The Athearn HO scale Ready-to-Roll Electro-Motive Division SD40 features many roadname-specific details. The model also features a SoundTraxx Digital Command Control (DCC) sound decoder. Watch the SD40 work a freight train on the Model Railroader staff’s Troy Branch model train layout. […]
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The Electro-Motive Division FL9 could operate as a diesel-electric or straight electric locomotive. This HO scale FL9 from Rapido Trains captures prototype-specific detail as well as the unique sounds of this dual-mode locomotive thanks to an ESU LokSound Digital Command Control (DCC) decoder. Check out this video demo of the sound effects on our staff […]
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The Electro-Motive Division FL9 could operate as a diesel-electric or straight electric locomotive. This HO scale FL9 from Rapido Trains captures prototype-specific detail as well as the unique sounds of this dual-mode locomotive thanks to an ESU LokSound Digital Command Control (DCC) decoder. Check out this video demo of the sound effects on our staff […]
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Milwaukee Road No. 10200 on static display at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, Minn. Steve Glischinski DULUTH, Minn. — The legendary Milwaukee Road Pacific Extension saw its last trains in 1980, and the end of its electrification in 1974. But the first electric locomotives used on the “Electric Way Through the Mountains” as […]
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Classic Toy Trains magazine Editor Hal Miller demonstrates his quick and easy techniques for replacing those worn out rubber traction tires found on many O gauge steam and diesel locomotives. […]
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Classic Toy Trains magazine Editor Hal Miller demonstrates his quick and easy techniques for replacing those worn out rubber traction tires found on many O gauge steam and diesel locomotives. […]
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Classic Toy Trains magazine Editor Hal Miller demonstrates his quick and easy techniques for replacing those worn out rubber traction tires found on many O gauge steam and diesel locomotives. […]
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Conrail E33 No. 4601 rests at the Railroad Museum of New England’s yard on April 9, 1988, after arriving from GE’s Erie, Pa., facility. The hole behind cab is where the main transformer was removed by GE. Howard Pincus OLD SAYBROOK, Conn. – The Illinois Railway Museum will acquire a piece of railroad history from […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page This MR Video Plus exclusive layout visit to Tom Piccirillo’s Somerset County Traction System O scale layout reveals model railroad craftsmanship at its finest. Tom guides you on a tour of his freelance electric freight railroad, where the detailed scenery and scratch-built structures […]
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