Broadway Limited HO EMD SD40-2 diesel delivers power with realistic sound

Broadway Limited HO EMD SD40-2 diesel

Broadway Limited HO EMD SD40-2 diesel This good-looking EMD SD40-2 is Broadway Limited Imports’ first modern HO diesel locomotive. It’s a ready-to-run model that produces plenty of realistic sound during operation thanks to a factory-installed QSI Quantum sound system and automatic dual-mode decoder. The SD40-2 operates smoothly on layouts using either DC or Digital Command […]

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Rib Side Cars offers HO scale Milwaukee Road boxcar kit

Rib Side Cars HO Milwaukee Road boxcar

Rib Side Cars HO Milwaukee Road boxcar This HO scale ribbed-side boxcar represents the signature freight car of the old Milwaukee Road and is the first accurate model in this scale to be offered as an easily built kit. Rib Side Cars’ first offering should please Milwaukee Road modelers and freight car afficionados alike. In […]

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Impressive detailing highlights Atlas N scale Shay geared steam locomotive

Atlas N scale Shay

Atlas N scale Shay An N scale model of a two-truck Shay, highlighted by a remarkable representation of the Shay’s side-mounted drive train that churns furiously as the locomotive moves down the track, has been released by Atlas. As with a real Shay, this model’s drive train is an intricate assembly of rotating universal joints […]

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Lifelike Proto 2000 HO E6A and GP9 diesels include DCC and sound

Lifelike Proto 2000 HO E6A and GP9 diesels

Lifelike Proto 2000 HO E6A and GP9 diesels Electro-Motive Division (EMD) E6 and GP9 (phase I) diesel locomotives with factory-installed QSI Quantum System Digital Command Control (DCC) sound decoders have been added to Life-Like’s HO scale Proto 2000 line. We tested both of the firm’s initial sound-equipped locomotives and found them to be great-sounding, top-quality […]

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Broadway Limited HO scale EMC E6 passenger diesels feature sound

Broadway Limited HO EMC E6 passenger diesel

Broadway Limited HO EMC E6 passenger diesel Smooth-running HO models of the Electro-Motive Corp’s. early mass-produced, E-series diesel passenger locomotives have been introduced by Broadway Limited Imports. These ready-to-run models are offered in a variety of prototype paint schemes and include a QSI dual-mode decoder with the Quantum diesel sound system that operates on DC […]

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MRC Prodigy Advance DCC System

MRC Prodigy Advance DCC System

MRC Prodigy Advance DCC System Packed with a host of features that include an easy-to-read display, walkaround control, and the potential for future software upgrades, the new Prodigy Advance Digital Command Control (DCC) system from Model Rectifier Corp. (MRC) is a winner. Prodigy Advance is a full-function command control system that meets National Model Railroad […]

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Broadway Limited Imports HO scale Pennsylvania RR K4s 4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotive includes sound

roadway Limited Imports HO Pennsylvania RR K4s 4-6-2 Pacific

roadway Limited Imports HO Pennsylvania RR K4s 4-6-2 Pacific A modernized Pennsylvania RR class K4s 4-6-2 Pacific has been released by Broadway Limited Imports. It’s the first model in BLI’s new Paragon Series Platinum products line made of die-cast metal for maximum pulling power. The K4s model is offered in three versions with or without […]

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O scale EMD GP60 diesel from Atlas O is a powerful fast freight locomotive

Atlas O scale GP60

Atlas O scale GP60 Atlas O has introduced an excellent model of Electro-Motive Division’s GP60 road diesel that captures the prototype’s angular good looks and delivers plenty of pulling power. It’s a well-detailed mainline locomotive similar to the GP35 reviewed in the February 2004 Model Railroader. Two GP60s are available for use on two-rail layouts. […]

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Bowser HO scale class N8 cabin car kit is an accurate model of this Pennsylvania RR steel caboose

Bowser HO class N8 cabin car

Bowser HO class N8 cabin car Bowser’s easy plastic kit for a Pennsylvania RR class N8 steel cabin car (PRR’s term for a caboose) greatly simplifies modeling the “Standard Railroad of the World.” The 200 cars of this class were built at the PRR’s Altoona, Pa., shop between 1950 and 1951. They saw service system-wide, […]

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Bachmann, HO scale, E-Z Command DCC system

Bachmann HO E-Z Command DCC system

Bachmann’s E-Z Command system makes it easy to outfit a small HO layout with Digital Command Control (DCC). This new system was developed in partnership with Bernd Lenz, the inventor who gave his digital control system patent to the National Model Railroad Association (his system became today’s DCC standard). It’s a simplified “plug-and-play” package that’s […]

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An Alco PA diesel leads Märklin’s HO scale American starter train set

Märklin's HO Alco PA

Märklin’s HO Alco PA-1 neatly captures the prototype’s chunky proportions, and its well-detailed, cast-metal body adds weight to product plenty of tractive effort. With the introduction of Märklin’s newest HO scale American-style train set comes the North American debut of the firm’s new Märklin Systems digital control technology. From the locomotive to the rolling stock […]

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Trix, HO scale, NYC caboose

Trix HO NYC caboose

Trix HO NYC caboose The Trix pivoting drawbar supports a magnetic knuckle coupler. Trix has introduced the first mass-produced plastic model of the New York Central’s 19000-series wood caboose, making it much easier for Central fans to have a model of this widely used car. The caboose is well built and neatly decorated, but detail-oriented […]

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