Model Train Journal

Hello all you may enjoy seeing a few of the Walthers MU cars in action .. first shown in 1937 catalog and carried till the 60's ... unknown if unsold stock ...or if folks were really buying them ...not too many survivors out there. early brass & bronze ...later tin & die-castings ... Walther...

Many of the imported HO steamers from Japan in the early mid 50's had coined drivers ...

see link for a Tetsudo NYC Niagara with the coined drivers warning it is HO for those of you with a weak heart

https://youtu.be/S-crlz5DYc4?si=dUhIimUQgSRN2rJQ


cheers Carey

Hello all You might enjoy seeing Bill Lenoir's De Witt Clinton set run .... Lenoir per his 201 engines book built 2 De Witt Clinton sets ... roughly in 1952 ...beautiful detailing all brass construction , powered by a tiny Lindsay HO motor . see link for video https://youtu.be/dUcg1IwWkMo?si=faD1h9w...

Hello all Per special trains given by Minton Cronkhite back in May 1964 .... the 2351 diesel will pull an extra passenger train west .... during the run session on the Cambria & Black Mountain layout now in Marion Charles basement ... after he added on 25" to his home to accommodate the lay...

Hello all Fun time at the March meet !!~!~ Problem with walking around at a train show with nothing in your hands ..you can reach in your pocket for $$ and now you have something in your hands . 12 !! Piggyback cars ... by Quality Craft Models circa 1970's ..nicely done with ACE roller bearing truck...

very impressive photo

Hello all NYC Dreyfus Hudson pulling 20th Century Passenger cars built by Joseph Fischer Engine body scratch built atop a Mini Scale Hudson Chassis 1937-40 Operating with outside third rail O scale Fischer cars ( late 40's early 50's) built for Reverend John Martin of Lansing, Mi area ...who passed ...

Hello all Manhattan Beach Railway O scale layout by George Allen & Ernest Huebner 1936-40's Alexander American pulling William Crook passenger cars beautifully hand lettered. Originally built for outside third rail..later modified for 2 rail. See link for video come see the Manhattan Beach train...

Hello all the great March Meet will be at the Westin Hotel in Lombard Illinois this weekend public open Saturday _ Sunday additionally there will be open houses , lectures etc .....plus lots of tables filled with trains for sale . I'll have a display of vintage O scale on display and host an open ho...

Hello all nice postings about the veteran diesels . I just posted on the Train of Tomorrow listing the following Great Train of Tomorrow diesel set ...... these were made by Clyde Barnes of Denver Model Locomotive Works ... ads from 1944-46 Clyde was the first offer diesels postwar ...... wide varie...

Great Train of Tomorrow diesel set ...... these were made by Clyde Barnes of Denver Model Locomotive Works ... ads from 1944-46 Clyde was the first offer diesels postwar ...... wide variety of construction techniques ...wood , fiber , aluminum. odd little motors , odd gearing .... this period conven...

Hello all you may enjoy seeing a train from the Manhattan Beach Railway O scale build by George Allen & Ernest Heubner of Richmond Hill NYC ..their work was displayed at annual NYSME shows . Allen was outstanding at hand painting / lettering . Engine Alexander mid 1930's cars copies from the Wm ...

Holy cow those are just beautiful ....... you really know how to mix models with mother nature cheers Carey

Hello all You might enjoy seeing some Crovan trains running . Crovan formed with Minton Cronkhite & his neighbor Vanderhoof Cro Van with Otto Noack head design , builder and mechanic . Crovan would offer very high end / high priced O scale trains building many for Minton's commercial layouts. Pa...

Hello all 2026 celebrates 100 years of O scale model trains and the NYSME (New York Society of Model Engineers ) March 1926 NYSME was formed ... first public open house Feb 1928 with a loop of O scale ... each following year bigger and better by 1938 over 20,000 attended their open house over the 2 ...