O gauge Menards steam freight set
Though this train set from Menards arrived too late to get it into a pre-Christmas issue, I’m still tickled to…
Read moreThough this train set from Menards arrived too late to get it into a pre-Christmas issue, I’m still tickled to…
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This may be the first chain store exclusive set CTT has ever reviewed! The set is powered by Lionel’s…
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One of the best New Haven designs was the I-4 class of 4-6-2 Pacifics. The railroad and the manufacturer worked…
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This is a reproduction of a clever bit of marketing from back in the mid-1930s. Take the then-popular Commodore Vanderbilt…
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The traditionally sized GG1 is popular in O gauge, as illustrated by the fact that MTH, Williams by Bachmann, and…
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The Lionel Corp. Tinplate Blue Streak features a Commodore Vanderbilt 2-4-2 and an articulated passenger train. Watch it in action…
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Just as the Santa Fe warbonnet F3 is considered model railroading’s all-time favorite diesel, so is the Pennsylvania RR’s GG1…
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The Pennsylvania RR’s famed experimental Turbine no. 6200 was a milestone in the late steam era. It was clear evidence…
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The Electro-Motive Division’s SD70 series of locomotives is a winner in the world of modern American diesel power. Since 1992,…
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The Union Pacific was known for the large steam power it used to speed freight across the wide-open west. Perhaps…
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The new locomotive I probably had the most fun testing in the past year was certainly the least complex –…
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Let me start out by saying that I’m a fan of the Baldwin RF-16. I even own two sets by…
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