The Scale-Craft Gas-Electric cars were introduced on page 69 of their 1941 catalogue and were offered until the end of Scale-Craft production. Two different models
As this is the third post in a row on locomotives, it should be noted that one thing I don’t have enough of are locomotives
One of my favorite little diesels on the layout is the AHM SW-1. This model is very overscale for HO, probably is around 1/80 scale.
Back in the late 70s I was somewhat short on cash as a youngster interested in American OO but not short on ideas. These were
While taking photos today I also took a few that are comparisons of different models of the same car. This pair is the focus for
Another major American OO manufacturer was the Famous Model Company, better known as Famoco. Operating from Baldwin, Long Island, owner Ted Menten reported in a
One of the most important figures in post-war American OO gauge was Frederick E. Schorr of Hazelton, PA. A very active OO modeler, to keep
Nason Railways was the first major manufacturer of OO gauge equipment and supplies. Founded by 1933 by Hugh R. Nason in New Rochelle, NY, Nason
Scale-Craft & Co. (originally known in OO as Scale-Models, Inc. and sometimes listed as Scale Craft or Scalecraft) was without a doubt the most important
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