InterMountain Value Line HO scale coal gondola Price: Single car, $26.95; six-pack, $159.95 Manufacturer InterMountain Railway Co. P.O. Box 839 Longmont, CO 80502-0839 www.intermountain-railway.com Era: 1995 to present (as decorated) Road names: Burlington Northern, BNSF Ry., Canadian National, and Procor. Two six-packs and one single car per scheme; also available with data only and blue, […]
HO scale locomotives General Electric AC4400CW diesel locomotive. BNSF Ry. (Heritage II scheme, repair patch in one road number and faded paint in two numbers), Canadian Pacific (white lettering with gold herald on long hood, three numbers), CSX (Chessie System, Louisville & Nashville, and Seaboard Coast Line heritage units, one number each), Norfolk Southern (black-and-white […]
Walthers HO scale Trinity two-bay covered hopper The Walthers car features separate end cages and brake appliances. A TrinityRail 39-foot, 3,281-cubic-foot-capacity two-bay covered hopper has been added to the WalthersMainline. The HO scale model is based on a contemporary freight car used to haul frac sand, roofing granules, cement, and other dense materials. Our sample […]
Rapido N scale New Haven 8600-series coach Price: $59.99 Manufacturer Rapido Trains Inc. 500 Alden Rd., Unit 21 Markham, Ont. L3R 5H5 Era: 1947 to 1988, depending on paint scheme Road names: New York, New Haven & Hartford (delivery with skirts, McGinnis with skirts, McGinnis without skirts); Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) without skirts; Penn […]
Siemens Velaro ICE (foreground) and Alstom TGV trainsets await action at Paris Est station. A merger of the two companies has been stopped by European regulators. Keith Fender BRUSSELS — The European Union’s central administration, the EU Commission, has announced it will not permit the proposed Siemens-Alstom merger, which originally had been targeted to be complete […]
HO scale locomotives General Electric ES44DC diesel locomotive. BNSF Ry. (faded Heritage II in three road numbers, patch repair Heritage III in one number, and Heritage III in two numbers), CSX (as-delivered scheme in four numbers, Western Maryland heritage unit in one number), and Norfolk Southern (with Positive Train Control in four numbers). Prototype-specific details, […]
Coffee stirrers can be a realistic load for flatcars. Stan Trzoniec Photo 1 Stan Trzoniec Stan Trzoniec Photo 2 Stan Trzoniec Photo 3 Stan Trzoniec Photo 4 Stan Trzoniec Photo 5 Stan Trzoniec Photo 6 Stan Trzoniec Scratchbuilding is fun! Do you remember making fences and small buildings out of ice cream sticks when you […]
ScaleTrains.com Inc. announced a General Electric (GE) C44-9W diesel locomotive at the 2019 Amherst Railway Society Railroad Hobby Show on Jan. 26. The model will be available in HO and N scales in the company’s Rivet Counter and Operator series. The Model Railroader staff received a sample from the HO scale Rivet Counter line. Road […]
PARIS — Alstom and Siemens have offered concessions to European regulators examining their proposed merger, Reuters reports, but there is no guarantee the move will be enough to satisfy antitrust concerns. Alstom confirmed in a statement on Monday that it had offered concessions, but said, “There is, however, still no certainty that the content of […]
Bachmann HO scale Pennsylvania RR class K4 streamlined 4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotive HO scale locomotives Pennsylvania RR class K4 streamlined 4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotive. Four road numbers. TCS WOWSound dual-mode sound decoder with Audio Assist, Keep-Alive capacitor for uninterrupted operation, all-metal chassis, blackened metal wheels and side rods, die-cast metal trailing truck, separately applied parts […]
Barb Packenham Barb A. Packenham, Model Railroader magazine’s editorial assistant from 1993 through 2006, died on Jan. 24. She was 74. Odds are good that if you called Model Railroader during those years, you spoke with Barb. She handled a wide variety of tasks for the magazine, including looking up past articles for readers, handling […]
Alstom is building the Avelia Liberty trainsets for Amtrak’s northeast corridor. A report says the Alstom-Siemens merger will be blocked by European regulators. Alstom/Amtrak This rendering shows one of the Charger locomotives Siemens is building for Amtrak. Siemens/Amtrak BRUSSELS — European Union regulators intend to block the merger of rail equipment manufacturers Alstom and Siemens […]
