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Coupler Gauges:
These coupler gauges are round pass/no-pass gauges made of on-conducting materials, making them perfect for use anywhere on a DCC-equipped railroad. Certify your car fleet and avoid break-in-twos by using these coupler gauges.
See my article,
"Four Common Mistakes in Kadee-Style Coupler Installation"
in the July 2017 Model Railroad Hobbyist and
"More Kadee Coupler Tips"
in the May, 2018 Model Railroad Hobbyist.
Bob-Mac Gauge for HO-scale Magnetic Couplers
- $7.99 plus $4.00 shipping Details
TruGage for O-scale Kadee-style Couplers
- $14.99 plus $4.00 shipping
In use on Rick Wright's Conus Lines -
Instruction Sheet
TruGage for S-scale Kadee-style Couplers
- $7.99 plus $4.00 shipping
In use -
In use on Richard Karnes' NYW&B -
Instruction Sheet -
Review in S-Gaugian, Jan/Feb 2013, reprinted with permission
Virginian Railway:
The Virginian Railway stretched from Norfolk, VA, to Deep Water, WV, a little over 500 miles, making it the smallest class 1 railroad in the country. I'm particularly fascinated by the electric zone, which ran from Roanoke, VA, to Mullins, WV. My extensive line is intended to make it easy for you to recreate, in miniature, the Virginian Railway.
"Battleship"
gondola decals (for F&C resin kit and NKP brass import) - $3.29 ($25 for O-scale newly back in print, $4.58 for N-scale,
N Scale 3D-Printed Battleship Gondolas)
N
"battleship" gondolas by Bruce Klimek
N-scale
"battleship" gondolas, by Diane Wolfgram Prototype
Photo * O
Model by H Falaise Background
, HO Model *
, O-scale model by Steve Kerr
, O-scale artwork
, O-scale model lettered by Jim Schneider
Composite hopper (class H-8A) decals
HO newly back in print
$7.50 ($5.75 for S-scale)
HO-scale
Models *
EL-3A/EL-1A jack shaft
electric box motors, dulux gold, each set does one
unit (3 needed for EL-3A) - $5.99 ($6.46 for N-scale,
Perfect for the Shapeways N-scale carbody by Boxcar Models
) Decal
Artwork - Decal Instructions
EL-C engines, white and yellow, HO newly back in print
$19.99 (New! N-scale - $7.99
Perfect for the Shapeways carbody by Alternative Model Railways) -
Decal
Image -
Instructions
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Low wire signs (30), black, yellow, and blue - $9.49 Artwork
image -
Prototype photo by Aubrey Wiley
Re-numbering
decals for N-scale Micro-Trains
Virginian hopper cars, a dozen "canned" road numbers for each of
three Micro-Trains hopper models: 56080 (Virginian class H-3), 56200
(VGN H-12), and 57110 (VGN H-8a). Each decal
set does up to 36 cars. - $2.99 Model
by Todd Jacobus Picture
of Decal
50' round-roof
box car decals, Virginian class AX-1/BX-1 plus - $2.99 for N-scale
Prototype
Photo * N-scale
Decal * Model by
Todd JacobusDecal
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2-bay hopper
car decals, Virginian class H-6 - $2.99, ($2.99
for N-scale) -
1:32
Model
- Decal Artwork
- Lionel
hopper by Brian
Rasmussen - HO-scale models (Athearn carbodies, Proto 2000 wheels)
by Mike Garber: 13064
& 13168
- O-scale model by Steve Kerr
HO newly back in print
Virginian class BL-4 ballast hopper black decals - $4.99
HO-scale Decal Image
HO newly back in print 46' low-side
gondola decals, Virginian class G-5 - $4.59 ($4.19 for S-scale) Image
of the Rex S-scale Kit
Images
and model courtesy of Hugh Butler
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Rex Gondola by Edwin Kirstatter -
HO-scale Decal Image
Caboose decals
(Virginian class C-1, C-10, and C-10A), each set does two cars - $2.99
($3.29 for S-scale)
($9.25 for O-scale) Preserved
#307 in Mullens, WV Model
by Todd Jacobus Prototype
Photo * Overland
C-1 HO model by Jerry Hammond Overland
C-10 HO model by Jerry Hammond Model
by Rick Wright N-scale C-10 model
by Gil Brauch
Virginian Railway repack stencil decals, in white - $2.99 ($3.84 for O-scale)
HO-scale Decal
Sheet
- Decal Instructions
HO newly back in print
