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
Back in a post in July I mentioned that recent reading had showed me that … I did not know clearly how the movement of
In some recently purchased items was this yellow caboose. It is Scale-Craft, and was painted (somewhat heavily) and had never been decaled. As I looked
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