Name: Chicago & North western Des Moines Subdivision Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 24′-0″ x 38′-0″ Prototype: C&NW Period: 1955 Style: walk-in Minimum radii: 28″ main line Minimum turnout: no. 6 main line, no 4 spurs Maximum grade: 1 percent Originally appeared in the July 2008 issue of Model Railroader. See a PDF version of this […]
Name: Western Maryland Thomas Subdivision Scale: N (1:160) Size: 12 x 12 feet Theme: Appalachian coal-hauler Period: 1950s to 1960s Minimum radius: 11″ Minimum turnout: Peco medium Maximum grade: None. Originally appeared in the July 2008 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans. Click here to download a PDF of this […]
Dynamis Digital Command Control (DCC) system Dynamis Digital Command Control (DCC) system Features such as a wireless throttle with a large display and intuitive, easy-to-use programming menus make the Dynamis Digital Command Control (DCC) system a great choice for both novice and expert DCC users. The system is produced by Bachmann in conjunction with Electronic […]
Athearn’s new HO scale Electro-Motive Division FP45 Though the prototype was designed to lead the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe’s top passenger trains, Athearn’s new HO scale Electro-Motive Division FP45 has the heft and power to haul practically any consist you could throw at it.Equipped with onboard sound and Digital Command Control (DCC), the newest […]
HO Walthers Flexi-Van Here’s a well-done model of the unique Flexi-Van intermodal car and trailer system that was developed by the New York Central RR in the late 1950s. It comes assembled with a pair of trailers decorated in appropriate prototype paint schemes. Individual trailer kits and extra bogie wheels are offered separately.This Flexi-Van equipment […]
18-car postwar Morning Daylight The Southern Pacific promoted its streamlined Daylight as the most beautiful train in the world. A set of newly tooled N scale passenger cars and a GS-4 locomotive from Kato U.S.A. live up to the good looks of their prototypes. Sold separately, the locomotive, 10-car set, and four add-on two-unit articulated […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page This week Model Railroader associate editor takes a look at the IHC HO scale Mikado steam locomotive, the new Rapido HO scale telephone poles, and the DCC-and-sound equipped HO scale GS-4 Daylight steamer from MTH. Cody will also show you how he uses […]
HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division FP9 and F9B diesel locomotives. Algoma Central (two numbers available for A unit, one for B unit), Canadian National (A and B units, four numbers each), Chicago & North Western (A unit only, four numbers), and CP Rail (A and B, four numbers each). Etched-metal details, wire grab irons, and […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Associate editor Dana Kawala fills in for Cody this week. Dana will show you the new Athearn Genesis HO scale EMD SD60 diesel and the Con-Cor Oregon Trail add-on car for the firm’s HO scale M10000. You’ll also learn how to apply a […]
Faller Car System starter set The Faller Car System uses battery powered models of cars and trucks to add action to a layout. The vehicles use magnets to follow a steel wire that’s buried in the road. They appear to drive around a layout by themselves because you don’t see the wire. My set came […]
Rivarossi HO Allegheny 2-6-6-6 with Loksound class H-8 2-6-6-6 Allegheney steam locomotive no. 1641 I had been anticipating receipt of this engine for many months. As a collector of non-brass articulated engine models in HO, this was the one that I wanted to wait for until it came available with DCC and sound. The packaging […]
rue Line Trains HO scale Canadian Pacific wood-sheathed caboose My first introduction to the True Line Train Canadian Pacific Caboose was several months ago at my Local Hobby Store, Maritime Hobby and Crafts. This was a pre-production release made available for review and represented the most recent of the CPR wood sheathed caboose liveries, the […]
