For several years I’ve been working on this beauty, a Scale-Craft 4-6-2. A prewar model, it was sold in two versions and in OO and O
Starting the year out with a bang, three different OO layouts were seen in the January, 1944 issues of The Model Craftsman and The Model
According to the Wikipedia, “in late 1943 the U.S. Office of Defense Transportation contracted with the Pullman Company to build 2,400 troop sleepers, and with
A name familiar to those interested in OO in 1942 was, OO pioneer H. L. “Red” Adams. He had several articles in the model railroad
Let’s say you wanted a modern Diesel for your layout back in 1940? You could sand cast it yourself. That is exactly what H. L.
In spite of a busy schedule right now I am making some scenic progress on the layout. This area is the last area to get
Another magazine to watch for is Miniature Railroading. Published in a similar format to Model Railroader in the pre-war era, American OO shows up in
This article was originally published in volume 20, no. 1 (March, 2006) of The OO Road, the newsletter of the NMRA American OO special interest