I was recently able to purchase a modified Lionel OO caboose which matches perfectly three hopper cars I had obtained from Bill Gilbert, a great
One question that comes up from time to time is what happened, ultimately, to some of the great American OO layouts built in the past,
A recent eBay purchase confirmed something I had wondered, did Walthers actually produce OO decals that differed from their HO decals? Exhibit “A” is
To close our look at American OO refrigerator cars by OO pioneer Howard Winther, we have a great set of PFE cars. Several things are
For part II we have two more refrigerator cars built by Howard Winther that are a bit easier to identify. These two cars both look
More than a year ago I received a treasure trove of great photos of early American OO models by OO Pioneer Howard Winther, sent by
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
Not long ago there was a listing on eBay some readers may have seen for an OO scale SP dynamometer car. When it first went
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.
Today in the series of vintage American OO photos I have two more from the layout of OO enthusiast and manufacturer Fred Schorr. First up is
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