Video: Building a 5 x 8 harbor railroad part 4

Steve Otte working on a model house.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Structures and trackwork dominate this episode of the Model Railroader staff’s Rice Harbor video journal. Associate editor Steve Otte describes the lighthouse for Rice Harbor. Steve built the structure from a Branchline Trains kit, and the model also features a working beacon. Editor […]

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Hartland Locomotive Works Birney Safety Streetcar

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Marc Horovitz 1:24 scale, gauge-1 streetcar Hartland Locomotive Works PO Box 1743 LaPorte IN 46352 Price: $335.95 Website: www.h-l-w.com   All-plastic model of a two-truck Birney streetcar; one powered truck; directional lighting; illuminated interior; power pickup from wheels only (all wheels); dummy trolley poles. Dimensions: Length, 18″; width, 4″; height (over roof), 5¾” Pros: Good […]

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Building a 5 x 8 harbor railroad part 4

Steve Otte working on a model house.

Structures and trackwork dominate this episode of the Model Railroader staff’s Rice Harbor video journal. Associate editor Steve Otte describes the lighthouse for Rice Harbor. Steve built the structure from a Branchline Trains kit, and the model also features a working beacon. Editor Neil Besougloff is also at the workbench finishing up a depot, coal […]

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MR Product Review: Bachmann HO scale F7 with DCC and sound

Bachmann HO scale F7 with DCC and sound

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Bachmann’s latest addition to its Sound Value line is a Elctro-Motive Division F7A and F7B diesel locomotives. The models come with Digital Command Control sound decoders and can be run on DCC or DC layouts. Steven Otte takes a pair for a test […]

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MR Product Review: Bachmann HO scale F7 with DCC and sound

Bachmann HO scale F7 with DCC and sound

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Bachmann’s latest addition to its Sound Value line is a Elctro-Motive Division F7A and F7B diesel locomotives. The models come with Digital Command Control sound decoders and can be run on DCC or DC layouts. Steven Otte takes a pair for a test […]

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Amtrak, Siemens unveil first ACS-64 electric locomotives NEWSWIRE

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Amtrak ACS-46 No. 600 at the Siemens plant in Sacramento. David Lustig Local and railroad officials speak before a crowd gathered at the Siemens plant. At the podium is Siemens Rail Systems Michael Cahill. To the right are: U.S. Rep. John Garamendi, Deputy Federal Railroad Administrator Karen Hedlund, and Amtrak President Joe Boardman. David Lustig […]

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In-depth Product Review: Bachmann HO scale Alco S-2

Bachmann HO scale Alco S2

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Dana reviews Bachmann’s new HO scale Alco S-2 switcher. Part of the Sound Value line, the switcher comes equipped with a DCC sound decoder, and we put it through its paces in this video. […]

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