Denver, Front Range & Western

Denver Front Range Western

Name: Denver, Front Range & WesternLayout designer: Doug TagsoldScale: HO (1: 87.1)Size: 25 x 40 feetPrototype: Union PacificLocale: Denver west into the Rocky MountainsStyle: double-deck linear walkaroundEra: 2005Mainline run: 450 feetMinimum radius: 30″Minimum turnout: no. 6Maximum grade: 2.5 percent Originally appeared in the April 2012 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the link to download […]

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New products for February 23, 2012

Athearn HO scale Electro-Motive Division GP35 diesel locomotive

Athearn HO scale Electro-Motive Division GP35 diesel locomotives HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division GP35 diesel locomotive. New paint schemes and road numbers: Southern Pacific; CP Rail; Denver & Rio Grande Western; Nickel Plate Road; Toledo, Peoria & Western; and Western Maryland. Three road numbers each. Directional headlights, prototype-specific details, and McHenry scale magnetic knuckle couplers. […]

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Building the HO scale Virginian Ry. part 19

David Popp next to layout

The scenery, wiring, and structures are finally complete on this Model Railroader project model train layout. The HO scale Virginian Ry. also includes the 2 x 6-foot Turtle Creek extension and a 7 x 78 inch staging yard. Managing editor David Popp shows you how to connect the benchwork and wiring for the sections. He’ll […]

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Building the HO scale Virginian Ry. part 19

David Popp next to layout

The scenery, wiring, and structures are finally complete on this Model Railroader project model train layout. The HO scale Virginian Ry. also includes the 2 x 6-foot Turtle Creek extension and a 7 x 78 inch staging yard. Managing editor David Popp shows you how to connect the benchwork and wiring for the sections. He’ll […]

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Building the HO scale Virginian Ry. part 9

David Popp next to layout

In this video journal you’ll learn about the flexible rock castings that Model Railroader managing editor David Popp used on the HO scale Virginian Ry. These casings will add a lot to the scenery on the finished model train layout. David also takes you behind the scenes during a photo shoot on the model railroad. […]

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Building the Virginian Ry., part 11

Neil Besougloff next to a layout

The track and roadbed are in place on the HO scale Virginian Ry. project model train layout. Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno shows you how to use an airbrush to paint model railroad track in this week’s video journal. […]

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Building the HO scale Virginian Ry. part 9

David Popp next to layout

In this video journal you’ll learn about the flexible rock castings that Model Railroader managing editor David Popp used on the HO scale Virginian Ry. These casings will add a lot to the scenery on the finished model train layout. David also takes you behind the scenes during a photo shoot on the model railroad. […]

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Atlas HO scale coil steel car

Atlas HO scale coil steel car

Atlas HO scale coil steel car An HO scale model of a 52-foot coil steel car with distinctive fish-belly side sills is now available from Atlas Model Railroad Co. The ready-to-run car is based on a modern prototype introduced by Canada’s National Steel Car Co. in the mid-1990s. The new NSC cars are 51′-10″ long […]

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Walthers HO scale Pennsylvania RR observation car

Walthers HO scale Pennsy observation car

Walthers HO scale Pennsy observation car The Pennsylvania RR had a lot of distinctive rolling stock, including two tapered blunt-end observation cars. This HO scale model of a View-series observation car has a lot of great details inside and out. The model is also the last car in Walthers’ Broadway Limited series. The prototype. In […]

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