A tip from blog reader Mike Nickel pointed me toward two recent articles on Scale-Craft published in The O Scale Resource, articles that may both
Continuing from part I, the second article on Lionel OO in the July 2021 issue of The Train Collectors Quarterly is by Peter Atonna. Provocatively
Periodically I turn to a group of cars I have that were built by Jimi Trout, the artist and Disney illustrator. (There is a bio
Back a few years ago I posted an article that questioned somewhat the accuracy of the Scale-Craft tank car. I do like tank cars –
To continue the saga of my current 4-6-0 project, with the driver falling off the drive I was going to use it was time to
Back in December I had a post about a 2-6-0 conversion I had underway, which was updated to being a 4-6-0, using a modified Scale-Craft
This tidy 2-6-0, Yorkville and Western #51, was built by Ed Schorr (son of OO importer Fred Schorr), who recently sent me this photo. On
![S-C 0-6-0 to 2-6-0 project: Boiler Extension [and Update]](https://i0.wp.com/americanootoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/SC-2-6-0-boiler.jpg?fit=1280%2C707&ssl=1)
Back a few years ago (here) I posted photos sent to me of a Scale-Craft 0-6-0 boiler that had been combined with a modified 4-6-0
![A Boxcar from the Puffin Bay [Updated]](https://i0.wp.com/americanootoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Puffin-Bay-Inland-boxcar.jpg?fit=1280%2C839&ssl=1)
A recent eBay purchase was this boxcar from the Puffin Bay & Inland. All I know for sure, using the list of private road names
One of many ongoing projects is modifying a S-C 0-6-0 boiler for a 2-6-0 project. I have several extra smokeboxes, which pointed out the curiosity
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