Model Trains

A bit wound too tight?

Posted by Trainphilos on 22 October 2019 in Model Trains, N Scale, N scale layouts |No Comments

No, no, no…the title is not alluding to our current political climate around here. Even though one could write volumes about the political disfunction around here in DC, let us just stick with model trains. My readers will remember that just a few day ago a mysterious package arrived at the front door. It turned […]

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A trip to New Jersey in N Scale

Posted by Trainphilos on 9 October 2019 in Model Trains, N scale layouts |8 Comments

The Atlas Model Railroad Company has finally released their N scale New Jersey Transit and AMT (Agence métropolitaine de transport Montreal) ALP-45 locomotives and the appropriate double deck coaches, as well as double deck cab cars. This was quite some time in coming. I had pre-ordered my N scale set in early January of 2019. […]

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PIKO strikes again

Posted by Trainphilos on 28 March 2019 in G Scale Trains, Model Trains |No Comments

Model train company PIKO, based in Sonneberg (Germany), just recently released their new Deutsche Bahn 103 electric locomotive for G gauge. Not quite a year ago PIKO announced that production of this particular locomotive would commence and opened pre-orders for this model. I finally received mine a few weeks ago. PIKO is getting more and […]

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