{"id":29,"date":"2019-12-31T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-31T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americanootoday.com\/?p=29"},"modified":"2021-06-16T14:42:23","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T14:42:23","slug":"models-from-three-forgotten-oo-roads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americanootoday.com\/?p=29","title":{"rendered":"Models from three forgotten OO roads"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Four different types of vintage models I find catch my collecting interests. One type is neatly built models with printed sides by any maker. The second type are Scale-Craft models with the original pre-war decals. A third type are cars nicely hand lettered. The final type are nicely built models from freelanced OO lines. The March and September of 2007 issues of The OO Road <\/i>contain a list of the known \u201cprivate name\u201d OO lines. When these three models came to me those articles were my first place to look, and in all three cases I drew a blank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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First up is this S-C stock car for the Choctaw & Western. I like the road name choice, looking at it closer it is evocative of the name of a Rock Island predecessor line, the Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad (more here)<\/a>. That line came under control of the Rock Island in 1902. Looking at this car closer, Choctaw & Western is done with alphabet lettering but the CW logo on the right was drawn by hand. I bought this one originally with the idea of stripping it and lettering it with my Tichy MP decals, but I subsequently instead did a bit of light restoration. It was too nice a vintage model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Then we have these two coaches. As to the Green Bay & Northern, a number of models for this line passed through eBay not long ago. This S-C coach was in a lot with other models of, honestly, more initial interest. Looking at it closer, I like the road name, it is similar to that of a Green Bay and Western predecessor line (1881-1896), the Green Bay, Stevens Point and Northern Railroad, and I could also see it was nicely built. There was one big problem when it got to me, the celluloid window stock was all badly warped. I removed that, but restored the interior as originally laid out by the builder, and repainted the roof. I like how he built the roof and actually worked up several more similar ones from parts on hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also with a nice interior is this final model from the Northern Central. The real Northern Central Railway<\/a> was a predecessor line of the PRR, having acquired controlling interest in 1861, but then surviving (on paper) for some 110 years. A nice bit of freelancing to give the line a physical presence in the late steam era. Note the trucks it came to me on, modified from HO, they really should be under a streamlined passenger car and they may find their way to one at some point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The names of the builders of these models, nicely done for the time, are probably lost to history, but I do appreciate the craftsmanship and the prototypical sounding line names. Hopefully readers have other examples that peak your interest as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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