An upgraded Atlas O RS-1

An upgraded Atlas O RS-1

Name:    Dave Condon Railroad Name:    Northern Pacific, RS-1 Engine #803 Location:    Kirkland, WA Scale:    O Scale Theme:    North Idaho Division Description:    This is an example of a refurbished Atlas 0 RS-1. Basically the engine was non-functional. It stalled on Atlas O 0-54 switches. It barely had a speed control and the sound board was generic. […]

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An upgraded Atlas O RS-1

An upgraded Atlas O RS-1

Name:    Dave Condon Railroad Name:    Northern Pacific, RS-1 Engine #803 Location:    Kirkland, WA Scale:    O Scale Theme:    North Idaho Division Description:    This is an example of a refurbished Atlas 0 RS-1. Basically the engine was non-functional. It stalled on Atlas O 0-54 switches. It barely had a speed control and the sound board was generic. […]

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Video: Atlas HO scale Alco RS-1 diesel

Atlas HO scale Alco RS1 diesel

The Atlas HO scale Alco RS-1 diesel locomotive comes equipped with an ESU LokSound Select Digital Command Control (DCC) decoder. See and hear the HO scale locomotive haul a freight train along the Model Railroader staff’s club model train layout, the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy. […]

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Video: Atlas HO scale Alco RS-1 diesel

Atlas HO scale Alco RS1 diesel

The Atlas HO scale Alco RS-1 diesel locomotive comes equipped with an ESU LokSound Select Digital Command Control (DCC) decoder. See and hear the HO scale locomotive haul a freight train along the Model Railroader staff’s club model train layout, the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy. […]

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Atlas HO scale Alco RS-1 diesel locomotive

Atlas HO scale RS-1 diesel locomotive

From the pioneering long hood/short hood configuration to the staccato growl of its prime mover, the Alco RS-1 lives on in this accurate HO scale model from Atlas. I reviewed the Digital Command Control-equipped version that includes a factory-installed ESU LokSound Select dual-mode sound decoder. The prototype. Alco introduced the light road switcher, the RS-1, […]

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New toy train products for the July 2015 issue

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HIGH-HOOD HEAVYWEIGHT: MTH Electric Trains has expanded its RailKing motive roster with an O gauge EMD SD9 painted and lettered for the Chessie System (Baltimore & Ohio). The no. 30-20196-1 diesel locomotive is capable of O-32 operation and features a metal frame and die-cast metal trucks and couplers, two can-style motors, an operating smoke unit, […]

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Arnold N scale U25C diesel locomotive

Hornby America N scale Arnold U25C

Arnold provides a six-pin socket for installing an NEM-style Digital Command Control decoder. Digitrax and Train Control Systems sell decoders that fit. The Louisville & Nashville locomotive has a peaked pilot, different horn, and a different location for the firecracker antenna from the CB&Q sample. An old name has returned to N scale with a […]

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Quick Look: Atlas HO scale 50-foot double-door boxcar

Atlas HO scale 50-foot double-door boxcar

Atlas HO scale 50-foot double-door boxcar Price: $32.95 (undecorated, $26.95) Manufacturer Atlas Model Railroad Co. 378 Florence Ave. Hillside, NJ 07205 www.atlasrr.com Road names: Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic; Canadian National; Maine Central; New York, New Haven & Hartford; St. Louis Southwestern; and Union Pacific (two numbers each). Era: 1957 to 1983 (as decorated) Comments: […]

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