A few years ago, I did an initial conversion of a Fleischmann Baldwin switcher to operation in OO. This is a vintage HO model that
Back in the April, 1989 issue of The OO Road Bill Johann had a lengthy article on TOFC/COFC equipment in OO scale. While these cars
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
It is fairly well known in the American OO community that the Mantua/Tyco 4-6-0 is actually a 1/76 scale model, but gauged to run on
Back a few months ago I posted on a boxcar that was nearly done, which is finally done. Recapping what I did, I had
It took a while but it is great to finally see finished results of big projects. And here we are, the three “modern” (1970s-80s)
Back some nine months ago I had an article (more here) on starting a project that used a pair of 3D printed EMD cabs as
Today we have a pair of modern cars in American OO, one completely scratch built by Bill Johann in 1985 and the other started by
One car type seen a lot in modern times is the covered hopper. Modern hoppers of all types (2, 3, or 4 bay) were never
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