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Spring 2017 250+ NEW PRODUCTS! 2017 Locomotives –– PagesPages 6-76-7 Sale DVD Sets –– PagesPages 32-3332-33 HO Scale Vehicles –– PagePage 4545 Nostalgic Metal Signs –– PagePage 5959 Models + Kits + DVDs + Books + Art + Apparel + Look Inside for More! Table of Contents Dear Fellow Railfan, models on page 3 (sold out at the manufacturer with very limited Union Pacifi c Big Boy.........................3 Offi cially nicknamed “Wasatch” aft er the quantities remaining). We also feature western mountain range it was built to traverse, an array of quality Bachmann locomotives Trains the iconic Union Pacifi c 4-8-8-4 claimed its and streetcars on pages 6-7 and an all-new informal moniker when an engineer scrawled assortment of automotive kits on page 57. New & Noteworthy.........................4-5 the now-famous words in chalk on its front 2017 Bachmann Locomotives.....6-7 end: “Big Boy.” With a price-tag of $265,000 – So, pick your favorites and call us toll free Encyclopedias..........................................8 equivalent to $4.3 million in modern currency at 800-261-5922, visit HistoricRail.com, or Steam & Diesel....................................9-10 – it’s no surprise that a mere twenty-fi ve were mail in the order form provided. Freight / Railroad Operations..............11 manufactured, eight remaining on display or Th anks for Shopping! on the road to restoration today. Industry Th is jam-packed issue of Historic Rail & Railroad Operations / Logging............12 Roads proudly off ers a selection of centerpiece Mining......................................................13 collectibles saluting the fan-favorite engine, Agriculture............................................14 including our cover print below and HO scale – Greg Herrick Grain / Farm..............................................15 Maritime / Great Lakes...........................16 Passenger Ships......................................17 On the Cover: World’s Fair / Circus.................................18 SAVE Beauty Military.............................................19-20 $ and the 85 Beast Railroads Stan Stokes. Against a Urban Rails / Passenger Trains.............21 majestic CSX Lines............................................22-23 western Conrail Lines......................................24-25 backdrop, two Norfolk Southern Lines...................26-27 Union Pacific Canadian Pacifi c Lines...........................28 locomotives BNSF Lines..........................................29-31 pace each other Green Frog Sale DVDs..............32-33 while off ering Union Pacifi c Lines...........................34-37 a dynamic contrast in Regional..........................................38-39 equipment and Independent / Lost Roads....................40 era. The 4-8-2 LIMITED EDITION Mountain, a Modeling popular engine developed in Structures...........................................41-43 the early 20th Expansion / Accessories........................44 century, billows smoke and attempts to catch up to its more-modern UP brother: the 4-8-8-4 HO Scale Vehicles....................................45 Big Boy, a favorite among today’s railfans of which only 25 were produced in the 1940s. This limited edition giclée print comes signed and numbered by the artist. Made in $ the USA. 21"x 14"..................................................................................#R07076 Reg: $125 Now: 39.95 Vehicles Jigsaw Puzzle – Also available as a 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle! 30"x 19"...#R67161 $15.95 New & Noteworthy...........................46 Automobiles..................................46-52 Service Station / First Responders.......53 About Our Models... Unless otherwise noted, all of the HO scale locomotive models in this catalog feature a fi nely molded body, glazed windows, a powerful motor, a die cast chassis, RP25 metal wheels, magnetically operated knuckle couplers, and Hot Rods / Motorcycles / Trucks.....54-55 arrive ready to run. Typically, most N scale rolling stock models come with plastic wheels. A fi nal reminder: products in this Construction.........................................56 catalog are not toys; they are intended for modelers and railfans ages 14 and above. Automotive Kits......................................57 Diorama Figures & Accessories...........58 If, in the catalog, you see one of these badges, it means that the loco next to it has built-in DCC or DCC & sound! Unless otherwise noted, if a product is “DCC-equipped,” it works on standard DC or DCC systems. Just 4 Fun Bachmann Broadway Limited Paragon2 Nostalgia.........................................59-60 DCC – Equipped for speed, direction, and lighting. DCC & Sound – Equipped for speed, direction, and