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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Early HO couplers
Looking at some freight cars I’ve picked up at swap meets, and seeing the variety of coup…
• July 26, 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
Modeling “billboard” refrigerator cars
Modelers are generally familiar with the dramatic, even extravagant, paint schemes create…
• June 05, 2024
A really old Silver Streak kit
At the Pacific Coast Region (NMRA) convention last weekend, I picked up a really old Silv…
• April 30, 2024
Adding California condors to the layout
This may seem a rather exotic idea. But I’m doing it. Probably many readers have seen lay…
• April 12, 2024
The Shortest Day
One of my vivid memories from childhood is my father relishing this day, which seemed od…
• December 21, 2023
Blog 13th anniversary
The first post of this blog was posted on December 8, 2010, so that makes yesterday the 1…
• December 09, 2023
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