Passenger car decals, each set does at least 6 cars (two Virginian passenger trains!) -$29.85
Decal
Sheet -
Prototype Photo
Virginian GE 44-tonner decals, in red, white, yellow and black -
$7.99 ($5.99 for N-scale) - ($12.99 for S-scale)
Prototype
Photo -
HO Decal
Sheet -
N Decal
Sheet -
Instructions
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Finished locomotive by Dale Koglin, end view
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Finished locomotive by Dale Koglin, side view
Cranes and idler (or boom) cars, in dulux gold -
HO-scale $2.99
Artwork
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Instructions
Pulpwood bulkhead flat cars, in white, each set does up to two cars - $6.99 ($7.95
for O-scale)
Prototype photo
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Instructions -
Decal image -
Photo of PW-1 model by Bob Cook
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Photo of F-6 model by Bob Cook
Hinckley & Schmitt:
Water tank car decals (white), for project car in March, 1955 Model Railroader, - $2.99, $5.69 for O-scale
Finished car by Bill Day -
Finished car shot 2 -
Finished car shot 3 -
Decal
Image
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Construction Notes by Bill Day
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Instruction Sheet
Piedmont & Northern:
The Piedmont & Northern Railway was an interurban in the Carolinas. It included a northern division that ran from Charlotte to Gastonia, NC, (24 miles) and a southern division that ran from Greenwood to Spartanburg, SC, (89 miles).
Started in 1911, dieselized in 1954.
These decals should help you add the diesel era Piedmont & Northern to your railroad.
Box cars, in white,"Service with Courtesy" slogan - $3.49 (N-scale - $2.49) Decal
Artwork -
Prototype Photo -
Instructions
- N-scale Model
Norfolk, Franklin, & Danville:
The Norfolk, Franklin, and Danville Railway is a successor to the Atlantic and Danville Railway which operated in Virginia and North Carolina, running between Portsmouth, VA, and Danville, VA, 203 miles. The Norfolk and Western Railway purchased the Atlantic and Danville in 1962 and created the Norfolk, Franklin, and Danville subsidiary to operate it.
50' double door boxcars, in white - $4.99
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Decal Image
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Decal Artwork
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Instructions
Erie:
The Erie Railroad originally ran from Jersey City, NJ, to Lake Erie, later expanding to Chicago, IL, by acquisition, with extensive lines in New York and Pennsylvania.
Its 2,316 miles were merged into the Erie Lackawanna Railroad in 1960.
Erie diesel hood units and switchers (1945 - 1969), in yellow, black, and white, S-scale - $6.95, plus $2.00 shipping Decal
Image -
Instructions
New York Central System:
Newly back in print
New York Central Budd car safety striping, in black, white, and red, $9.38 - (New!
S-scale - $17.49, N-scale - $5.79)
HO Decal Image -
Decal Instructions -
Prototype Image -
S Decal Image -
N Decal Image -
John Reynolds describes applying the decal -
Finished models by Sharon Barber
New York Central Cab Diesels (1945-1960) Diesel - Cabs - EMD E and F Lightning Stripe Scheme, in grey, red, and white, S-scale,
$10, plus $2.00 shipping
Decal Image -
Instructions -
Finished Model
Richmond,
Fredericksburg, and Potomac (Artwork by Robert Wingo):
The Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac, not surprisingly, stretched from Richmond, VA, to Washington, DC, 113 miles, and connected the northern and southern railroads along the Eastern Seaboard.
Fun pop quiz for Pennsy fans:
Q: What's the western most extent of Pennsylvania Railroad electrification?
A: A typical PRR fan will say Harrisburg, which is wrong. The correct answer is Potomac Yard, in Arlington, VA, the northern end of the Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac.