Gifts.......................................................61 DCC Sound Value – Equipped for speed, direction, lighting, and features built-in controllable sounds lighting, and 6 standard sounds. such as engine chuff , whistles, bell, reverse mech- Hollywood Videos............................62-63 DCC & Sound – (Bachmann Spectrum) – Equipped anism shift and creak, passenger station, freight for speed, direction, lighting, and sounds, including yard, lumber yard, farm, maintenance yard, and engine startup and shutdown, bell, air horn, coupler crash, others; recordable DCC operation for automated playback; dynamic brakes and brake squeal, radiator fans, and more. and synchronized puffi ng smoke (steam locomotives). www.HistoricRail.com Athearn Genesis Other Brands DCC – Equipped for speed, direction, and lighting. DCC & Sound – Equipped for speed, direction, DCC & Sound – Equipped for speed, direction, light- lighting, and sounds, including horn, bell, coupler Find Follow ing, and 19 sounds such as horn, bell, coupler crash, crash, dynamic brakes and brake squeal, air us on us on release, and many others. Facebook Twitter dynamic brakes and brake squeal, and air release. This is just a sampling of the hundreds of new items in this issue New & Noteworthy of Historic Rail & Roads . Find more throughout the catalog! HO Scale Sold Out at the Manufacturer! A 4-8-8-4 Steam Locomotives Needing an engine that could pull a 3,600-ton train B over steep western grades, Union Pacifi c developed perhaps the most legendary locomotive in history: the 4-8-8-4 Big Boy. These top-quality, Broadway Limited replicas of the iconic engine are re-creations of #4014 (set for a return to rail after restoration) and #4005 (displayed at the Forney Transportation Museum in Denver). Each HO scale model – equipped for DCC & Sound – features “Rolling Thunder” audio, engineer and fi reman fi gures, synchronized puffi ng smoke (variable in intensity and timing), lighted number boards and marker lights, a tender. 18" long with $ tender............................................................................ 749 each A: #4014 Excursion Version........................#R85477 B: #4005 Museum Version.....................#R85478 Union Pacific Metal Sign Union Pacific Stylishly weathered, this aluminum Big Boy #4014 Shirt sign features the UP’s classic herald. Displaying Union Pacifi c’s Includes a mounting hole. #4014 Big Boy steam loco- $ 14" diameter.................#402616 24.95 motive on the front, this blue, Made in screen-printed t-shirt is a the USA. wonderful tribute to that giant locomotive and the Union Pacific end of the steam era. 4014 was retired from service in Big Boys in Action 1959, but is currently being Reisdorff & Bartels. Celebrate the world’s restored to return the engine largest steam locomotive, the legendary to operational status. Made American Union Pacifi c Big Boy! This of soft, 100% pre- pictorial-history examines those giant $ $ shrunk cotton......#R11343 M, L, XL....... 14.95 XXL............... 16.95 steamers hard at work during their heyday, from 1941 to 1959, when they were in regular service in Utah and Wyoming. Includes a detailed, year-by-year timeline of Big Boy operations. $ Big Boy Locomotive 80 pages, 80 B&W photos, 11"x 8½", softcover..........................#R05887 24.95 Kit Big Boy: On the Road to Restoration Ride along as Union Pacifi c’s famous Big Boy #4014 1/87 Scale undergoes its exciting journey to restoration! Combining historic fi lm with recent footage of that This HO scale kit features a beauty being moved from the Rail Giants Train one-piece boiler, separate butterfly damper, cab Museum of California to its new home at the UP’s interior, movable pony trucks, detailed driving Cheyenne, Wyoming, shop, this program is a thrilling, wheels and rods, cow-catcher, display track, and up-close look at an old steam giant. decals for two UP versions. Over 18" long. Requires model cement; 1 hr. 30 min...........................................#R02419 $29.95 assembly required. 87 pieces. Skill level 3................................#R09503 $24.95 Order Today at 800-261-5922 or www.HistoricRail.com 3 New & Noteworthy Canadian Waterfront Images of Rail Pacifi c Terminals and Strasburg Rail Road Facilities Operations Conner and Barrall. The Strasburg in Color Kempinski. A must-own Rail Road in Pennsylvania is Volume 3 book for those looking to the country’s longest continu- Riddell. Canadian set up an authentic rail-ma- ally operating train company, Pacifi c’s classic rine layout, this illustrated chartered in 1832. This Images of maroon and gray guide off ers necessary Rail title is a visual timeline of the units are captured insight and step-by-step enduring four-and-a-half-mile in full-color in this instructions! Learn the historical overview of the line, examining