Walthers HO scale GP60 diesel locomotive The most recent release of the WalthersProto GP60 has the look of an old friend, while still being thoroughly modern. Dressed in limited-run paint schemes, these HO scale models depict the end of the GP series from General Motors’ Electro-Motive Division. Yet they were also the first of the […]
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 […]
Walthers HO scale Capitol Limited kitchen and diner cars The Baltimore & Ohio’s Capitol Limited of the 1950s is Walthers’ newest name train. It has a 10-car streamlined consist, including eight newly tooled cars, pulled by Electro-Motive Division E9A-E8Bm-E9A locomotives. This kitchen-dormitory-dining car set is one of the train’s new signature cars. The prototype. The […]
The Walthers HO scale San Francisco Chief models one of the famous passenger trains of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry. Model Railroader received a sample of each one of the car types and locomotives offered in the series. A pair of F7 locomotives equipped with SoundTraxx Tsunami Digital Command Control (DCC) sound decoders […]
The Walthers HO scale San Francisco Chief models one of the famous passenger trains of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry. Model Railroader received a sample of each one of the car types and locomotives offered in the series. A pair of F7 locomotives equipped with SoundTraxx Tsunami Digital Command Control (DCC) sound decoders […]
WalthersProto HO scale EMD F7A and F7B diesels Price: $529.98 (A-B set, DCC sound), $269.98 (A unit, DCC sound), $329.98 (A-B set, DC, no sound), $169.98 (A unit, DC, no sound) Manufacturer Wm. K. Walthers Inc. 5601 W. Florist Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53218 www.walthers.com Era: 1952 to 1970s Comments: A pair of prototypically detailed F7s […]
One of the most popular second-generation diesels to serve on North American rails returns to N scale with accurate details and an upgraded mechanism. The Walthers N scale GP38-2 has a redesigned frame compared to the earlier Life-Like Proto N release. This Direct-Current (DC) model is easily converted to Digital Command Control. The prototype. The […]
Walthers HO scale drive-in theater structure kit Price: $49.98 Manufacturer Wm. K. Walthers, Inc. 5601 W. Florist Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53218 www.walthers.com Comments: A drive-in theater can be an eye-catching feature on a model train layout. Now Walthers is rolling out its Skyview Drive-In, a styrene structure kit that lets you use a tablet computer […]
WalthersProto HO scale GP30 diesel locomotive Featuring a high level of protoypical detail and available with a SoundTraxx Tsunami Digital Command Control decoder, the WalthersProto HO scale GP30 captures the sights and sounds of its second-generation prototype. The decoder delivers realistic sound on direct-current and DCC layouts. In the early 1960s, General Electric had severed […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Don’t miss this 180th episode retrospective of Cody’s Office. Host Cody Grivno shares some of his favorite moments, including the commercial for Dr. Railroader’s Magic Elixir. You’ll also see a collection of the latest new model railroading products, including a DCC-sound-equipped GP15-1 from […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Don’t miss this 180th episode retrospective of Cody’s Office. Host Cody Grivno shares some of his favorite moments, including the commercial for Dr. Railroader’s Magic Elixir. You’ll also see a collection of the latest new model railroading products, including a DCC-sound-equipped GP15-1 from […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Get a sneak peek at two new HO scale diesel locomotives and other new HO and N scale model train products in this month’s Cody’s Office. The F40PH-2D from Rapido Trains features an ESU LokSound Digital Command Control (DCC) decoder and the GP30 […]
