork: 1 x 2 and 1 x 3 grid Height: 43″ to 58″ Roadbed: cork Track: handlaid code 70 […]
Athearn Trains HO scale EMD SDP45 diesel locomotives For the first time, a General Motors Electro-Motive Division SDP45 rumbles down HO scale rails as a ready-to-run plastic model. Part of Athearn Trains Genesis series, this HO scale SDP45 rivals the finest brass locomotives in terms of roadname- and road-number specific detail. I tested a version […]
Spring Mills Depot HO scale covered hopper Spring Mills Depot has released an interesting three-bay, 100-ton covered hopper that’s offered in 22 paint schemes. Of particular note, the model comes in numerous variations that have specific detailing to match the prototype paint schemes. Each of the cars is also offered in a variety of correct […]
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It’s sugar beet season! Union Pacific has assigned its biggest, baddest motive power to haul a record crop to themarket. This is an Overland Models three-unit “Big Blow” gas turbine in HO scale that I modified with LED lighting, two QSI Titan decoders (one in the lead unit generating the diesel sounds, another in the […]
It’s sugar beet season! Union Pacific has assigned its biggest, baddest motive power to haul a record crop to themarket. This is an Overland Models three-unit “Big Blow” gas turbine in HO scale that I modified with LED lighting, two QSI Titan decoders (one in the lead unit generating the diesel sounds, another in the […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page World-renowned MR columnist Tony Koester stops by to discuss progress on his HO scale Nickel Plate layout with MRVP Producer David Popp. Tony shares some new photos and insights related to scenes on the layout — all in this exclusive MRVP video you’ll […]
Name: Boston & Maine Layout designer: Bob Gurley Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 22 x 50 feet Prototype: loosely based on Boston & Maine, Maine Central, and Grand Trunk Ry. Locale: New Hampshire and Maine Era: fall 1954 Style: walk-in Mainline run: 128 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Maximum grade: less than 1 percent Originally appeared in […]
Name: Elm Valley RR Layout designer: Floyd Simms Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 15′-9″ x 16′-6″ Theme: logging and quarrying Locale: Pacific Northwest Era: 1950s to ‘60s Style: walk-in Mainline run: 75 feet Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 3-1⁄4 percent in helix Originally appeared in the June 2014 Model Railroader. Click on […]
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On April 22, Model Power announced that the company will be closing effective immediately. The announcement was posted on the Model Power website. For nearly 50 years Model Power produced hobby products that included N, HO, and O scale model trains and model railroad accessories. […]
Senior editor Dana Kawala installed a SoundTraxx Tsunami KT-1000 Digital Command Control sound decoder into an HO scale Kato USA General Electric P42. Watch the DCC-sound-equipped locomotive as it hauls an Amtrak passenger train around the Model Railroader staff’s club layout, the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy. […]
