This upgraded Reading T-1 4-8-4 steam locomotive from Broadway Limited Imports includes the firm’s new Paragon2 Digital Command Control (DCC) sound decoder. The HO scale model also includes puffing smoke. Watch us run the locomotive on the Model Railroader club layout. […]
Scale: HO Scale
Video: Broadway Limited Imports Paragon2 T-1 4-8-4
This upgraded Reading T-1 4-8-4 steam locomotive from Broadway Limited Imports includes the firm’s new Paragon2 Digital Command Control (DCC) sound decoder. The HO scale model also includes puffing smoke. Watch us run the locomotive on the Model Railroader club layout. […]
iHobby Expo 2010 preliminary show report
Athearn Trains HO scale Electro-Motive Division SD70ACe and SD70M-2 diesel locomotives HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division SD70ACe and SD70M-2 diesel locomotives. SD70ACe: Union Pacific (Western Pacific heritage scheme, one road number). SD70M-2: Canadian National, Florida East Coast, and Norfolk Southern. Four road numbers each unless noted. Direct-current models, $189.98. With Digital Command Control and SoundTraxx […]
Video: Kip Grant’s HO Delaware & Hudson Sonnyvale Branch
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Kip Grant’s HO scale layout is set in eastern New York in the early 1960s. In this video you’ll see trains running through superdetailed scenes. You can read more about Kip’s Delaware & Hudson HO layout in Great Model Railroads 2011. […]
Video: Kip Grant’s HO Delaware & Hudson Sonnyvale Branch
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Kip Grant’s HO scale layout is set in eastern New York in the early 1960s. In this video you’ll see trains running through superdetailed scenes. You can read more about Kip’s Delaware & Hudson HO layout in Great Model Railroads 2011. […]
Video: Kip Grant’s HO Delaware & Hudson Sonnyvale Branch
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Kip Grant’s HO scale layout is set in eastern New York in the early 1960s. In this video you’ll see trains running through superdetailed scenes. You can read more about Kip’s Delaware & Hudson HO layout in Great Model Railroads 2011. […]
Walthers HO scale American Car & Foundry 85-foot baggage car
Walthers HO scale American Car & Foundry 85-foot baggage car An 85-foot baggage car has been added to the Union Pacific “City train” series of HO scale passenger cars from Walthers. It represents one of the 33 cars (series 5631-5663) built by American Car & Foundry in 1954. It’s a ready-to-run model with factory-installed handrails. […]
Building Bay Junction 17
Lots of work is taking place on the Model Railroader staff’s Bay Junction model train layout. Associate editor Cody Grivno has installed his United Cooperative grain elevator, while senior editor Dana Kawala describes building the fertilizer plant that will be located in front of the scene. Managing editor David Popp will also show how the […]
Michigan model railroad club runs the world’s longest model train
The 1,112.06-foot O scale model train runs threeabreast on the Chi-Town Union Station layout. More of the train is seen in the background. The white cards in the model railroad cars mark every tenth car. With state, county, and local government officials in attendance, Chi-Town Union Station, a model railroad club in Commerce Township, Mich., […]
Broadway Limited Imports HO scale T-1 4-8-4 steam locomotive
Broadway Limited Imports HO scale T-1 4-8-4 steam locomotive You’ve probably seen an HO scale model of a T-1 class before. Precision Craft Models released one that we reviewed in the April 2006 Model Railroader. Now Broadway Limited Imports has released this version equipped with its Paragon2 Digital Command Control (DCC) sound decoder, and the […]
Athearn Trains HO scale Union Pacific Veranda Turbine
Athearn Trains HO scale Union Pacific Veranda Turbine The Union Pacific’s gas-turbine era saw some distinctive locomotives, such as the “Veranda” B-B-B-B locomotive modeled in HO scale by Athearn. The ready-to-run model operates smoothly on DC layouts and includes provisions for adding Digital Command Control (DCC) and sound. The prototype. Delivered by General Electric in […]
Klondike Mines Ry. and Vancouver, Westminster & Yukon
Name: Klondike Mines Ry. and Vancouver, Westminster & Yukon Scale: HOn3 (1:87.1, three-foot gauge) Size: 14 x 25 feet Theme: gold mining Era: 1949 Style: multi-deck walkaround Mainline run: 200 feet (including helix) Minimum radius: 24″ narrow gauge, 30″ standard gauge Minimum turnout: no. 8 Maximum grade: 3 percent (1.5 percent in helix) Originally appeared […]