RF&P 50’ box cars (white)S-scale $11.99
O-scale Decal
Artwork
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Prototype Box Car
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S-scale Decal
New
RF&P 9000 series Thrall 54' covered hopper decal, mostly white and black - $4.99
Decal Image -
Instructions -
Prototype Photo
New
RF&P bulkhead flatcar and TTBX/BBTX leased auto-rack,mostly white and black - $4.77
Decal Image -
Instructions -
Prototype Photo
Newly back in print
RF&P N-scale 4-in-1, letters a box car, a hopper, a caboose, and a flat car, dulux gold - $4.19 -
Decal Image
New
RF&P 6000 Series 50’ & 60’ News Print Box Car - $4.77
Decal Image -
Instructions
New
RF&P Cabooses, Diesel-Era Steel, wide-vision and center cupola - $4.77 ($10.99 for S-scale)
Decal Image -
Instructions
New
RF&P Lightweight Passenger Car, printed by Microscale in three colors, gold leaf, black, and aluminum, Craig Harrison artwork - $7.99
Decal Image -
Instructions
New
RF&P Saving Bonds box cars
$4.99
Decal Image -
Instructions -
Prototype Photo by J A Garnett
Chesapeake
and Ohio (C&O)
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway originally stretched from Richmond, VA, to the Ohio River. Subsequent extensions mean it later reached from Hampton Roads, VA, to Columbus, Cincinnati, and Toledo, OH, and Chicago, IL.
New!
L-1 streamlined Hudson 4-6-4 locomotives, Enchantment Blue and white - $13.99
Decal Instructions -
Decal Image
Trust stencils, 12 pair yellow - $2.99 ($3.15
for O-scale, white, $2.99 for S-scale, white)
Decal
Instructions w/photo - Decal
Artwork
50' plug door box cars, from Champion
Decal Company HB-374 artwork, yellow and blue, N-scale, $4.59 Decal
Image -
Instructions
Ludington & Northern #16 and Michigan Southern/Kendallville Terminal :
The Ludington & Northern chiefly hauled casting sand from a pit about 6 miles north of Ludington, down to the Pere Marquette/C&O/Chessie's yard in Ludington. It also served a few local industries in Ludington, including a company that made track maintenance machinery.
New!
SW8 diesel #16 - This six-color decal set models the six major paint and lettering variations worn over nearly 70 years, $8.99 - LUN-1 ($5.99 for N-scale, $25.99 for O-scale, $30 for S-scale)
Decal
Image - Decal
Instructions
- Prototype Photo by Jack Smith
- More About Kendallville Terminal
Baltimore
& Ohio:
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad is the oldest common carrier in the United States. Starting in Baltimore, MD, it eventually stretched to Parkersburg, WV. The Baltimore and Ohio is noted, among other things for its round roof hoppers, box cars, and cabooses.
Class N-43 PS-2 covered hoppers, billboard B&O herald, from Champion
Decal Company HC-409 artwork, white - $6.39 B&O
631203 (black lettering) - Decal
Image - Instructions,
Black - Instructions,
White - B&O
N-43 hopper 631100 by George Micklus
Southern
Railroad (Artwork by Robert Wingo, actual decals 2" by 4"):
Cabooses,
with both serifed and sans serifed road names (white) - $3.49 for
S-scale Decal Artwork
New!
Cabooses, early cupola and bay window, dulux gold, substitute for the Champ HC-235 - $5.29 -
Decal Image -
Decal Instructions
New!
Greenville 100 ton BLACK aggregate hoppers lettered in white - $4.77 -
Decal Image -
Decal Instructions -
Prototype Photo
New!
Greenville 100 ton BROWN aggregate hoppers lettered in white - $6.30 -
Decal Image -
Decal Instructions -
Prototype Photo
New!
Southern MOW Vehicles: Hi Railers, Pickup Trucks, Inspection - multi-color. Era: Should be good for 60’s on. - $2.99 - Decal Image -
Decal Instructions
Denver and Rio Grande Western
The Rio Grande featured narrow gauge lines spreading south from Denver (all the railroad, even the standard gauge parts, started out narrow gauge), and a bridge line to Salt Lake City, Utah. Later merged with the Southern Pacific and then Union Pacific.
Parts of the original, narrow gauge Rio Grande survive as tourist operations.
(Artwork by Marsha Hriz):
DRGW Thrall unitized coal gondolas, in black and white
made under trademark license from Union
Pacific Railroad Company
- $5.49 ($4.49 for N-scale, $2.99 for Z-scale)
Prototype Car -
HO Artwork -
N Artwork -
Instructions -
DRGW Thrall cars by Michael Hriz
Carolina & Northwestern
New!
Carolina & Northwestern diesel Alco locomotives and cabooses - $17.99 - ($21.99 for O-scale, Please
contact me for S-scale, $4.99 for N-scale)
Decal Image -
Instructions
Interstate
Railroad (Southwestern Virginia):
The Interstate Railroad was a coal railroad in southwestern Virginia, connected to the Clinchfield.
