EcoBoy, Sr. O gauge vision line GE Hybrid ES44AC by Lionel In the February 2011 issue, we reviewed Lionel’s O gauge GenSet locomotive – a fuel-efficient and environmentally friendly switcher that used multiple smaller diesel engines that kicked in as warranted. For switching or light roadwork, this is a clever and innovative approach to saving […]
Its basic lines may look like just another switcher, but this new Atlas HO scale model is of a 21st century locomotive with a unique, environmentally friendly design. The National Railway Equipment 3GS21B Genset switcher is in service on today’s railroads. The direct-current Atlas Genset has an eight-pin plug for a Digital Command Control (DCC) […]
Bowser HO scale Baldwin VO1000 diesel locomotive An upgraded HO replica of Baldwin’s VO1000, one of the manufacturer’s first diesel switchers, is available from Bowser. The model is based on Stewart Models tooling, and you’ll find a review of that model in the April 2001 Model Railroader. The HO scale version is available as a […]
Athearn Trains HO and N high-pressure gas tank cars With a scale length of 64′-6″, these new models from Athearn are typical of the large, insulated, pressure tank cars built to carry 33,900 gallons of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). This hydrocarbon fuel is shipped under pressure to prevent evaporation. These big pressure tank cars also […]
Atlas Model Railroad Co. HO scale steel rebuilt USRA boxcar Price: $32.95 (undecorated, $26.95) ManufacturerAtlas Model Railroad Co.378 Florence Ave.Hillside, NJ 07205www.atlasrr.com Era: 1940s to 1970s Comments: A steel rebuilt United States Railway Administration boxcar is available in HO from Atlas. The model is decorated as a Pennsylvania RR X26C boxcar. The PRR rebuilt nearly […]
Micro-Trains Line Co. N scale Pullman 12-1 heavyweight sleeper Price: $22.70 ManufacturerMicro-Trains Line Co.P.O. Box 1200Talent, OR 97540 www.micro-trains.com Era: 1925 to 1970s Comments: In the mid-1920s, the Pullman Co. built hundreds of 12-section, 1-drawing-room sleeping cars, some of which lasted in maintenance-of-way service into the 1970s. An N scale replica of Red Oak, one […]
I purchased the DCC-equipped version of Bachmann’s HO scale EMD GP40 diesel locomotive as a replacement for the DC models that came with each of my Bachmann McKinley Explorer starter sets when the GP40 from the older set began to lurch along the track while running under DC power. Bachmann offers this model in several […]
Walthers HO scale 86-foot Hi-cube boxcar Walthers makes absolutely wonderful cars, and this Gold Line model is no exception. The one and only at my local shop, I wanted a car that was long and would challenge my small radius turns. I saw this one, and walked out with a car finally longer than my […]
We ran the 1935 Twin Cities Hiawatha on our Milwaukee, Racine, and Troy club layout. This HO scale model from Fox Valley Models includes the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific (Milwaukee Road) locomotive and passenger cars. We installed a Train Control Systems DP5 Digital Command Control (DCC) decoder in the locomotive. You can read […]
The HO scale Athearn Trains Genesis EMD SD70ACe diesel locomotive includes a SoundTraxx Tsunami Digital Command Control (DCC) sound decoder. Watch the model run through Bay Junction on the Model Railroader club layout, the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy (MR&T). […]
NEWTON, N.J. — Jim Boyd, an influential railroad photographer, book author, and longtime editor of Railfan & Railroad magazine, died Dec. 31, 2010. Boyd was born in Dixon, Ill., in 1941, and grew up watching steam engines on the nearby Illinois Central. He attended the University of Illinois and the Layton School of Art in […]
German model railroad manufacturer Märklin is putting insolvency behind it and moving forward with a restructuring plan approved by creditors in December. Under the plan, Märklin will pay 33 million euros ($43.6 million) to creditors immediately. According to German newspaper Hamburger Abendblatt, the secured creditors — banks including Kreissparkasse Göppingen, BW-Bank and Goldman Sachs — […]
