Click on the links at left to download this image sized appropriately for your computer screen. A wood-burning Shay passes a coal loader on the large scale narrow gauge layout built by the Sundance Central club in Florida. Model Railroader contributing editor Lou Sassi took the photo. Click on the links below to download the […]
Scale: Large Scale
Train watching on the Winnegance & Quebec
Name: Eric Schade Railroad Name: Winnegance and Quebec Location: Phippsburg, Maine Scale: 7/8″=1′-0″ (1:13.7) Theme: Maine two foot gauge railroading in the teens Description: This is a compilation of several live steam runs on two beautiful spring evenings. The leaves are just poking out and so are the black flies. The trains are pulled by […]
Make some outdoor lawn furniture: Part 2
Jack Verducci Download full-size drawings: a wheelbarrow metal lawn furniture decorative flower cart and a picnic table! […]
Accucraft live-steam 4-8-4 locomotive
Marc Horowitz 1:32 scale, gauge-1 N&W 4-8-4 Accucraft Trains 33268 Central Ave. Union City CA 94587 Price: $5,950 Website: www.accucraft.com All metal, 1:32 scale, gauge-1 model of Norfolk & Western J-class streamlined 4-8-4; working Baker valve gear controlled from the cab; gas-fired boiler; ceramic burner; weight, 28.8 pounds (loco, 19.8 pounds; tender, 9 pounds); fittings: […]
Thorely Miniatures signal-box kit
Marc Horovitz Large scale signal-box kit Thorley Miniatures Penllain, Rhydcymerau Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire SA19 7RP United Kingdom Price: £39.99 + s&h Website: www.thorleyminiatures.com Thorleys End Signal Box; suitable for 16mm, 1:20.3, 1:22.5, and 1:24 scales; all-resin kit; instructions and window glazing included; extra details and color guide included. Dimensions of finished model (not including steps): 8 […]
Accucraft’s live-steam Norfolk & Western 4-8-4
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Video 101: Shooting on location
Today we hit the road. Our goal will be to make an interesting 3 minute, home video using a readily available action camera, still cameras and homemade accessories. Our raw video will be edited on consumer level software; we will add sound effects, and zippy music. We will make a gift copy for the owner, […]
Video 101: Shooting on location
Today we hit the road. Our goal will be to make an interesting 3 minute, home video using a readily available action camera, still cameras and homemade accessories. Our raw video will be edited on consumer level software; we will add sound effects, and zippy music. We will make a gift copy for the owner, […]
Accucraft’s live-steam Norfolk & Western 4-8-4
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Make some lawn furniture
Jack Verducci Download these drawings to build lounge chairs, a table, and Adirondack chairs to detail your railroad. […]
New large-scale products from the April 2017 issue of Garden Railways
LGB locomotive Burl Rice boxcar Piko flatcar Engines & rolling stock LGB (Märklin), PO Box 510559, New Berlin WI 53151, has a Southern Pacific SD 40 diesel (#L25555). Both trucks are driven by Bühler motors with ball bearings, and the locomotive is equipped with traction tires and a built-in mfx/DCC decoder with a variety of […]
Llagas Creek code-250 track
Marc Horovitz Gauge 1, code-250 track Llagas Creek Railways 28 Carlisle Road Claysville PA 15323 Prices: See text Website: www.llagastrack.com Gauge 1, code-250 track; brass rail; plastic ties; stainless-steel rail joiners; available in narrow- or standard-gauge configurations; available assembled or as components Pros: Good-looking track; good rail profile; UV stabilizers in plastic ties Cons: Supplied […]
