Bay-window O gauge caboose from Atlas O Trainman line Price: $76.95. Features: Factory-applied smokestack, brake wheel, brake lines, and see-through running board; die-cast metal couplers; roller-bearing caboose trucks with rotating bearing caps; weighted, detailed underframe; and interior lighting with on/off switch on underbody. New paint schemes: Chessie System (Chesapeake & Ohio reporting marks), Norfolk Southern […]
Static grass is an effective way to add realism to model railroad scenery. Follow associate editor Steve Otte as he demonstrates the Static King applicator and other new static grass products from Woodland Scenics. […]
WalthersMainline HO scale Alco PA and PB diesel locomotives The distinctive styling of the Alco PA diesel-electric locomotives made them transition-era icons. These instantly recognizable passenger locomotives are now available in PA-1 and PB-1 versions from Wm. K. Walthers as part of the firm’s accurately dimensioned, modestly priced WalthersMainline series. WalthersMainline models may not have […]
The Static King components (clockwise from top left): Static King applicator, power supply (sold separately), divided grill, ground wire, hopper divider, thatch comb, screw driver, ground anchor, coarse grill Woodland has expanded its Field System of scenery materials, adhesives, and tools with the Static King, an easy-to-use static grass applicator. The gadget has a clear […]
Atlas HO scale EMD GP40-2(W) Atlas HO scale GP40-2(W) rear view The GP40-2(W) has returned to the Atlas lineup. But this four-axle road switcher, based on a General Motors Diesel Division (GMDD) prototype, has been upgraded since we last reviewed it back in the October 2011 issue. The model now features a dual-mode ESU LokSound […]
Eastern Seaboard Models N scale Penn Central 50-foot boxcar United States Railway Equipment leased 10 of the cars to Western Pacific in July 1972. Nothing says “that ’70s freight car” like a Deepwater Green, flat-roofed Penn Central boxcar. Now, N scale modelers can add a United States Railway Equipment (USRE) 50-foot, cushioned-underframe boxcar from Eastern […]
O gauge CupolaCam caboose from Lionel Price: $124.99 (No. 85072) Features: O-31 operation, camera mounted in cupola, interior illumination, die-cast trucks and couplers, camera on/off and reset controls. Current production: Burlington Northern, Chessie System, CSX, Norfolk Southern, Pennsylvania RR, Reading, Santa Fe, and Union Pacific. As kids, we would hold our heads down close to […]
The WLANMaus is an easy-to-use wireless WiFi throttle from Roco/Fleischmann that works with the firm’s Z21 Digital Command Control (DCC) system. Model Railroader senior editor Dana Kawala shows you some of the features of this DCC throttle in this quick demo. […]
Watch as we put this HO scale Electro-Motive Division GP7 diesel locomotive to work on the Model Railroader staff layout, the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy. This Atlas Classic series locomotive is factory-equipped with an ESU LokSound Digital Command Control (DCC) sound decoder. Check out the realistic effects in this locomotive demo. […]
A new lineup of Electro-Motive Divi-sion (EMD) GP7 diesel locomotives has been added to the Atlas Classic HO scale line. All models feature a newly tooled die-cast metal frame. Gold-series units have a dual-mode ESU LokSound sound decoder. The prototype. Electro-Motive Division produced the 1,500 hp GP7 from Octo-ber 1949 through May 1954. During the […]
Our four samples covered four paint schemes (Southern Ry., VTTX, and OTTX in red and yellow) and all three deck styles. The Southern Ry. car had a plain wooden deck for general service. The VTTX car was visually the most interesting, with container pedestals and a see-through slat deck that left the trucks and brake […]
Fleischmann/Roco Z21 WLANmaus throttle Following a similar design as its Multimaus tethered and wireless-radio throttles, Roco/ Fleischmann has introduced a wireless Wi-Fi version, the WLANmaus, that works with the firm’s Z21 Digital Control Center system. Reviewed in the May 2019 Model Railroader, that system includes a router to broadcast a Wi-Fi signal. A proprietary Z21 […]
