The Dallas area Train Show is held at the Plano Centre. Next time it will be the January 17-18th, 2009. Hours 10am-5pm Saturday, 10am-4pm Sunday. 2000 East Spring Creek Parkway. Go East from Central Expressway (Exit 31).
Admission $7.00 per person Children 12 and under are FREE.
Please contact Inge Trost at inge@ingesbeadwork.com for more information.
If you would like your layout added to the Dallas area tour contact Chris Atkins at chris@railroadmodelers.com
There will be two full days of clinics.
Many home layouts will be on tour.
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Amtrak Superliner
The Grand Prize is a completely assembled, tested and ready to run train set, the Amtrak Superliner manufactured by American Models. The S Gauge Set features the 3000 horsepower F-40PH locomotive, 4 lighted Superliner cars and over 20 feet of "Real-Track"TM. All cars are lighted with 3 bulbs and roll with "precision quality" brass wheelsets in accurate Superliner trucks. Transformer is provided.
The set is completely assembled, tested and ready to run.
Your Amtrak Engine
Built for Commuter and longer passenger service this is now the prime mover for Amtrak's Superliner service. Rated at 3000 hp, more then 350 were built from 1976 to 1988 for Amtrak and various commuter lines in the US and Canada.
F-40 PH locomotive features:
Finely cut body and details, operating headlight.
Die cast frame, steel wheels operating couplers and a three position electronic reverse unit with all AC hi-rail versions. Efficient flywheel drive system.
This is S-Scale
S scale (sometimes called S gauge) is modeling in 3/16th to the foot or a proportion of 1:64 to the real full size model. In other words, the real model is 1:1 and 64 times larger than S scale models in all dimensions.
The above picture (compliments of Kalmbach Publishing Co.) compares some of the most common scales. "O" is 1/48th scale or 1/4" to the foot. "S" is 1/64th scale or 3/16" to the foot. "HO" scale, currently the most popular, is 1/87th scale or 3.5mm to the foot (a little over 1/8")