Hoppers,
serifed road name, in white, $4.49 ($6.99 for S-scale,
2.99 for N-scale, $16.99 for O-scale) Prototype
Photo (from Dick Argo) Decal
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SHS USRA hopper by Edwin Kirstatter
Instructions
Diesel locomotive
decals, in black, for their RS-3s - $4.09 ($6.29 for S-scale) ($2.99 for
N-scale) Decal *
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Prototype
Photo *
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Finished locomotive by Dale Koglin, side view
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Finished trio of locomotives by Dale Koglin, end view
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Finished S-scale locomotive by Jim Wells, photo courtesy Geoffrey Graeber
Louisville
and Nashville:
Founded before the Civil War, the Louisville and Nashville enjoyed 132 years of successful independent operation, stretching beyond its founding cities to reach Atlanta, Memphis, New Olreans, and St. Louis.
During a visit to the
Kentucky Railway Museum,
I discovered that the L&N is a north/south railroad, unlike many Piedmont lines.
The Louisville and Nashville is now part of CSX Transportation.
Streamlined Pacifics, in red, white, and black, designed and developed
by Gwynne Burch - $19.99 - Decal
Image - L&N 275
- L&N 295 - Decal
Instructions - Finished Model by Gwynne Burch
Finished
N models by Jerry Wilson
Blue 50'
"cushioned
cargo" box cars, in yellow, based on Champion
Decal Company HB-375 artwork N-scale - $3.99 Decal
Image
Artwork by Curt Fortenberry, finished N-scale models by Nate Pierce.
Lightweight
passenger coach decals, in dulux gold, - $3.49
(
$2.99 for N-scale, $6.99 for O-scale, $3.49 for S-scale)
Decal
Image
Diner
decals, in dulux gold, - Back in print! $7.49 (also in N-scale - $2.99, O-scale - $39.99) Decal
Instructions
- Decal Image
Baggage, dormitory, RPO, and REA car
decals, in dulux gold, - $7.99 (N-scale - $2.99,
New!
S-scale - $18.75,
New!
O-scale - $23.99)
Decal
Lettering Diagram
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Decal Image
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Instructions
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Louisville & Nashville N-scale Horsecars by Diane Wolfgram
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S-scale Decal Image
New!
Humming Bird/Georgian tavern-lounge and dining car decals, in dulux gold - $6.19 (N-scale - $3.49, O-scale - $17.99) -
Decal Image -
Lettering diagram, original layout -
Lettering diagram, blue scheme
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Instruction Sheet
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American Flyer and Lionel/Flyer S gauge passenger cars, repainted and lettered by Jim Carroll
To see more about the Humming Bird, click here
3-bay 180000 series hopper cars in white or yellow (your choice)
$7.59 each -
Decal Image -
Prototype Photo
- Decal Instructions
Santa
Fe:
Santa Fe, New Mexico, was never on the main line of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, but the railroad eventually stretched from Chicago to California and was responsible for encouraging settlement along its lines in Kansas and the southwest.
Auto parts
box car decals (for 86' cars) in black, white, and Santa Fe yellow, based
on Champion Decal Company
BRH-84 artwork N-scale - $7.99
Prototype Photo -
Prototype Photo -
Decal Image -
Sales Brochure
Boston & Maine:
Newly back in print Box cars and cabooses, with the "Minuteman" herald - N-scale
- $4.39 Decal
Union
Pacific:
ACF 3-bay covered hoppers, based
on Champion Decal CompanyHC-492
artwork, black, O-scale, $10.99 made under trademark license from Union
Pacific Railroad Company. Model
by Mark Adams Decal
Image
A-50-16 (40’) automobile box cars, $7.99 made under trademark license from Union
Pacific Railroad Company.
- Decal
Image -
Instructions
Nickel
Plate Road (New York, Chicago, & St. Louis):
Aluminum
express box cars (black and white) (Artwork produced
by Leon Lavdas) - $12.49 for O-scale HO Decal
Image - O Decal
Image
- O-scale Models by Tom Heinrich
Projects
produced by M.
