NWPHIL-----It seems to me that your main concern is cost. I'm not trying to be unpleasant but there is an old saying that goes: If you want to...
Back in the early 1970s I had a great little B&O 0-4-0 and tender made by Atlas. I'd love to see this one back again. It was one of the few good...
I am 67 years old. I have been in the hobby since I was 9 years old. I have worked in Lionel, HO, n,On30 and have learned one thing...THE HARD...
Hey, Mopman-----I remember your article. I was in that issue of MR too. I was the guy who wrote about kitbashing the 4-4-0 in HO. odd-d
A good compromise if the plan has a table of scale sizes might be to use the TT scale figures. Since N is not exactly one half of HO perhaps you...
No, I'm thinking about the Railroad Magazine article entitled "From NomeTo Nowhere" published in the mid fifties. Hope you find it. Odd-d
Because I am pretty old I recollect that some time in the 1950s Railroad Magazine did an article on the Wild Goose RR complete with pictures. It...
If you like switching cars......and maintenance of switches ......this looks like a dandy layout. Just remember that you do your hobby FOR YOU...
I think Bachmann is still in business because they are the largest model train manufacturer in the world. I'll bet that in the end they will be...
You all seem to have missed my three favorite Mastodons, the Monon series, The 1890s era SP 4-8-0s and my all time favorite Chicago & North...
CAVEAT!! Some years ago here in Georgia I was present at the organization of a modular O gauge club. It was stressed that we should incorporate...
My first Bachmann USRA heavy Mountain was a real smooth running gem ATER I broke it in. Suddenly it just quit running and Bachmann replaced it....
One of my favorite lines was a Boston area narrow gauge commuter line, the Boston Revere Beach & Lynn. In steam days they used 2-4-4T Mason Bogie...
These are quite common. They are now marketed as "Erie Stations" by Model Power. Odd-d
BiPolar Bruce-----I freelanced it into a combine and covered over the big windows on one end and reduced the size of the picture window on the...
Last fall I built A LaBelle O scale CMStP&P open platform business car. There was a prototype drawing included in the instructions. It showed a...
Last week I traded two unused HOn3 brass locomotives and a brass set of HOn3 open platform PFM passenger cars for a HUGE G scale brass USRA 0-6-0....
Much depends on WHOSE KIDS you are talking about. If they are your kids you owe it to them to raise them right. In fact you are legally...
GEE! Where have YOU been? I had Arnold- Rapido engines from N scale days in the 1970s. They are a very old company. BTW their old 4-6-2 was my...
We O gaugers pay for it with callouses and hernias from carrying our trains around. But then I wouldn't have it any other way. The basic...
