4th QUARTER 2023: HO Collector presents TYCO’s Chrome Southern Crescent set from the mid-1960s. This rare collector favorite came with a green Southern 4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotive and a consist of chrome-plated streamliners. All this and more in the 4th Quarter 2023 issue of HO Collector!

Model Die Casting-Roundhouse Steam Locomotives of the 1950s

Model Die Casting-Roundhouse Steam Locomotives of the 1950s

The first HO scale steam locomotive models produced by Roundhouse emerged in 1947, and formed a foundation for future releases.


AHM’s Bulbous BL2

AHM’s Bulbous BL2

AHM chose the EMD BL-2 as its first diesel locomotive release in HO scale, which almost featured as many quirks as the prototype.


21st Century Return for a Wide-Vision Caboose

21st Century Return for a Wide-Vision Caboose

A design from the 1950s became the symbol of “modern” railroading in the 1970s when the first wide-vision caboose models were produced in HO.


Tyco’s Chrome Crescent: A Genuine Gleaming Rarity

Tyco’s Chrome Crescent: A Genuine Gleaming Rarity

Tyco’s chrome-plated Southern Railway Crescent Limited is a rare catalogued item sought after by collectors… But how rare is it?


HO Collector’s Fourth Quarter 2023 edition!

HO Collector’s Fourth Quarter 2023 edition!

The Fourth Quarter 2023 edition includes TYCO’s Southern Crescent Limited, AHM HO BL-2, and more!


A Look Back Six Decades: Märklin in 1964

A Look Back Six Decades: Märklin in 1964

Märklin of Germany manufactured HO scale models of North American prototypes in the 1960s, many of which are sought after by collectors.


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