NEWS

According to the American Flyer web site they have announced the 'largest 4-8-4 Northern ever built' - Sante Fe's war time 2900's [see the site]
dated: 2008-09-22

Athearn® Trains is excited to announce we have purchased select tooling from T55, the plastic division of Overland Models. T55 is one of the model railroading industry's leading producers of high-quality injection-molded models. Using T55's outstanding tooling, Genesis will soon be producing a run of General Electric GEVO (ES44AC and ES44DC) models, as well as EMD SD70ACe and SD70M-2 models. [more about this listing]
dated: 2008-09-20

Discuss model trains with enthusiasts from around the world! For free!Today, May 1, 2008, marks the end of one of the most dramatic and difficult periods in Lionel’s 108 year history. After more than seven long years of legal warfare, a brutal financial restructuring, and a lot of corporate soul searching, Lionel has fully emerged from bankruptcy.


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dated: 2007-07-19

Carson, CA – Athearn Trains is pleased to announce that it has purchased tooling for twelve different HO truck trailers from A-Line. The trailers will be part of the Athearn Ready To Roll® line of products.Today, May 1, 2008, marks the end of one of the most dramatic and difficult periods in Lionel’s 108 year history. After more than seven long years of legal warfare, a brutal financial restructuring, and a lot of corporate soul searching, Lionel has fully emerged from bankruptcy.


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dated: 2007-07-14

The Tech Model Railroad Club of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The TMRC, was founded during the 1946-1947 school year and is one of the oldest model railroad clubs in the United States. The TMRC has many areas of interest including a permanent HO scale layout, the fictional Tech Nickel Plate Railroad, the MITCo trolley line, their custom made control system, the System 3, videos made with their camera cars as well as many construction, scenery and layout photos.

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dated: 2007-07-10

Then follow this link on the National Model Railroad Association web site for information on how to get started. Includes Track Basics, Wiring Basics, Scenery & Structures, Scale & Gauge, Clearance & Grade, Track Curvatures & Rolling Stock (Intermediate to Advanced), Wheels, Purchasing Model RR Equipment....... [see the site]
dated: 2007-03-20

It will be full steam ahead at this year's Basingstoke and North Hampshire Model Railway Show, despite a number of setbacks for the club last year. [see the site]
dated: 2007-03-15

LGB of America and Bridgewerks are happy to announce that LGB of America is now the exclusive distributor of the Bridgewerks program of high-quality, high-output power packs, throttles, and power supplies. [more about this listing]
dated: 2007-03-05

Michael Stephens has been named as the new president of Athearn Trains in an announcement by Horizon Hobby, Inc. [more about this listing]
dated: 2007-02-06

Plans by Maerklin, one of the world's leading model-train brands, to lay off factory staff and shift some of its manufacturing to low-cost Asian nations, were assailed Thursday by demonstrating workers at the Nuremberg Toy Fair. [more about this listing]
dated: 2007-02-01