One thing I have found that I have had to do as an American OO enthusiast is from time to time recreate lost knowledge. In
After years of not owning any models with the early Scale-Craft 24 volt DC motor I have for almost two years had two on the
Back a few articles ago I was working over the tender trucks for a two-rail Lionel 4-6-4 that came to me in a very sad
Another document that came my way recently was a letter dated November 6, 1950 from Charles A. Pittman, Jr., to Myron Park Davis. M.P. Davis
I was doing some cleaning recently and found my copy of Handbook for Model Railroaders, 2nd edition, by W. K. Walthers. It was published in
The first Scale-Craft locomotive I ever owned was this 4-6-0 rebuilt by David Sacks. He was an active OO gauger, originally was involved with the
I run my layout on DC. I make no regular use of Lionel OO locomotives other than the one I own that was re-powered by
I came to OO from HO, not from Lionel. All of my locomotives until roughly five years ago were permag, including my one Lionel 4-6-4