Atlas Model Railroad HO scale 1932 American Railway Association boxcar HO scale freight cars 1932 American Railway Association boxcar. New paint schemes: Soo Line (modern), Erie (1945 repaint), Pennsylvania RR (fictional paint scheme on two road numbers), Missouri Pacific (“Route of the Eagles” slogan), Roberval Saguenay, Seaboard Air Line (1934-37 scheme), and Western Maryland. Three […]
Atlas O Maxi-IV well car O scale modern-era modelers have some heavy metal coming at them in the form of Atlas O’s three-well Gunderson Maxi-IV articulated container cars. These big cars are designed to haul 53-foot containers. Atlas O is offering compatible containers separately. The prototype. Gunderson developed the Twin-Stack container car in the 1980s. […]
Micro-Trains N scale Airslide hopper Price: $27.95 to $29.75 Manufacturer Micro-Trains Line Co. 351 Rogue River Pkwy. Talent, OR 97540-1200 www.micro-trains.com Era: 1970 to present Road names: Norfolk Southern (post-1982 company), BNSF Ry. (buffer service), CSX, and General American. Two road numbers per scheme. Comments: A General American Transportation Corp. 4,180-cubic-foot- capacity Airslide covered hopper […]
Kevin Strong 1:24- and 1:16-scale styrene architectural pattern sheets JTT & Partners Available from: Model Rectifier Corporation 80 Newfield Ave. Edison NJ 08837 Price: $6.50/pack (2 sheets) Website: www.modelrec.com 7.5″ x 12″ vacuum-formed styrene pattern sheets for model building Pros: Crisp detail molded into sheets Cons: Small size of sheets may make covering larger surfaces […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Are you ready to tackle realistic model operations on your layout? Follow this all-new MRVP mini-series and you will be! Over the course of five episodes, David Popp and the MR/MR Video Plus team will use the HO scale Beer Line project layout […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In the second stage of preparation for our operating session, David shows how to position cars and their paperwork at the industries and tracks on our HO scale Beer Line layout. Also in this video, David looks at the various jobs on the […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page David has completed preparations for the Beer Line HO scale operating session. Now it’s time to start the session into motion so you can watch and learn how the car movements on the railroad fit into specific job tasks. The first job you’ll […]
Are you ready to tackle realistic model operations on your layout? Follow this all-new MRVP mini-series and you will be! Over the course of five episodes, David Popp and the MR/MR Video Plus team will use the HO scale Beer Line project layout to share the preparations, processes, and common practices for an operating session […]
In the second stage of preparation for our operating session, David shows how to position cars and their paperwork at the industries and tracks on our HO scale Beer Line layout. Also in this video, David looks at the various jobs on the railroad and evaluates the sequence of movements required to get cars into […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page David has completed preparations for the Beer Line HO scale operating session. Now it’s time to start the session into motion so you can watch and learn how the car movements on the railroad fit into specific job tasks. The first job you’ll […]
WalthersMainline HO 53-foot Thrall corrugated-side gondola Price: $24.98 Manufacturer Wm. K. Walthers Inc. 5601 W. Florist Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53218 www.walthers.com Road names: Great Northern; Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; Burlington Northern; Conrail; Southern Pacific; and Union Pacific Era: Late 1960s to 1990s Comments: Walthers is offering a ready-to-run version of the HO scale Thrall […]
Atlas N scale FMC boxcar Price: $23.95 (undecorated, $18.95) Manufacturer Atlas Model Railroad Co. 378 Florence Ave. Hillside, NJ 07205 www.atlasrr.com Era: late 1980s to present (as painted) Road names: Burlington Northern; Atlanta & St. Andrews Bay; Atlantic & Western; Cadiz RR; Escanaba & Lake Superior; Lake Erie, Franklin & Clarion; Port Huron & Detroit; […]
