Welcome to the new home of American OO Today. I started the site in 2008 on a free platform (blogger/blogspot) — but by the summer
One of the many obscure models mentioned in my new book on American OO is a pickle car by Lee’s Mfg. Co. It was advertised
As the summer nears an end, I have been working furiously on the draft of a book on the history of American OO. While based
Both of these gondolas are recent completions/restorations, eBay purchases, and both are riding on Graceline trucks. The car in the front is visually identical to
As mentioned in part one, this engine, a Super-Scale model, came to me with no drive, just sideframes. It was as if someone before me
I was sent three photos by Bill Johann some years ago of his scratchbuilt GE 80 ton switchers. More on the prototype here. He
Some models I obtain mainly thinking it is cheap, I’ll do a quick rebuild and try to sell it. Then the project takes a good
One of the more obscure pre-war makers of American OO kits was Hoffman’s of Philadelphia. I hardly build vintage kits anymore. I used sometimes, but
Back a few years ago I posted about how I had made a pair of plug door boxcars from Scale-Craft boxcars. The reason to do
One topic I have not written about extensively is that of vintage track products in American OO. Track was an obvious concern of OO gaugers
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