O gauge RailKing Amtrak Amfleet set from MTH Electric Trains

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Price: $439.95 (no. 30-4230-1) Min Curve: O-31 Cmd Low: 3.3 smph Cnv Low: 4.1 smph, High: 55.9, Drawbar Pull: 1 lb 6 oz. Features: Locomotive features two can-style motors, coil couplers, and ProtoSound 3.0 command and sound systems. Passenger cars had interior decoration and illumination. The set includes track, power supply, and the Remote Commander […]

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O gauge “Wilson” diesel locomotive from Williams by Bachmann

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Price: $349.95 (no. 40902) Min Curve: O-31 Cmd Low: N/A Cnv Low: 11.5 smph, High: 100.8, Drawbar Pull: 14 oz. Features: Two can style motor, headlight, directional lockout. Limited production run of 480 each Wilson and Brewster, 480 each boxcar and passenger car, and 300 each yellow and blue hopper cars. Current production road names: […]

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Walthers Mainline HO scale F40PH diesel locomotive

WalthersMainline HO scale F40PH

WalthersMainline HO scale F40PH A powerful passenger hauler, the Walthers HO scale Electro-Motive Division F40PH, is back as part of the WalthersMainline series. Although not as highly detailed as a WalthersProto locomotive, the F40PH has been upgraded with the same mechanism as a top-of-the line model. It’s also one of the first WalthersMainline locomotives to […]

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Athearn HO scale SD70M diesel locomotive

Athearn HO scale SD70M

Athearn HO scale SD70M Electro-Motive Division’s SD70M, one of the most numerous locomotives on North American rails today, is now offered in an HO scale model equipped with Digital Command Control and sound. This isn’t the first HO scale SD70M in Athearn’s Genesis line. Senior editor Jim Hediger ­reviewed a previous model in the ­November […]

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Moloco HO scale 50-foot plug door boxcar

Moloco HO scale 50-foot plug door boxcar

Moloco HO scale 50-foot plug door boxcar Like the prototype the 1981 repaint version of the HO scale Moloco boxcar doesn’t have running boards and features rooftop grab irons on the B end. The Moloco HO scale Santa Fe boxcar features a fully detailed underframe. Want a little color in your HO scale boxcar fleet? […]

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Quick Look: Wuiske Models HO scale Queensland Rys. 1550 class diesel

Wuiske Models HO scale Queensland Rys. 1550 class diesel

Wuiske Models HO scale Queensland Rys. 1550 class diesel Price: $295 (Australian) for HO or HOn3 version Manufacturer Wuiske Models PO Box 131 Jandowae, QLD Australia 4410 www.wuiskemodels.com Era: early 1970s to 2000s Comments: A freight locomotive that served on Australia’s Queensland Rys. is available from Wuiske Models in HO scale standard gauge and HOn3 […]

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Reader review: American Limited Models HO scale Trinity 3281 covered hopper

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American Limited Models HO scale Trinity covered hopper A modern covered hopper suitable for cement and other high density lading is now available for modelers who like present day operations. The Trinity 3281 cubic feet, 2 bay, covered hopper is ubiquitous on the North American scene. Modelers have been asking for one for years. American […]

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O gauge RailKing PRR L1-class 2-8-2 from MTH

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O gauge RailKing PRR L1-class 2-8-2 from MTH Price:  $449.95 (no. 30-1641-1)  Min Curve: O-31 Cmd Low: 2.1 smph Conv Low: 3.2 smph, High: 68 smph, Drawbar Pull: 1 lb 8 oz. Features: O-31 die-cast metal construction, MTH’s ProtoSound 3.0 command and sound system, smoke unit, coil coupler Current production road names: Pennsylvania RR cab […]

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Fox Valley Models HO GP60M and GP60B diesel locomotives

Fox Valley Models HO scale GP60M and GP60B

Fox Valley Models HO GP60M and GP60B diesel locomotives Dressed up in the warbonnet livery of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry., Fox Valley Models’ GP60M and GP60B model unique ATSF prototypes. Both HO scale locomotives are available with ESU LokSound dual-mode decoders for realistic sound effects on direct-current and Digital Command Control layouts. […]

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