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O Scale & Proto 483 Comments

No. 203: Freight Cars for The High Line

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At Chicagoland RPM in October, our friend Tony Koester revealed his latest project, an O scale Tribute Layout on the Wabash “High Line” branch from Bluffs, Illinois to Keokuk, Iowa, which he’s building in his four-season porch. The real railroad gained notoriety in the 1950s for its locomotives. Because of a spindly bridge across the Illinois River the ‘Bash used a small fleet of lightweight 2-6-0s exclusively on the line. The little engines got a lot of press as the steam era ended. The right-of-way was interesting too; it was a friendly little railroad, running through Illinois cornfield country on … Continue reading No. 203: Freight Cars for The High Line

Freight and Passenger Car Modeling4 Comments

No. 194: Frisco Auto Car

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I’ve had a busy few months of building. I’ve managed to finish building and painting five HO scale freight cars and completely finish three O scale cars, plus I got some good work done on a new building for the Hermitage Road layout. Here’s the long story of a new Sunshine Models kit that I built in the fall of 2022 and finally completed here in March 2024. This is a Sunshine Models Frisco Auto Car, Kit No. 40.6. I built this model a short while after moving back to the U.S. from Germany in the fall of 2022. The … Continue reading No. 194: Frisco Auto Car