Portland, Oregon Light rail (Max)

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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Hello,

I was wondering if anyone made a model of the Max train in Portand and if so where should I search to find one?

Thanks for any help! Thayne

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Thayne,

http://www.travelportland.com/article/max-light-rail/

Frank

Edit: Good Luck on a Model!

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I can’t tell who made the prototype, but you might have luck with the European manufacturers (Brawa, Rocco, Fleischman etc) they have a lot of light rail/tram models. If the prototype was made by Siemens, or another firm, you might have luck finding a model.

The models can get pricey, and obviously you would need to modify the models good luck.

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Thanks for the help guys! I wonder where the LION gets his subway rolling stock?

Thanks, Thayne

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Here is the rundown on the four series of light-rail cars in use in Portland:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAX_Light_Rail#Rolling_stock

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He uses the HO scale Walthers subway trains. These are currently out of production, but they are available on eBay. Walthers occasionally does another production run, but it will probably be a while before they make more of them. I’ve got two sets of them myself. They are solid and reliable. It’s easy to add a DCC decoder, but they are only produced as DC models.

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The image Zstripe posted looks like the Seimens S-70s that we have in Charlotte. If you find someone who makes them let me know, I would love to have a set.

There is a European company that makes some that look similar, but they are different.

http://www.eurorailhobbies.com/erh_detail.asp?mn=4&ca=79&sc=HO&stock=R-72101

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Thank you all for the help and feed back. I really apperciate it!

Thayne

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Here are a few more sources for Light Railway cars:

Halling of Austria

Hoedl-linie8

BusundBahnundMehr

I am soory, but some of the pages are available only in German - click your way through and use a web translater to get the meaning. Just a few pictures of what you see there:

You can order directly from those sources.