Video: MTH HO scale Triplex

Current subscribers: See and hear the new MTH Triplex run with Digital Command Control on our club layout, the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy and in our workshop with the MTH Digital Command System. […]

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MTH Electric Trains HO Erie Triplex

MTH Electric Trains HO Erie Triplex

MTH Electric Trains HO Erie Triplex One of the more unusual prototypes to grace North American rails is now available to HO modelers. The 2-8-8-8-2 Triplex is the second HO scale offering from MTH Electric Trains. An accurate replica of the prototype, the model operates with realistic sound in DC, Digital Command Control (DCC), and […]

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Bachmann HO scale RF-16

Bachmann HO scale RF-16

Bachmann HO scale RF-16 A distinctive, versatile freight diesel used on several Eastern roads is now available in a Digital Command Control (DCC)-equipped HO model from Bachmann. The “hauling fools.” The 1,600-hp RF-16, a refinement of Baldwin Locomotive Works’ DR-4-4-1500 cab unit, was the company’s last entry in the streamlined freight locomotive market. The engines […]

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Boston & Maine Division of LKJ&W

Track plan at a glance Name: LKJ&W, B&M Division Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 17′-6″ x 29′-6″ Prototype: Boston & Maine Era: 1956 Style: walk-in Mainline run: 160 feet Minimum radius: 26″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 3 percent Originally appeared in the April 2008 issue of Model Railroader. See a PDF version of this […]

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Meramec Valley RR

Track plan at a glance Name: Meramec Valley RR Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 2′-4″ x 7′-10: Prototype: freelanced Era: October 1955 Mainline run: 16 feet Minimum radius: 12″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared in the April 2008 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans. See a […]

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M.T.H. Electric Trains announces latest HO steam locomotive

Columbia, Maryland, February 11, 2008 — M.T.H. Electric Trains is pleased to announce that the third steam locomotive in the company’s HO product line will be a Southern Pacific Gs4 Northern steam locomotive. Faithfully recreated in all-metal die-cast construction, the locomotive will be produced in a variety of versions in differing paint schemes and cab […]

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New York Central

Track plan at a glance Name: New York Central Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 29′-0″ x 33′-4″ Prototype: New York Central RR Era: late 1960s Style: double-deck Mainline run: 300 feet Minimum radius: 32″ Minimum turnout: no. 6, main; no. 5, sidings Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared in the March 2008 issue of Model Railroader. […]

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The Schuylkill Iron Works

Track plan at a glance Name: Schuylkill Iron Works Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 4 x 21 feet Theme: Freelanced heavy industry Era: Late 1920s Style: island Mainline run: 50 feet Minimum radius: 15″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: none Originally appeared in the March 2008 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic […]

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Athearn HO MP15AC diesel switcher

Athearn HO MP15AC diesel switcher

Athearn HO MP15AC diesel switcher The eagerly anticipated Athearn Genesis HO Electro-Motive Division MP15AC switcher is here, and its performance is worth the wait. This great-looking model is offered in a DC version without sound or with a dual-mode Digital Command Control (DCC) decoder that produces sound effects in either mode. These models have excellent […]

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News & Products for the week of December 27, 2007

Factory-weathered General American Transportation Corp. 50-foot ice refrigerator car

HO scale locomotivesElectro-Motive Division F7A diesel locomotives. Western Pacific. Five-pole skew-wound motor with dual flywheels, screw-mounted chassis, and operating headlights and Mars lights. A-A set without sound $279.98, with dual-mode sound decoder $419.98. April 2008. Ready-to-run. Genesis. Athearn Trains HO scale freight carsEvans 50-foot double-plug-door boxcar. Wisconsin & Southern Strides Against Cancer. RP-25 contour metal […]

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Smoky Valley RR

Track plan at a glance Name: Smoky Valley RR Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 9 x 11 Prototype: ET&WNC, L&N, Southern, and others Era: 1950s to present Mainline run: 40 feet Minimum radius: 20″ Minimum turnouts: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2.2 percent Originally appeared in the February 2008 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 […]

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