Rapido Trains Inc. introduces HO scale freight car line

Rapido Trains Inc. announced that it will begin producing HO scale freight equipment. The first product in the firm’s new Transcona Yard freight line will be the HO scale Transcona Yard Wide Vision Caboose, based on the Canadian Pacific Ry. prototype. Expected delivery of the model is fall 2009 and it has a manufacturer’s suggested […]

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Walthers N scale 2-8-8-2 Y3a Mallet

Walthers N scale 2-8-8-2 Y3a Mallet A highly detailed N scale model of a Y3a 2-8-8-2 steam locomotive is now available with a factory- installed sound system. This N scale Y3a from Walthers features a dual-mode Digital Command Control (DCC) sound decoder. The tooling for the model is the same as the DC version from […]

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Kato N scale 1949 Broadway Limited passenger cars

Kato N scale 1949 Broadway Limited passenger cars The Broadway Limited was the Pennsylvania RR’s most prestigious train, running overnight between New York and Chicago for more than six decades. These newly tooled N scale passenger cars from Kato depict the 1949 version of the train and look great behind the firm’s N scale GG1. […]

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Athearn N scale FP45 and F45

Athearn N scale FP45 and F45 The semi-streamlined successor to Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe warbonnet-clad F units, Electro-Motive Division FP45s served briefly in passenger service but had long freight-hauling careers, as did the F45. The Athearn N scale FP45 and F45 feature many prototype- specific details. Prototype. In 1966, the Atchison, Topeka & Santa […]

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Quick and easy Flextrack

topper tape flextrack

Instead of using spikes or contact cement, Model Railroader contributor Chuck Hitchcock shows you how to use DAP adhesive caulk and topper tape (a material used to insulate pickup truck caps) to lay track. Quick and easy Flextrack […]

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Kato U.S.A. N scale GG1 electric locomotive

Kato GG1 (N scale)

Kato U.S.A. N scale GG1 electric locomotive For 49 years GG1 electric locomotives hauled premier passenger trains as well as some freight traffic across the electrified territory of the Pennsylvania RR and its successors. This N scale Kato model accurately captures all the curves of the Raymond Loewy-streamlined carbody and has a smooth and powerful […]

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Building the N scale Waterbury Industrial District part 4

David Popp next to layout

Model Railroader managing editor David Popp describes how he finished the Waterbury Industrial District of his N scale New York, New Haven & Hartford layout. He’ll show you some of the key structures that he built and give you more tips for realistic model railroad scenery. […]

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Union Pacific Rochelle Subdivision

Name: Union Pacific Rochelle Subdivision Scale: N (1:160) Size: 14 x 28 feet Prototype: Union Pacific Locale: Northern Illinois Era: present day Style: walkaround Mainline run: 165 feet Minimum radius: 20″ (main), 13″ (staging) Minimum turnout: handlaid, no. 6 Maximum grade: 1.1 percent Originally appeared in the November 2008 issue of Model Railroader. See a […]

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