Video: Rapido Trains HO scale F40PH-2D

Rapido Trains HO scale F40PH2D

The Rapido Trains HO scale F40PH-2D features prototype specific detail and sound. The locomotive model features an ESU LokSound Select Digital Command Control (DCC) decoder. Watch two F40PH-2D locomotives haul a push-pull passenger train on the Model Railroader staff’s Milwaukee, Racine, and Troy HO scale model railroad. […]

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Video: Kato Sound Box analog sound controller for model trains

Kato Sound Box analog sound controller

The Kato Sound Box provides an easy way to add realistic sound effects to a direct-current (DC) layout without having to install Digital Command Control (DCC). Senior editor Dana Kawala demonstrates the Sound Box connected to a Kato power pack on the Model Railroader staff’s N scale Red Oak project model train layout. […]

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Video: Athearn Trains HO scale Topeka cab GP7

Athearn Trains HO scale Topeka cab GP7

Check out the Athearn Trains Genesis-series model of the Santa Fe “Topeka cab” GP7. The HO scale locomotive model captures the road number-specific details of its prototype. Model Railroader senior editor Dana Kawala will also show you some of the highlights of the locomotive’s factory-installed SoundTraxx Tsunami Digital Command Control (DCC) sound decoder. […]

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Video: Kato N scale FEF with SoundTraxx Micro Tsunami DCC decoder

Kato N scale FEF SoundTraxx Micro Tsunami DCC decoder

Senior editor Dana Kawala installed a SoundTraxx Micro Tsunami Digital Command Control (DCC) sound decoder into a Kato N scale Union Pacific FEF-3 steam locomotive. See and hear the N scale 4-8-4 haul the new Kato Union Pacific excursion train around the Model Railroader staff’s Salt Lake Route layout. […]

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Video: ESU LokSound DCC diesel decoder demo

Recently Matthew Herman of ESU visited the Model Railroader offices and talked with senior editor Dana Kawala about some of the latest features to be found in ESU LokSound Digital Command Control (DCC) decoders. See and hear ESU LokSound – equipped diesel locomotives as they run on the Model Railroader staff’s Wisconsin & Southern layout. […]

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Video: SoundTraxx SoundCar DCC sound decoder

SoundTraxx SoundCar DCC sound decoder

The SoundTraxx Tsunami SoundCar is a Digital Command Control decoder that brings the sounds of the train beyond the locomotive to a model train layout. In this video, Model Railroader senior editor Dana Kawala gets a demo of the SoundCar with George Bogatiuk of SoundTraxx. Listen to various SoundCar installations in freight and passenger equipment […]

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