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Last month Gordon Hatch of Victoria, BC, the creator of a fleet of 1/4 size streetcars and interurbans passed away. For sometime his grandson has been trying to find a home for these models in the Victoria area. To give you an idea of the size, the BC Electric city car 240 is 11'8" long, 2'4"...

For those interested in Japanese trains, but not wishing to buy direct from Japan, Kato USA is now offering the opportunity to order some models from US dealers. Here's the info: http://www.katousa.com/November07-JSE.pdf Kato USA: Precision Railroad Models

Some video of the 3ft6in Iyo Railway steam tram in Japan. The little locos are turned on an armstrong turntable between the rails. As you can see it shares the tracks with the Iyo Railway's frequent tram service. YouTube - åŠã£ã¡ã‚ƒã‚“列車 YouTube -...

Bachmann has announced an HO scale Peter Witt based on the 1930 Brill Master Unit Peter Witts for Baltimore. Here are some photos of one of the models: Bachmann Photo Gallery :: Peter Witt Streetcar Samples: St. Louis The car will be ready to run for two rail or overhead. Prototype photos...

In mid-April I started ordering items to build a new layout in N scale with Japanese 1:150th N scale products from Tomix, Kato, Modemo and Green Max. My interest grew out reading about the of the work of some East Penn Traction club members who created a table top 2-rail trolley layout that they...

Another nice piece of modelling, this time N scale with operating overhead and a Kato viaduct. NCat - NTRAKer Under wire: NCat - NTRAKer: under wire

Here's another European layout web site. It's a module layout with a very large tram depot (carbarn) and lots of interesting and inspiring photos. More great modelling. (The text is in Dutch.) Mark's Modeltrambaan Layout plan: Mark's Modeltrambaan Photos: Mark's Modeltrambaan van de...

There has been alot of interest for some time now about street paving inserts offered by Tomix. These are only available from Japan directly. These inserts are designed to fit Tomix Mini Rail pieces: Tomix 1111 Radius 103mm Tomix 1112 Radius 140mm Tomix 1113 Radius 177mm Tomix 1231 and...

This is another European N scale layout. Unfortunately the text on the web site is not in English, but the work is very good. Kompakte Stadtanlage mit kleiner Spur Kompakte Stadtanlage mit kleiner Spur Kompakte Stadtanlage mit kleiner Spur The whole layout fits into a travel case...

Lately I've been looking at Japanese traction and model traction alot. I've found a web site with numerous Japanese traction modules. N scale is the norm in Japan because of the high cost of real estate. Dedicated model rooms are rare. Manufacturers like Tomix offer plug and play wiring...

I came across this web site last night with some really great photos of a N scale traction layout inspired by the trams in Brno. Unfortunately the text is in Czech, but the photos are worth a thousand words. :thumb: http://www.litomysky.cz/KOLEJIST/Nlisen01.htm There is a second page...

announce1 :thumb: Something new from Hollywood Foundry: http://www.hollywoodfoundry.com/LoBoy.htm Also there is an article on Re-Powering a Soho LARy H-1 Streetcar http://www.hollywoodfoundry.com/H-1%20Conversion.htm

This is an HO module of the old South Hills Junction south of downtown Pittsburgh as it was in the days of Pittsburgh Railways. http://www.eastpenn.org/shj.htm http://mywebpages.comcast.net/bdietrich/scenes.htm This module won first place at the 2006 NMRA convention in Philadelphia.

Some photos of the modular layouts of the East Penn Traction Club. Click on the link to see the photo. http://www.eastpenn.org/p1010016.jpg http://www.eastpenn.org/septapcc.jpg http://www.eastpenn.org/p1010006.jpg http://www.eastpenn.org/o%20trolley%20030.jpg...

Here's some Don Ross photos from the days of the Toronto Transportation Commission. Should be lots of modeling ideas here and maybe some memories. Radial Cars 409-416 http://donsdepot.donrossgroup.net/dr233.htm TRs http://donsdepot.donrossgroup.net/dr340.htm Small Witts 2700-2798...

Some good reading for the boxcab fans: http://home.att.net/~Berliner-Ultrasonics/boxcabl2.html :thumb:

I came across an interesing web site tonight with lots of small traction layouts on it. Not all are HO, many feature some very tight radius loops. Small Layout Scrapbook 54a: http://carendt.com/scrapbook/page54a/index.html Small Layout Scrapbook 58...

There is new kit on the market for an Osgood Bradley DT DE city car that lists Oshawa Railway as one of the prototypes (and Montreal & Southern Counties). http://www.pknd.com/osgood-bradley.html http://www.pknd.com/ The KND web site notes: "Transit Cars are Laser-cut Wood or Epoxy Resin and...

I took a break from working on the electrical last night to create some signs for my buildings. I looked in several trolley books and especially by By The El: Third Avenue and its El at Mid-Century for examples of signs from the 40s and 50s. By The El is very good because the photos are in color...

Air electric PCCs were built before WWII. PTC 2501-2580 were built in 1942 and some ran until January 1983. http://www.phillytrolley.org/2501-2580.html Below are photos of 2582 on the last day of Route 13 service on Chestnut Street before Route 13 moved into the trolley subway, 2520 at...