The September 2014 issue’s Collectible Classic discusses this interesting boxcar. Joe Algozzini provides detailed information about the variations of this car. […]
Lionel’s 3666 Minuteman–and cannon–boxcar
Era: 1946 - 1970
Lionel’s 3666 Minuteman–and cannon–boxcar
The September 2014 issue’s Collectible Classic discusses this interesting boxcar. Joe Algozzini provides detailed information about the variations of this car. […]
HO scale Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Division of the Southern Ry.
Name: Southern Ry. RatholeDivision Layout designer: Bob Lawson Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 32 x 52 feet Prototype: Southern Ry. Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Division Locale: Cincinnati, central Kentucky, and eastern Tennessee Era: 1945 to early 1950s Style: around-the-walls with attached center island Mainline run: 200 feet (Southern) Minimum radius: 48″ Minimum turnout: no. […]
HO scale Hudson Delaware Lehigh RR
Name: Hudson, Delaware & Lehigh Layout designer: Gary Schaff Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 13′-6″ x 35′-0″ Prototype: Central of New Jersey and Pennsylvania RR Locale: Jersey City, N.J., to Mauch Chunk, Pa. Era: early 1950s Style: walk-in Mainline run: CNJ, 170 feet; PRR, 108 feet Minimum radius: 27″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: 3.5 […]
Video: HO scale Sandy Fork Lumber Co
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Frank Henry Fieler’s HO scale Sandy Fork Lumber Co. is a freelanced HO scale model railroad that’s set in West Virginia in the 1960s. The layout is inspired by the Elk River Coal & Lumber Co. and other West Virginia logging railroads. Watch […]
Video: HO scale Sandy Fork Lumber Co
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Frank Henry Fieler’s HO scale Sandy Fork Lumber Co. is a freelanced HO scale model railroad that’s set in West Virginia in the 1960s. The layout is inspired by the Elk River Coal & Lumber Co. and other West Virginia logging railroads. Watch […]
HO scale Joachin, Va.
Name: Joachin, Va. Layout designer: Peter North Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 6 x 10 feet Prototype: Virginian Ry. Locale: Virginia Era: 1950s Style: Island Mainline run: 19 feet Minimum radius: 22″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 4 percent Originally appeared in the July 2014 Model Railroader. Click on the link to download the PDF […]
HO scale Oak Valley RR
Name: Oak Valley RR Layout designer: Hans Wolfram Nicolaus Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 11′-6″ x 13′-10″ Theme: freelanced branch line operated jointly by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry. and the Southern Pacific RR Locale: California Era: 1960s Style: around the walls with peninsula Mainline run: 66 feet Minimum radius: 26″ Minimum turnout: no. […]
HO scale Sandy Fork Lumber Co.
Name: Sandy Fork Lumber Co. Layout designer: Henry Fieler Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 9 x 16 feet Prototype: Elk River Coal & Lumber and other West Virginia logging railroads Locale: West Virginia Era: 1960s Style: walk-in Benchwork: 1 x 2 and 1 x 3 grid Height: 43″ to 58″ Roadbed: cork Track: handlaid code 70 […]
Small town railroading in the early 1950s
For many years small towns were a major source of traffic for railroads all across the country. Long before anyone ever heard of freeways, the railroads moved all sorts of carload and less-than-carload lot (LCL) freight that kept the local businesses and nearby agricultural economy going. A local station agent-operator was the railroad’s representative who […]
HO scale Boston & Maine
Name: Boston & Maine Layout designer: Bob Gurley Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 22 x 50 feet Prototype: loosely based on Boston & Maine, Maine Central, and Grand Trunk Ry. Locale: New Hampshire and Maine Era: fall 1954 Style: walk-in Mainline run: 128 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Maximum grade: less than 1 percent Originally appeared in […]
HO scale Elm Valley RR
Name: Elm Valley RR Layout designer: Floyd Simms Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 15′-9″ x 16′-6″ Theme: logging and quarrying Locale: Pacific Northwest Era: 1950s to ‘60s Style: walk-in Mainline run: 75 feet Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 3-1⁄4 percent in helix Originally appeared in the June 2014 Model Railroader. Click on […]
