Early HO scale couplers, Part 2
In my first post on this topic, I described a number of the early couplers available in …
• August 16, 2024
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An Athearn “Blue Box” tank car, Part 2
In the preceding post, I showed my collecting together of the main parts for one of Athea…
• July 29, 2024
Early HO couplers
Looking at some freight cars I’ve picked up at swap meets, and seeing the variety of coup…
• July 26, 2024
Reworking an Athearn “Blue Box” tank car
I have written numerous times in this blog about the uses I have found for Athearn’s old …
• July 20, 2024
Another Hendrickson project
In addition to the many freight cars I inherited from Richard Hendrickson, there were als…
• July 17, 2024
The Timken promotional freight car(s)
Sometime in the mid-1940s, the Timken Roller Bearing Company purchased one or more freigh…
• June 20, 2024
Bay Area Prototype Modelers, 2024
Once again, as June rolls around, we arrive at the annual Bay Area Prototype Modelers (BA…
• June 17, 2024
Modeling “billboard” refrigerator cars
Modelers are generally familiar with the dramatic, even extravagant, paint schemes create…
• June 05, 2024
Wheel faces and wheel treads
Here I am referring to the faces and treads of wheels on model railroad cars. These are n…
• May 30, 2024
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