This is a busy period for me professionally; it will slow down in a month, but time is a bit limited now. As much as
Exacta Scale Models, Inc. of Portland, Oregon introduced their OO line in 1946 and was according to advertisement and catalog “successors to Baker-Scott Railway Model
Here is a really nice looking car owned by Ed Havens. He wonders who made it. First, so far as I can tell no maker
One of the first things to decide in building a model railroad is the scale, or gauge, you want to use. Two of the most
More than a few people over the years have been confronted by a classic American OO gauge die cast 4-6-0, 4-4-2 or 4-6-4T model and
Regular reader Ed Havens provided photos of a nicely built up outside braced boxcar, with the question who made it? First, taking a look at
In American OO gauge virtually the only models that were sold ready-to-run were by Lionel, and even Lionel offered OO in kit form. Thus, anyone
UPDATE 2021: This is bonus content on Skyline; the longer, overall article on this line of buildings was included in my book on OO. Ed
One phenomena seen more often than I would like among old die castings is what I loosely call “rot.” The more formal term for this
I came to OO from HO, not from Lionel. All of my locomotives until roughly five years ago were permag, including my one Lionel 4-6-4
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