Accucraft live-steam 0-6-0T

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Marc Horovitz 1:32 scale, gauge 1, live-steam 0-6-0T Accucraft 33260 Central Ave Union City CA 94587 Price: $1,156 Website: www.accucraft.com Gauge 1, 1:32 scale, live-steam model of a Victory-class 0-6-0T; all-metal construction; gas fired; single-flue boiler; two double acting, piston-valve cylinders; piston-valve reversing via a lever in the cab; all drivers flanged; displacement lubricator with […]

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Missouri Locomotive Company three-truck Shay

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Marc Horovitz Gauge 1, 1:20.3 scale, three-truck Shay Missouri Locomotive Company PO Box 243 Jefferson City MO 65102 Price: $1,995 + $90 s&h Website: http://moloco.biz 1:20.3 scale, gauge-1 model of a Lima three-truck Shay; electrically powered; all-metal construction; directional lighting; four-foot minimum radius; ready for installation of sound, smoke, and other electronics; motor geared to […]

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MRVP Layout Visit: Ray and Renee Grosser’s Nostalgia Trip Outdoor Railway

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page You won’t find the Grosser’s railway in a basement. Instead, they’ve built a 7½” gauge ride-on railroad empire on their rolling property in Southern Kentucky. In this MRVP Exclusive Layout Visit, you’ll get to explore a battery-powered locomotive, 200-pound freight cars equipped with […]

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MRVP Layout Visit: Ray and Renee Grosser’s Nostalgia Trip Outdoor Railway

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page You won’t find the Grosser’s railway in a basement. Instead, they’ve built a 7½” gauge ride-on railroad empire on their rolling property in Southern Kentucky. In this MRVP Exclusive Layout Visit, you’ll get to explore a battery-powered locomotive, 200-pound freight cars equipped with […]

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Display at the San Diego County Fair

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Name: Mark Lovelace Railroad Name: SDGRS San Diego County Fair 2018 Location: Del Mar, California Scale: 1:24 Theme: How Sweet it Is Description: This is a cab ride on the largest line of a 6-line railroad the San Diego Garden Railroad Society built for the 2018 San Diego County Fair. The video of the train […]

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Debuting the Emma Nevada

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Name: Mark Kimball Railroad Name: M&P RR Location: Midwest Scale: 1:29 standard gauge Theme: Short Line Description: M&P RR, a standard gauge short line in the Black Hills, has a replica of Disney Animator Ward Kimball’s Emma Nevada (a Bachmann Mogul). Just got battery power, and AirWire control, out for its first spin. […]

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Modeling mines and quarries

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Photo 1 Mining means accessing Earth’s layers. Splitting slate exposes unusual fossil-faced stone. Taller flagstone hides structural elevated-roadbed posts. Shorter stone risers step up scenery to a higher mountain area. Slate cars wait to be winched up the 22% incline, held together by fines and concrete-bonding adhesive. The author’s Agriculture & Gravel Elevated also quarries […]

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