Moloco HO scale 50-foot plug door boxcar Like the prototype the 1981 repaint version of the HO scale Moloco boxcar doesn’t have running boards and features rooftop grab irons on the B end. The Moloco HO scale Santa Fe boxcar features a fully detailed underframe. Want a little color in your HO scale boxcar fleet? […]
Wuiske Models HO scale Queensland Rys. 1550 class diesel Price: $295 (Australian) for HO or HOn3 version Manufacturer Wuiske Models PO Box 131 Jandowae, QLD Australia 4410 www.wuiskemodels.com Era: early 1970s to 2000s Comments: A freight locomotive that served on Australia’s Queensland Rys. is available from Wuiske Models in HO scale standard gauge and HOn3 […]
Fox Valley Models HO GP60M and GP60B diesel locomotives Dressed up in the warbonnet livery of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry., Fox Valley Models’ GP60M and GP60B model unique ATSF prototypes. Both HO scale locomotives are available with ESU LokSound dual-mode decoders for realistic sound effects on direct-current and Digital Command Control layouts. […]
Broadway Limited HO scale RF-16 diesel locomotive With their angled noses and canted sides, these locomotives aren’t your typical cab units. Broadway Limited Imports’ new Baldwin RF-16 Sharks cut a different path in the locomotive pool. Thanks to the company’s Paragon2 sound decoder, the rumble of Baldwin’s 608A turbocharged 1,600-horsepower 8 cylinder engine emanates from […]
Walthers HO scale Capitol Limited kitchen and diner cars The Baltimore & Ohio’s Capitol Limited of the 1950s is Walthers’ newest name train. It has a 10-car streamlined consist, including eight newly tooled cars, pulled by Electro-Motive Division E9A-E8Bm-E9A locomotives. This kitchen-dormitory-dining car set is one of the train’s new signature cars. The prototype. The […]
Athearn HO scale Bethlehem Steel F89FH flatcar with Whitehead & Kales bi-level Auto-Pack Price: $49.98 Manufacturer Athearn Trains 1600 Forbes Way, Ste. 120 Long Beach, CA 90810 www.athearn.com Era: 1960s to 1980s Road names: Chicago, Burlington & Quincy; Illinois Central; Norfolk & Western (BTTX and TTBX reporting marks); New York Central; St. Louis-San Francisco; and […]
The Woodland Scenics Just Plug lighting system is truly plug and play. You can connect up to four LEDs into each Light Hub. You want lights on your layout, but the thought of designing circuits, stripping wire, tedious soldering, and mounting lights just turns you off. Well, you don’t have to go through all that […]
Kato HO scale GP35 diesel locomotive The 2015 version of Kato’s GP35 features a printed-circuit board with an eight-pin socket for a Digital Command Control decoder. The Kato HO scale GP35 features many separately applied detail parts including the handrails and air horn. After a long hiatus, the Electro-Motive Division GP35 diesel locomotive has returned […]
Rapido HO scale F40PH-2D The die-cast metal chassis surrounds the motor and brass flywheels. The ESU LokSound decoder fits into a 21-pin socket on the main printed-circuit board. The Rapido Trains HO scale F40PH-2D features many separate detail parts, including etched-metal radiator grills and air-intake screens. Screaming into the station with the realistic sound of […]
WalthersProto HO scale EMD F7A and F7B diesels Price: $529.98 (A-B set, DCC sound), $269.98 (A unit, DCC sound), $329.98 (A-B set, DC, no sound), $169.98 (A unit, DC, no sound) Manufacturer Wm. K. Walthers Inc. 5601 W. Florist Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53218 www.walthers.com Era: 1952 to 1970s Comments: A pair of prototypically detailed F7s […]
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One of the most popular second-generation diesels to serve on North American rails returns to N scale with accurate details and an upgraded mechanism. The Walthers N scale GP38-2 has a redesigned frame compared to the earlier Life-Like Proto N release. This Direct-Current (DC) model is easily converted to Digital Command Control. The prototype. The […]
