ScaleTrains.com HO scale SD40-2

ScaleTrains.com Ho scale SD40-2

ScaleTrains.com HO scale SD40-2 While this isn’t the first HO scale SD40-2 to roll down the tracks, ScaleTrains.com takes a different route by offering many options on drive and detail level, including variations that haven’t been available in plastic before. Electro-Motive Division’s SD40-2 diesel was General Motors’ all-time best-selling locomotive, so there are plenty of […]

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Broadway Limited Imports HO scale P70

Broadway Limited Imports HO scale P70

Broadway Limited Imports HO scale P70 In addition other underframe detail, our P70R sample accurately model’s the prototype’s ice-air conditioning equipment, including the large ice bunker. Like the K4s steam locomotive, GG1 electric, or X29 boxcar, the P70 coach is an icon of the Pennsylvania RR. Broadway Limited Imports has released a definitive HO scale […]

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Quick Look: Walthers Mainline 40 foot AAR boxcar

Walthers Mainline 40-foot AAR boxcar

Walthers Mainline 40-foot AAR boxcar Price: $24.98 Manufacturer Wm. K. Walthers 5601 W. Florist Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53218 www.walthers.com Road names: Chicago & North Western; Lehigh Valley; New York, New Haven & Hartford; Soo Line; Southern Ry.; and Union Pacific, two road numbers each. Also available undecorated. Era: 1937 (as built), 1973 to 1992 (as […]

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MTH O gauge BL2 diesel engine

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O GAUGE BL2 DIESEL FROM MTH Price: $499.95 (no. 20-20697-1) Min Curve: O-31 Cmd Low: 2.8 smph Cnv Low: 3.0 smph High: 66.1 smph Drawbar pull: 1 lb., 7 oz. Features: Two can-style motors, ProtoSound 3.0 command and sound system, smoke unit, coil couplers Current-production road names: Boston & Maine, Chesapeake & Ohio, Chicago & […]

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O gauge Pepsi bottling plant structure from Menards

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O GAUGE PEPSI BOTTLING PLANT FROM MENARDS Price: $99.99 (no. 279-3860) Features: Exterior lighting, flashing Pepsi signage, red light on Pepsi can water tower, worker figures, decorated base. The no. 279-4062 power supply (sold separately) costs $9.99 plus shipping. Order at www.Menards.com and select free shipment to your local Menards. The credit for these giant […]

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Bachmann HO scale lighted passenger cars

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Bachmann HO scale lighted passenger cars Bachmann’s smooth-side passenger cars have surface-mount light-emitting diode illumination. To remove the shell, spread the body over the truck and lift it off. A pair of smooth-side, full length, lighted passenger cars with interiors is new from Bachmann. The coach and observation are based on New York Central and […]

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Quick Look: Kato N scale SDP40F with ESU LokSound

Kato N scale SDP40F with ESU LokSound

Kato N scale SDP40F with ESU LokSound Price: $250 Manufacturer Kato USA 100 Remington Rd. Schaumburg, IL 60173 www.katousa.com Era: 1988 to 1994 (as decorated) Comments: Factory-installed sound and Digital Command Control highlight this release of the N scale Electro-Motive Division SDP40F from Kato USA. We reviewed Kato’s direct-current models of the passenger version (see […]

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Quick Look: Atlas O Pullman troop sleeper

Atlas O Pullman troop sleeper

Atlas O Pullman troop sleeper Price: $104.95 Manufacturer Atlas O 378 Florence Ave. Hillside, NJ 07205 www.atlaso.com Era: 1943 to 1945 (as decorated) Comments: Atlas mobilizes O scale model railroads for war with its latest release, a 40-foot Pullman troop sleeper based on ex-Weaver tooling. When the United States entered World War II in 1941, […]

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Bachmann Sound Value HO scale GS-4

Bachmann Sound Value HO scale GS-4

Bachmann Sound Value HO scale GS-4 The Sound Value model features a SoundTraxx decoder and well-enclosed, downward-facing speaker in the tender. The tender includes metal handrails and a working backup light. Southern Pacific no. 4449, one of the world’s most famous steam locomotives, has been part of Bachmann’s HO scale product line for many years. […]

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InterMountain HO scale GP10 diesel

InterMountain HO scale GP10 diesel

InterMountain HO scale GP10 diesel A Paducah, Ky.,-rebuilt Illinois Central GP10 diesel locomotive is now available for the first time in injection-molded plastic from InterMountain Railway Co. The HO scale model features railroad-specific details, a die-cast metal frame, and etched-metal grills and step treads. A rebuilding bonanza. From May 1967 until December 1982, Illinois Central […]

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O gauge troop cars from Atlas O

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O GAUGE U.S. Army Troop Cars from Atlas O Price: $99.95 (Sleeper/kitchen car/hospital car) $74.95 (Express boxcar) Min Curve: O-45 Features: Die-cast metal trucks and couplers, interior illumination, sleeper interior decoration Current-production road names: Pullman, Hospital Kitchen Car, Troop Kitchen Car; Express car road names: Burlington Route, Chesapeake & Ohio, New Haven, and New York […]

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S gauge EMD F3 diesel from MTH Electric Trains

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S GAUGE SEABOARD F3 DIESEL FROM MTH ELECTRIC TRAINS Price: $379.95 (no. 35-20016-1) Min Curve: S-20 Cmd Low: 2.44 smph Cnv Low: 3.54 smph High: 67 smph Drawbar pull: 10.5 oz. Features: Two motor-driven trucks, Proto-Sound 3.0 command and sound system, operating couplers Current-production road names: Central RR of New Jersey, New York Central, Pennsylvania […]

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