What's New at the Railroad Hobby Show
Okay, this is going to be cell phone photos at first, and DSLR shots later tonight.
Update: someone asked that I explain where the Railroad Hobby Show is. Indeed, up until a few years ago, I had no idea what people were talking about when they mentioned "the Springfield show."
The Railroad Hobby Show is put on by the Amherst Railway Society at the Eastern States Exposition Center (Big E) in West Springfield, Massachusetts in late January or early February. Thus it is known as "The Railroad Hobby Show," "The Big E show," "The Amherst Show," or "The Springfield Show."
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The word of the day is Dash-9. Announced in HO and N scale, the Dash-9 is immediately available in NS, BNSF, UP, ATSF and CN&W. In BNSF and NS, only one road number is available now: BNSF 4313 and NS 9692. Rivet Counter and Operator versions are available in both scales.
The crowd after the announcement:
The models:
Modeling a fictional GWI shortline combining three separate areas into one freelance-ish railroad.
Jeff Shultz - My blog index
MRH Technical Assistant
http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/blog/jeffshultz
Tangent
Based on the comments I heard just while taking these photos, there is a lot of nostalgia about this car:
Also announced recently was this gondola:
(my cell phone doesn't have the greatest camera)
Modeling a fictional GWI shortline combining three separate areas into one freelance-ish railroad.
Jeff Shultz - My blog index
MRH Technical Assistant
http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/blog/jeffshultz
More to come...
I have photos from Athearn, Atlas, Jacksonville Terminal Company, Motrak, Lionel (in HO too!), and several more!
Modeling a fictional GWI shortline combining three separate areas into one freelance-ish railroad.
Jeff Shultz - My blog index
MRH Technical Assistant
http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/blog/jeffshultz
Is Athearn planning to do a Siemans Charger SC-44 model??
Now that Amtrak has ordered the Long Distance version of the Siemens Charger,
Is Athearn going to produce the HO model?
Caltrans ,MARC,ILDOT,,WSDOT and Virgin Trains(aka Brightline trains) have Chargers in service already.
Jeff's reply: see the 2019 teaser from January. Very distinctive Charger feature displayed.
Rapido
Got EP-5 Jets?
Modeling a fictional GWI shortline combining three separate areas into one freelance-ish railroad.
Jeff Shultz - My blog index
MRH Technical Assistant
http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/blog/jeffshultz
River Point Station
Coming in N scale from River Point Station -
Modeling a fictional GWI shortline combining three separate areas into one freelance-ish railroad.
Jeff Shultz - My blog index
MRH Technical Assistant
http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/blog/jeffshultz
Jeff - Grab a Roomettes shot
Jeff, grab a Roomettes shot when you can!
Joe Fugate
Publisher, Model Railroad Hobbyist magazine
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TCS
A reader question sent me across the aisle to the TCS booth, where I learned that they have KA1 and KA2 Keep-Alives going into production in a few weeks. They are about 1/2 the width of the KA3 and KA4 respectively
Modeling a fictional GWI shortline combining three separate areas into one freelance-ish railroad.
Jeff Shultz - My blog index
MRH Technical Assistant
http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/blog/jeffshultz
Roomettes
Yeah, I need to find them .. . And ESU.
Modeling a fictional GWI shortline combining three separate areas into one freelance-ish railroad.
Jeff Shultz - My blog index
MRH Technical Assistant
http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/blog/jeffshultz
Electric Wallpaper aka Roomettes
Barry was off somewhere, so I abused his equipment to get some photos (better ones, I hope tonight) -
Modeling a fictional GWI shortline combining three separate areas into one freelance-ish railroad.
Jeff Shultz - My blog index
MRH Technical Assistant
http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/blog/jeffshultz