Portland, Oregon Light rail (Max)

[thortenney]

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

[zstripe]

Thayne,

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

Frank

Edit: Good Luck on a Model!

[mh1]

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.

[thortenney]

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

Thanks, Thayne

[Graham Line]

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

[MisterBeasley]

thortenney

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

Thanks, Thayne

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.

[Phoebe Vet]

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 

 

[thortenney]

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

Thayne

[Anonymous]

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.