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A HO scale model of SBB CFF FFS electric locomotive made for the European markets. A simplified HO scale model of SNCF diesel locomotive made for the European markets. Lima (Lavorazione Italiana Metalli e Affini) was founded in 1946 as a parts supplier for the Italian state railway (F.S. Italia). When the railway started producing its own parts ...
In 1989, Life-Like introduced the Proto 2000 line of finely detailed HO scale diesel locomotives. The first offering was the Proto 2000 BL2. The Proto 1000 line was later created to produce a line of trains that would compete against other mid-range products like those made by Athearn and Walthers.
Bowser Manufacturing is a United States manufacturer of model railroad equipment, located in Montoursville, Pennsylvania.Founded in 1946 by Bill Bowser in Redlands, California, he used his skill as a machinist to design and produce one of the first lines of accurately scaled steam locomotive kits in HO scale.
HO scale steam locomotives at the N&W RR museum in Crewe, Virginia. HO is the most popular model railroad scale in both continental Europe and North America, whereas OO scale (4 mm:foot or 1:76.2 with 16.5 mm track) is still dominant in the United Kingdom. There are some modellers in the United Kingdom who model in HO scale and the British 1:87 ...
Unassembled parts of a Hasegawa 1/72 F/A-18E kit. The frame surrounding the various parts is called the injection moulding "runner" or "sprue" The first plastic models were injection molded in cellulose acetate (e.g. Frog Penguin and Varney Trains), but currently most plastic models are injection-molded in polystyrene, and the parts are bonded together, usually with a plastic solvent-based ...
Caboose 305 is preserved in Modesto and will eventually be placed on the former right of way in the northern section of the city, which has now been turned into a linear park. Several other pieces of equipment also survive: Interurban car 202 is built into part of a barn on private property near Turlock. Caboose 307 is a private residence in ...
Converted to caboose by Chicago Freight Car Parts Co. in 1943 for use on the WP&YR (USA #90861). [117] Renumbered to 861 in 1944. Sold to the WP&YR in 1947 (#861). Converted to Bunk Car #X14 in 1955. Named Katler's Castle, 1962~1965 [8] (for Karl Kattler [1905-1971], WP&YR section foreman). Re-converted back to caboose and renumbered to 2nd 911 ...
The Virginian and Ohio is both the name of a fictional railroad company created by W. Allen McClelland (1934-2022) and the HO scale model railroad he built near Dayton, Ohio featuring this railroad. [1]