Rapido Trains HO scale New Haven 8600-series coach The model features realistic simulated stainless steel sides. The interior features individually painted seats and overhead lighting. Weather or no, go Rapido. With its highly detailed New York, New Haven & Hartford RR 8600-series coaches, it seems the Canadian manufacturer has adopted the popular New England railroad. […]
The Model Railroader staff’s Milwaukee, Racine & Troy layout stands in for northern New Jersey in this exclusive product video. Check out the Atlas HO scale Bombardier ALP-45DP and multilevel passenger cars. All the equipment is decked out in contemporary NJ Transit paint schemes. The cars feature overhead lighting and the locomotive features realistic sound […]
Atlas HO scale NJ Transit commuter train The Atlas locomotive’s mechanism, including a dual-flyweel-equipped motor, ride on a heavy, die-cast metal chassis Both the top and bottom interior levels of the trailers and cab cars feature overhead lighting. Several surface-mount light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are attached along the length of each light board. All the cars’ […]
WalthersMainline HO cylindrical covered hopper A 59-foot cylindrical covered hopper has been added to the WalthersMainline family of HO scale products. The ready-to-run car features an injection-molded plastic body with separate end sheets and one-piece end cages. The underbody is a separate piece with freestanding outlet gates and brake appliances. North of the border. The […]
Woodland Scenics HO scale Just Plug Police Car Price: $29.99 Manufacturer Woodland Scenics P.O. Box 98 Linn Creek, MO 65052 www.woodlandscenics.com Era: 1940s to 1950s Comments: As a modeler who has burned out more lightbulbs and light-emitting diodes (LEDs) than he has successfully wired, I was pleased when Woodland Scenics came out with its Just […]
Fox Valley Models N scale 7-post boxcar Price: $19.95 Manufacturer Fox Valley Models P.O. Box 1970 Des Plaines, IL 60017 www.foxvalleymodels.com Era: 1964 to present Road names: Wisconsin Central, Burlington Northern, BNSF Ry. (post-2005 scheme), Great Northern (Glacier Green), Montana Rail Link, Soo Line (three paint schemes). Three road numbers per scheme. Comments: Fox Valley […]
Recently Model Railroader senior editor Dana Kawala had a chance to examine and operate a preproduction sample of Walthers new HO scale Plymouth ML-8 switcher. The model includes a SoundTraxx Digital Command Control (DCC) motor decoder with a CurrentKeeper capacitor system. See the switcher in action as it works a yard on the Model Railroader […]
The Athearn Trains HO scale Southern Pacific SD40 features prototypical details and realistic sound effects thanks to a Ready to Roll SoundTraxx decoder. Watch the diesel locomotive model as it hauls a freight train on the Model Railroader staff’s Milwaukee, Racine & Troy model train layout. […]
Spring Mills Depot HO wagontop hopper An AB brake system with metal piping highlights the details that include metal grab irons and plastic and metal ladders. The hopper is available in several different versions, including this early postwar scheme. The Baltimore & Ohio wagontop hoppers are rounded up and heading out. These transition-era covered hoppers […]
WalthersMainline HO Plymouth ML-8 switcher Small switchers, such as this Plymouth ML-8 modeled by Walthers, toiled away for decades at various trackside industries and railroad shops. The WalthersMainline model captures the look of its prototype “critter” and features impressive power for such a diminutive locomotive. The model is available in direct-current (DC) or Digital Command […]
Athearn HO Southern Pacific EMD SD40 diesel locomotive The Southern Pacific SD40 features many prototype specific details and see-through fan grills. Second-generation diesel modelers looking for a heavy-duty six-axle road engine would do well to take a look at Athearn’s new Electro-Motive Division SD40. The model has prototype-specific details, wire grab irons, see-through fan grills, […]
No. 83071 remote FEATURES: 1 POWER LIGHT 2 ON/OFF SWITCH 3 THROTTLE 4 HORN 5 UNCOUPLER 6 UNCOUPLER 7 BELL PRICE: $49.99 Lionel’s LionChief and later LionChief Plus command-control systems signaled a revolutionary approach to digital operation of trains. LionChief is a basic way to start and stop trains, control speed and direction, and trigger […]
