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
I have for years and years used Kadee HO couplers in OO. OO gaugers have used these pretty much since they were introduced as they
Lionel when they went into OO in 1938 was very aware of HO and the battle of the gauges. On page 28 of the 1939
While I would say no as a first reaction to the question of American OO being tinplate or not, the answer is not clear cut.
Looking in back issues of The OO Road I found a note from Ed Morlok on an article posted in the Aristo Craft Trains website,
Scale-Craft freight trucks are a standard in OO. The first die-cast truck produced in OO, they were introduced in 1937 and are the most common
The first steamer on my layout was this Scale-Craft 4-6-0. One of the original models when the Scale-Craft line was introduced in 1937 and available
The Scale-Craft Gas-Electric cars were introduced on page 69 of their 1941 catalogue and were offered until the end of Scale-Craft production. Two different models
While taking photos today I also took a few that are comparisons of different models of the same car. This pair is the focus for
Scale-Craft & Co. (originally known in OO as Scale-Models, Inc. and sometimes listed as Scale Craft or Scalecraft) was without a doubt the most important
View More