Today I have several mystery parts not mentioned in my book that you may have around too. First though, when you think of pressed cardboard
Back a few years ago I did some touch up work on a Rutland boxcar that had been built very nicely by Bill Johann. It
Besides the full floor castings seen on Lionel boxcars, the Nason cast boxcar, and a number of Scale-Craft models (boxcars, stock cars, and late style
This model was rebuilt originally by the late Bill Johann, came to me second or third hand after his ownership. It is an Eastern car
Up today we have the three American OO steel gondola cars you are most likely to encounter, models by produced by Graceline (and later Transportation
One car not seen often is the Eastern OO gondola car, first produced in 1948. This is the best of the steel prototype gondolas produced
Recognizing at least the most common brands of classic, printed car sides is important to the OO gauger today. I have written about all four
Recently I saw on eBay a freight car that was misidentified as being by Eastern. They only made three models, which are all pretty easy
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
When I first read of American OO model trains being 1/76 instead of 1/87, which was what I had worked in mostly to that time