Drover’s caboose models have been scratchbuilt in American OO a few times, one being visible in the published layout photos of the Norfolk and Ohio
In 1949 two Diesel switcher models were introduced to the American OO market by Super-Scale, a SW-1 and an NW-2. Recently I was excited
I have four of these Hallmark Lionel F3 models, a static display model produced in 1999 that is 60% of the size of the classic
I finally got to my final tank car project from the summer, fixing a few issues with this modern tank car built mostly from brass
There are some interesting things to note with these stock cars, tank cars, and the flat car by Disney artist James (Jimi) Trout. First
With the end of summer I’ve needed some simpler projects, and went back to the collection of cars built by James Trout to do some
One thing you need on train cars are trucks. Bill Gilbert has been focusing on building a fleet of 19th century cars lately, and with
Recently restored were these tank cars, both kitbashed in August, 1993 by Bill Johann. I have actually a group of 8 different tank cars
As a postscript to the Castings series, beyond the cars I have assembled already, a group of kits were put together from the runs of
The name of James Trout has come up a few times in this site now, but for quick reference he was a longtime Disney illustrator
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