Life-Like Proto 2000 HO Alco S-3 diesel switcher An excellent Alco S-3 yard switcher is the latest diesel in Life-Like’s Proto-2000 line of HO diesel locomotives. It’s a model of an early diesel switcher that combines a great-looking styrene body with a smooth-running dual-flywheel drive. The model includes sliding side windows and a crew in […]
Broadway Limited Import’s HO E7 passenger diesels This new HO scale Electro-Motive Division E7 is the first diesel from Broadway Limited Imports, and it’s squarely in the young firm’s tradition of combining a popular prototype with innovative features. Introduced in February 1945, the 2,000 hp E7A and E7B (cabless booster) were in production through April […]
Central Valley HO code 70 and code 83 turnout kits Versatile HO turnout kits Central Valley has introduced code 70 and code 83 kits for nos. 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 turnouts as part of its CVT line of track components. The turnout tie strips are also sold separately. These kits offer several attractive […]
Trix HO Union Pacific automobile boxcar and Pacific Fruit Express reefer Trix adds more American HO freight cars A double-door Union Pacific 40-foot automobile boxcar and a steel Pacific Fruit Express refrigerator car are the latest offerings in the growing Trix/ Märklin line of American-prototype freight cars, and they’re both well built and well detailed […]
Bachmann large scale 45-ton industrial diesel switcher A 45-ton General Electric industrial diesel switcher is Bachmann’s latest ready-to-run 1:20.3 scale locomotive. It’s a common center-cab design with eight-wheel drive and electrical pickup, two smoke units, and a choice of coupler heights. The locomotive is modeled from a GE center-cab prototype, introduced in 1939, that evolved […]
Broadway Limited’s HO GGI electric locomotive Broadway Limited Inc.’s third HO locomotive is a model of another American legend, the Pennsylvania’s GG1 electric. It has two can motors, a heavy metal shell, and excellent sound effects. This powerful model is capable of hauling prototype-length trains. A beauty with gutsServing the Pennsylvania RR and its successors […]
CVP Products RF1300 wireless DCC cab control The RF1300 digital wireless cab from CVP Products has several new features that make running trains with the firm’s EasyDCC Digital Command Control system even easier. CVP built what it terms its “second-generation throttle” to replace the firm’s older TX900 series wireless cab. If you have an existing […]
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Bachmann HO USRA heavy 4-8-2 Mountain steam locomotive Will fans of HO scale remember 2003 as the year of the steam locomotive? Perhaps – we’ve already seen several outstanding new releases from a variety of manufacturers. Now Bachmann has stepped forward with its second new steamer of the year, a USRA (United States Railway Administration) […]
Tony’s Train Exchange HO scale couplers Digital Command Control (DCC) offers model railroaders a lot of operating function, the earliest of which included a variety of locomotive light and sound effects. Now you can add DCC-controlled locomotive uncoupling to that growing list. Tony’s Train Exchange offers Digital Direct Couplers as a retro-fit kit for Proto […]
roadway Limited HO N&W Class A 2-6-6-4 steam locomotive Back in the late ’80s, my wife, Cindy, and I went to see Norfolk & Western Class A 2-6-6-4 no. 1218 when it came through Chicago on a fan trip. I’d seen quite a few other steam locomotives by that time, so I didn’t expect to […]
Walthers HO Pullman-Standard lightweight 6-6-4 sleeper A lightweight sleeper from 1942 is the first model of a Pullman-Standard prototype included in Walthers’ current line of HO passenger cars. This “6-6-4” is a model of the second-most-popular type of streamline sleeper, representing a car with six open sections, six roomettes, and four double bedrooms. It comes […]
