Accucraft adds Dreyfuss, ‘Allegheny,’ S.P.
Saturday, May 11, 2013
Attractive locomotives keep being announced at Accucraft Trains Co., the Union City, Calif.-based maker of museum-quality brass models. The latest are a 1:29-scale New York Central 4-6-4 “Hudson” with the Henry Dreyfuss body work, a 1:32-scale Chesapeake and Ohio 2-6-6-6 “Allegheny,” and a Southern Pacific 2-6-0 Mogul in 1:32-scale.
The “Hudson” will be 40¼-inches long, 4¼-inches wide and 6⅜-inches tall, gauged to 45mm. The butane-fired boiler will have two flues, two safety valves, a drain valve, pressure gauge, a sight glass, axle pump and tender-water pump.
German toy maker buys Märklin
Saturday, April 6, 2013
An affiliate of a German toy firm with €600 million in annual sales (about $US785 million) has taken over model train maker Märklin, the companies announced late last month.
Sieber & Sohn GmbH & Co. KG, will become the new majority shareholder in Märklin, the companies said. Sieber & Sohn was established earlier this year by Michael Sieber, the chief executive officer of the Simba Dickie Group, a 31-year-old toymaker that is probably best known for its Big Bobby Car, a peddle toy for toddlers.
Live-steam events in England
Saturday, March 23, 2013
Two large live-steam events are scheduled in England in the next few weeks, with the Association of 16mm Narrow Gauge Modellers sponsoring the National Garden Railway Show, April 27, in Peterborough and the Gauge One Model Railway Association (G1MRA) opening its Gauge One Expo, June 15-16 in Warwickshire, to the general public for the first time.
The 16mm group said it will have the full-sized “Mountaineer,” a 2-6-2T locomotive built in 1916, at this year’s Nation Garden Railway Show,
Aster to add another Brit
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Aster Hobby Co. Inc. of Japan said in January it was planning a new 1:32-scale British locomotive, the “Merchant Navy Class.” The company would only say that it plans to have the live-steam model ready this year and provided no other details.
Oliver Bulleid designed the locomotive class for Southern Railways, which built them between 1941-1949. No. 35028, called “Clan Line,” was first constructed in 1948 and was rebuilt by British Railways in 1959. It has been preserved and is maintained at Stewarts Lane, in Battersea, London.
Magazine’s video awards
Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013
A contest for small-scale live steamers who made 2013 videos of their hobby efforts was announced in January by Steam in the Garden.
The “Steamie Awards” will honor the work of live-steam videographers from throughout the 2013 calendar year and be judged in four basic categories: best story video, best holiday-theme video, best instructional video and best chronicle of a steamup. Also, a grand prize will be awarded to the best overall video.
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