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Many of these products were pre-existing items from the Athearn catalog repackaged with Cox branding. [5] Freight cars packaged with train sets sold by Atlas Model Railroad Co. in the 1970s also came from Athearn. [1] The company produced a model of the Boston & Maine P4 class Pacific steam locomotive which incorporated a cast zinc alloy base ...
Digital Command Control (DCC) is a standard for a system for the digital operation of model railways that permits locomotives on the same electrical section of track to be independently controlled. The DCC protocol is defined by the Digital Command Control Working group of the US National Model Railroad Association (NMRA).
Life-Like logo introduced in 1970. Model railroading pioneer Gordon Varney sold off his Varney Scale Models company in 1960 to Sol Kramer. These HO scale model trains continued to be produced under the Varney name until March 1970, when the first advertising for Life-Like trains appeared in Railroad Model Craftsman magazine.
Because of the sudden popularity of N scale model railroading around 1966, Bachmann entered the trains market by starting its N scale trains products in June 1968, [4] with cars packaged in white jewel cases. [5] However, problems of initial run led to a retooling the following year. [6] In 1970 Bachmann entered the HO trains market. [7]
This is a category for companies who have made products related to model railroading or railway modelling. See also Category:Toy train manufacturers . Subcategories
The GE U28B diesel-electric locomotive model replaced the U25B in early 1966, featuring a slightly uprated prime mover (only 300 hp (220 kW) more power than the U25B). Early units had the same car body styling as the U25B, while later units had design features (e.g., shortened nose) more in common with later models.
The H-24-66, or Train Master, was a diesel-electric railroad locomotive produced by Fairbanks-Morse and its licensee, Canadian Locomotive Company. These six-axle hood unit road switchers were used in the United States and Canada during the 1950s.
The GE AC44C6M is an AC-traction 4,400-horsepower (3,300 kW) diesel locomotive, rebuilt from GE Transportation Dash 9 locomotives. AC44C6M rebuilds have been done by GE (now Wabtec), American Motive Power, Inc., and Norfolk Southern Railway's Juniata and Roanoke Shops, starting in September 2015.