WalthersMainline HO scale EMD SD60 diesel locomotive Separate plastic details include fan grills and handrails. The combination of a die-cast metal frame, all-wheel drive, and helical gearboxes make the WalthersMainline SD60 an exceptionally smooth and power puller. An accurately proportioned body and exceptional pulling power highlight the WalthersMainline SD60. The model features many tooling and […]
Atlas Z scale flextrack Price: $5.95 per 24″ length Manufacturer Atlas Model Railroad Co. 378 Florence Ave. Hillside, NJ 07205 www.atlasrr.com Comments: A long-time manufacturer of N and HO scale track (as well as O scale track under its Atlas O brand), Atlas Model Railroad Co. is now making Z scale flextrack. At 24″ long, […]
MTH Electric Trains S scale F3 Switches inside the rear door allow selection of DCS or DCC control, as well as lighting and direction in AC or DC. The MTH F3A rides on a die-cast metal frame and is powered by a flywheel-equipped can motor. The cab includes painted engineer and fireman figures. A popular […]
Accurail HO combination-door boxcar kit Cody reviewed a two-pack that included two Accurail boxcars decorated for Northern Pacific. Price: Single car, $17.98; two-pack (one Metallic Brown, one pre-Burlington Northern merger green), $34.98 Manufacturer Accurail P.O. Box 278 Elburn, IL 60119 www.accurail.com Era: 1959 to early 1980s (as decorated) Comments: Accurail has released an HO scale […]
Micro-Trains Line N scale 50-foot PS boxcars Each Micro-Trains boxcar includes a detailed underframe with accurately positioned brake components. With more than 50,000 built over the course of nearly two decades, Pullman-Standard’s 50-foot steel boxcar has been a common sight on North American rails for half a century. Micro-Trains Line Co. is offering late-production models […]
An early morning Miners’ Local leaves East Elkins Round House, passing Swell Junction, first stopping at Union Station, on to Gray Junction and the Sandusky Coal & Coke, then to Grafton Station. Video by Edward Lorence. […]
Take an eastbound cab ride on Pete Walton’s HO scale Great Midwestern Railroad. The layout was featured in Great Model Railroads 2018. Video by Dave Rickaby. […]
Atlas Model Railroad Co. HO scale General Electric U33B and U36B diesel locomotives HO scale locomotives General Electric U33B and U36B diesel locomotives. U33B: Penn Central, Reading & Northern (two road numbers), and Rock Island (maroon and yellow). U36B: Auto Train and Seaboard Coast Line (American Revolution Bicentennial scheme in one number and yellow and […]
Alejandro’s small shelf layout measures 9.51 x 7.55 feet with an average width of 1.31 feet. The layout is set in the mid-1970s somewhere between Oregon and Washington (previously Great Lakes area). […]
We return to Colorado’s Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, this time, in the winter. Come along as we take a ride behind one of D&SNGRR’s Mikado 2-8-2 locomotives from Durango all the way to Cascade Canyon and back. […]
Smoke, sound, and smooth performance highlight the new Paragon3 HO scale Pennsylvania RR class J1 from Broadway Limited Imports. In this exclusive review for Model Railroader, James Wright of the JLWII2000 YouTube channel shows you this new HO scale steam locomotive from unboxing to a rolling demonstration on his layout. […]
After some repairs, paint, and decals, Corey Bonsall took his new-to-him United/PFM Denver & Rio Grande Western L-131 2-8-8-2 brass locomotive for a run on his local club’s layout. […]