David Vaughn, Nickel Plate Models:
NKP
diesel decals- O-scale - $20.00 + $2.50 shipping Detailed
description, photos of the decal sheets and finished models
NKP
caboose decals, 1930 to 1962 - O-scale - $12.00
Decal Image
HO newly back in print
NKP Berkshires steam decals - O-scale - $19.99 -
Decal Image -
NKP 757 at Mad River & NKP Railroad Museum
NKP Mikados steam decals - O-scale - $19.99 -
Decal Image
NKP Smaller Engines steam decals - O-scale - $19.99 -
Decal Image
NKP passenger car decals - O-scale $20.00, G-scale (1:32) $25.00 - Decal Image
Decal Image
Pittsburgh
and West Virginia (P&WV)
P&WV “Alphabet Route” 2-bay hopper cars(yellow), N-scale - $3.99
Instructions
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Decal Image
Artwork produced by David Spanagel:
Fairbanks Morse diesels (dulux
gold, black, and red) - $18.99 ($3.99
for N-scale ) Finished
Model - Decal
Image
- Models by Richard Shirey
- Prototype photo courtesy American-Rails.com
Monon
(Chicago, Indianapolis, & Louisville):
Road name
set, from Champion Decal Company
HN-27 artwork, for 40' box cars (white), $9.49 for S-scale
N-scale
Decal Image
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S-scale car by Edwin Kirstatter
Norfolk
and Western:
HO newly back in print
Norfolk and Western class H-9 and H L 2-bay hopper cars, white - $4.69(N newly back in print $2.99 for N-scale, $7.75 for S-scale, $12.75 for O-scale)
Decal instructions
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Decal Artwork
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Prototype
Photo
Florida
East Coast:
AAR box car
"Speedway to America's Playground" decals based on Champion
Decal Company HB-4 artwork - $4.29 for N-scale, in yellow,
$8.95 for S-scale, also in yellow
O
Model * Decal
Artwork
Re-numbering decals for Mike's
Train House Ortner hopper model #20-98217, O-scale, each decal set
re-numbers up to 12 cars - $5.99 decal
image
Atlantic
Coast Line:
"Thanks for
Using the Coast Line" box cars, based on Champion
Decal Company HB-349 artwork, (white), O-scale - $12.99 Finished
Model by Mark Adams Decal
Artwork
Washington
and Old Dominion(Artwork by Robert Wingo lettering diagram):
New:
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the W&OD Group!
New!
Whitcomb 65- & 75-ton and GE 44- & 70-ton diesel decal sets (dulux gold) -$4.39 - (N-scale - $4.29) - Decal Image -
Instructions
New!
White lettering for freight cars (fantasy) - $4.19
(newly back in print, O-scale dulux gold, white, or dark green, you choose - $17.99)
HO Decal -
Boxcar models by Ron Herfurth
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HO
models by Bob Johnson -
HO
#57 by Richard Wentzel
Van
Iderstine (on-line industry of
the Long Island Railroad):
Van
Iderstine tallow tank cars, in white - $5.99
($8.40 for O-scale)
Prototype
Photos - Decal Instructions - Model
Photo by Ben Hom - Second
Model Photo - This car featured in the NMRA's June, 2007 color
calendar, model by Nick Kalis, photo by Ben Hom -
O-scale Model -
More about Van Iderstine
Union Starch :
The Union Starch tank car fleet distributed corn starch, corn syrup, corn oil and caramel coloring to Coke Cola and Pepsi, Kraft Foods, etc. throughout the US.
Union Starch & Refining USTX Tank Car Decal S-Scale - $18.75
Decal Instructions - Decal Image
Structure
Details:
Fallout shelter
and railroad crossing signs, and zebra-striped barriers - $4.69 Decal
Artwork Model
Photo by Ben Hom
Street
Details - Manhole covers, grates, panels, and gas/water cutoffs - $4.95
(S-scale - $2.95, O-scale - $4.95)
- Lo
Res S- scale Artwork - Lo
Res HO-scale Artwork
- Lo
Res O-scale Artwork
- Installed Detail
Decals
HO-scale and shipped postpaid, unless otherwise noted.
Dealers'
inquiries welcomed. Virginia customers please include sales tax.
Clinic
and Event Schedule:
A while back Model Railroader
discontinued their free event listing, replacing it with a priced event
listing. Meanwhile, we went to managing our calendar with Google
Calendars, much more convenient than HTML editing.. Great Decals!
has thus expanded the scope of our calendar to include events we hear about.
So unless a table or clinic is specifically mentioned, don't assume we'll
be there. Contact us first to confirm. Thanks.