Lionel Pennsylvania K4 freight set
WITH A LIST PRICE OF $649.95, the no. 31902 Pennsylvania K4 Freight Train set is by no means a child’s…
Read moreWITH A LIST PRICE OF $649.95, the no. 31902 Pennsylvania K4 Freight Train set is by no means a child’s…
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TO CROSS THE Rocky Mountains, the Union Pacific railroad was always looking for the next big thing. This eye toward…
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J.L. COWEN WOULD probably smile at what Williams Electric Trains has been up to. Amid the scramble to seize the…
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FINALLY, ALL OF THOSE grand, O gauge passenger trains have an equally grand destination: Ace Trains station canopy. Ace Trains…
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OKAY, WHAT DOES THE typical American railroad buff know about British railway history? Tick-tock, tick-tock. Time’s up! Still drawing a…
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AMERICA’S MORALE took quite the beating in the turbulent 1960s and early ’70s. As the nation’s 1976 bicentennial approached, many…
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I WAS A LITTLE surprised at the heft of this thing. Unlike the other operating accessories we’ve reviewed in this…
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THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD’S famous 4-4-4-4 Duplex drive T1 locomotive, designed by Raymond Loewy, epitomizes the rakish, spaceship look of industrial…
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TWO HEADLINES IN a supermarket tabloid: “Elvis returns to Graceland” and “Lionel makes all-new Standard gauge trains.” Which do you…
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IN MY MIND, the pinnacle of diesel locomotion is the General Motors SD40-2. Back when I would trudge through snowbanks…
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ANYONE WHO HAS mixed toy trains and toy soldiers will appreciate Thor from Marx Trains. Thor is a nifty little…
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