Bachmann HO scale Bethlehem Steel 100-ton 3-bay hopper The HO scale Bethlehem Steel 100-ton-3-Bay Hopper is a release from the “Bachman Silver Series” rolling stock line. The car I am reviewing is decorated for the regional railroad of “Wheeling And Lake Erie Railway.” The paint is crisp and the colors match the rail colors exactly, […]
Bachmann HO scale GP30 diesel locomotive Bachmann has revised and updated its HO GP30 locomotive. The original GP30 body was brought out by Lionel in the late 1970s, and Bachmann has equipped it with a succession of underframes, motors, and mechanisms. As of 2014, there is a revised and updated version of this model, with […]
Bachmann N scale NW2 diesel locomotive If a smooth-running, Digital Command Control-equipped N scale switcher is on your shopping list, you might want to take a look at the new Bachmann NW2. This locomotive combines an accurately modeled shell with precise performance. The prototype. Railroads across the country rostered NW2s, from a single unit by […]
Dave Goodson 1:29 scale, gauge-1 trolley car Bachmann Industries 1400 E. Erie Avenue Philadelphia PA 19124 Price: $419 Website: www.bachmanntrains.com Mostly plastic model of a Los Angeles Transit streetcar (#91702); also available: Toronto, (#91703), Chicago Surface Line (#91704), Baltimore Transit (#91701); single-end car; all-metal gears; two powered trucks; all axles powered; DCC ready; working trolley […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this month’s episode of Cody’s Office, you’ll get a handy tip for weathering model railroad ballast using an airbrush. Associate editor Cody Grivno demonstrates his favorite techniques on the Model Railroader staff’s N scale Red Oak project layout, which won’t appear in print until […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this month’s episode of Cody’s Office, you’ll get a handy tip for weathering model railroad ballast using an airbrush. Associate editor Cody Grivno demonstrates his favorite techniques on the Model Railroader staff’s N scale Red Oak project layout, which won’t appear in print until […]
Bachmann Industries HO sale Norfolk Southern fleet diesel locomotives It seems model railroaders can’t get enough of the Norfolk Southern heritage fleet. Dressed in the paint schemes of fallen flag railroads, newly tooled HO scale General Electric ES44AC and Electro-Motive Diesel SD70ACe locomotives are now available in the Bachmann Trains Sound Value series. The accurately […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Big diesels abound in this episode of Cody’s Office. This month Cody takes a look at prototype-specific HO scale SDP45 diesel locomotives from Athearn Trains. He’ll also show you HO scale ES44AC and SD70ACe diesels decked out in Norfolk Southern heritage paint schemes […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Big diesels abound in this episode of Cody’s Office. This month Cody takes a look at prototype-specific HO scale SDP45 diesel locomotives from Athearn Trains. He’ll also show you HO scale ES44AC and SD70ACe diesels decked out in Norfolk Southern heritage paint schemes […]
Bill Canelos In the April and June 2014 issues of Garden Railways, author Bill Canelos shows you how to modify a Bachmann 4-6-0 locomotive. In this video, he demonstrates the sound system he’s installed. […]
Say, 1066 sounds familiar. I wonder why? Norman Conquest? Nope. Haley’s Comet? Nein. Battle of Hastings? Negative. End of the Dark Ages? Uh-uh. 1066? Oh, yeah, how could I forget! 1066 is the number of the Norfolk Southern’s New York Central Heritage unit. Oh, New York Central diesel no. 1066 was an Alco FA-2. What’s […]
The newest O gauge interlocking track with attached roadbed is E-Z Track from Williams by Bachmann. […]
