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Carstens On30 Annual - Dispatcher's Report
Welcome to the On30 Annual Dispatcher's Report! Here you'll find announcements of all new model railroading products direct from the manufacturers. Please use the contact information supplied to learn more about these great new products. |
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O Scale |
Train Troll - Model Ships and Narrow Gauge :: O Scale :: Structures
Baby Alligator Warping Tug
MSRP: $89.95 (Catalog No. O-104) The Baby Alligator proved popular with operations not requiring the capability of the standard size warping tugs. The wheel house was just large enough for the captain and with no above deck sleeping arrangements or cooking facilities. These smaller wood or coal fired tugs were an upgrade from an earlier paddlewheel design, and were built by West & Peachey (Simcoe, Ontario) from 1919 till 1923 for various wood and lumber companies in Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Quebec.
The Baby Alligators were fully amphibious work vessels. They were fitted with two large oak hull skids and would portage themselves overland using their own steam powered winch and cable.
This kit is part of a fund raising project to support the W.D. Stalker, the last remaining operational West & Peachey Alligator Warping Tug.
Instructions are full color and provided on a CD-ROM.
Measurements:
Length: 9.5 inches (24 cm)
Width: 2 1/8 inches (5.4 cm)
Height: 3 1/8 inches (8 cm)
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All Scales |
Signature Press :: All Scales :: Books
Merchants Despatch, Its History and Equipment by Roger C. Hinman
MSRP: $65 (Catalog No. MDT) Merchants Despatch traced its origins to a railroad express service begun in 1855, with a connection to the American Express Company. From its earliest years it operated over the lines of the New York Central, and by 1871 its stock was owned by Vanderbilt Lines railroads. However, it was an independent part of the New York Central family. As such, it outlived the Central, and this book carries its history to the year 2000. Some 298 photographs, most previously unpublished, enrich this book, in addition to 44 drawings. More than 50 period documents and graphics enliven the text, accompanied by extensive rosters and tables of both car data and company information. Thoroughly researched in company records, this is an authoritative, well illustrated and complete history of Merchants Despatch. It presents both the long and complex corporate history, and also much information and many details about the design, construction, maintenance and operation of the vast car fleet. The book will appeal to those interested in the New York Central and in freight cars, as well as to enthusiasts of railroad history.
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Iowa Scaled Engineering :: All Scales :: Electronics
MRServo
MSRP: $12+ (Catalog No. MRServo) MRServo Slow Motion Switch Machine. MRServo provides a cost-effective way to add slow-motion turnouts to your layout. Ideal for space-constrained applications and multi-deck layouts. Optional PowerFrog technology provides reliable, short-proof power routing to solid frog turnouts. Available in 3 versions to suit any application or budget. Complete kits starting at $12.
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Circuits4Tracks :: All Scales :: Electronics
Quad Occupancy Detector - Version 4
MSRP: $35.99 Version 4 of our Quad Occupancy Detector is now available. New with version 4 are dual output connectors (SIP header and screw terminal blocks), 4 amp per block track current, and reduced price. $35.99 for ready-to-use units, $19.99 for board-and-parts kits. Quantity discounts available. Shipping $6 to USA, $4 to Canada.
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Signature Press :: All Scales :: Books
Rails Around Lake Tahoe by Mallory Hope Ferrell
MSRP: $60.00 (Catalog No. RT) Lake Tahoe itself is nestled amid the towering pine-covered mountains along the California and Nevada state lines. Its waters provided transportation for not only the timber, but for passengers, mail and freight aboard the many steamboats that plied its blue waters. In this beautiful setting, logging railroads and steamboats of the Carson & Tahoe Lumber & Fluming Company brought the huge logs to lakeshore sawmills. In the early 1900s, tourists began to flock to Lake Tahoe. They rode on a new narrow gauge, the Lake Tahoe Railway & Transportation Company. Eventually the Southern Pacific took over the property and converted it to standard gauge. The SP branch was abandoned in 1941. This is the story of the many logging railroads that operated in and near the Tahoe basin, with hundreds of rare photographs, maps, plans and illustrations. The author, a distinguished historian of narrow-gauge railroading and the West, has with this book added further luster to a long record of fine publications. The book will certainly appeal to anyone interested in narrow-gauge and logging railroading, as well as to enthusiasts of railroad history in general.
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Iowa Scaled Engineering :: All Scales :: Electronics
Wireless Networked Fast Clocks
MSRP: $125.00 (Catalog No. MRB-FCM, MRB-FCS) Iowa Scaled Engineering's wireless, networked fast clocks enhance layout operations with minimal installation. The master clock displays both fast time and battery-backed real time, offers easy configuration, supports any ratio from 1.0 to 99.9:1 and has three adjustable fast clock start times. An unlimited number of remote displays communicate wirelessly with the master clock and can be located around the layout without running wires. An optional sensor to monitor layout room temperature and humidity is also available.
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Roco Modelleisenbahn :: All Scales :: Digital Command Control (DCC)
Z21 DCC System
MSRP: $TBD (Catalog No. 10820) Fleischmann/Roco Modelleisenbahn GmbH, a leading European manufacturer of model railroad products, recently announced their entry into the United States and Canadian retail hobby market. The firm's newest release is the Roco branded Z21 DCC system which is now available to North American model railroaders. Roco's revolutionary Z21 ( www.z21.eu ) is a full feature DCC system which allows the user to operate their layout wirelessly with up to ten tablet PCs or smart phones via WLAN technology in addition to Roco conventional hand held throttles. Tablets and smart phones can be converted to throttles by simply downloading the free Z21 App from either the iTunes or Google App stores on the internet. A Z21 compatible video camera equipped locomotive is planned for release in the fall of 2013 which will allow operators using the Z21 system and a tablet PC to view their trains operating on their model railroads on screen at track level. These latest products, as well as the regular Fleischmann and Roco lines are available from leading North American Hobby Retailers that are part of the Fleischman/Roco North American Dealer network.
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