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Wm. K. Walthers, Inc., was officially founded in Milwaukee in 1932—though it started years earlier when seven-year-old William K. (Bill) Walthers got his first taste of the hobby with a small, wind-up toy train for Christmas. He continued with the hobby and eventually had an attic layout composed primarily of his scratch-built creations.
Walthers continued to make the Life-Like line of products, aimed at beginning hobbyists and the mass consumer market, up until the 2010s. The Life-Like train sets were discontinued in 2016, along with many of the stand-alone products, although currently building kits and grass mats are still sold under the Life-Like name.
Originally like most other train manufacturers, Bachmann's train sets used conventional snap-track (originally in brass, then switching to steel in the early 1980s.) In 1994, Bachmann introduced the then-revolutionary E-Z track, that featured HO track built onto a moulded plastic roadbed that could be assembled like typical HO track.
Shildon [235] (available for transfer out of the collection 2021) [218] 1993–7121 BR: 900805 Well Trolley Derby, BR Dia No. 2/730, Lot No. 2029 1950 York [236] 1978–7110 BR: B 901601 Trestrol EC Teesside Bridge & Engineering Dia No. 2/681, Lot No. 2175 1950 East Lancs [237] 1992–7393 BR: 893343 Cattle Van Swindon, BR Dia No. 1/353, Lot No ...
Baldwin Locomotive Works: Illustrated Catalogue of Locomotives, 1871 is located at the Special Collections/Digital Library in Falvey Memorial Library at Villanova University. Information on Baldwin 590, one of the narrow-gauge engines that Baldwin built; Style books used by Baldwin for locomotive liveries - Stanford Libraries Catalog
The Union Pacific heritage fleet includes commemorative and historic equipment owned by the Union Pacific Railroad.The fleet currently consists of two historic steam locomotives, three historic diesel locomotives, seventeen modern diesel locomotives in historic or commemorative paint schemes and nearly four dozen passenger cars used on office car specials and excursion trains.
Lima focused heavily on the British range in the late 1980s which had expanded hugely due to the Sectorisation strategy of the then state operator British Rail.This was possible because of their capability to do small production runs (c.500) [citation needed], in contrast to its main UK rival, Hornby Railways, who required a minimum run of 4,000 [citation needed].
Bassett-Lowke produced trains from 15-inch (381 mm) gauge live steam models to Gauge 2, Gauge 1 and 0 gauge trains. The first 15-inch steam locomotive, test run on the Eaton Hall Railway in 1905, was Little Giant. Unlike other engines on the line, it was a replica of main-line locos, built for a public miniature railway at Blackpool.