Going In Circles
April 27, 2021
Future Collectibles
What’s available now or coming soon that will be tomorrow’s Amtrak collectible in HO scale?
March 25, 2021
Emptying My Piggy Bank for Amtrak
Remember buying a model with your own money when you were a kid?
February 26, 2021
Overlooked Pioneers
The prototype is one of the first diesel locomotives produced and the model is well-remembered Roundhouse release that is long out of production.
January 8, 2021
Tracing Shorty Heavyweights
A classic set of models with a long history in the hobby is this shorty heavyweight passenger car collection.
November 30, 2020
TYCO’s 7603Q Train Set
Collecting and documenting promotional train sets is always a challenge so many years after their release.
October 17, 2020
Collecting MTH Trains
MTH Trains announced in mid-2020 that the company’s owner was retiring … what does this mean for collectors?
September 25, 2020
Varney in the late 1960s
An HO pioneer, Varney was nearing the end of its run in the hobby by the late 1960s.
July 20, 2020
The Big, Small, and Surprising Things to Watch for when Collecting Catalogs
Annual catalogs and back issues of hobby magazines provide a wealth of information to help educate and guide the collector on what was made and when by various companies.
January 17, 2019
Things We Never Kept
What makes vintage HO literature challenging is not the lack of publications and related materials produced over the years, but the lack of retention of those now-precious items.
July 26, 2018
Auction Excitement
Looking over a local auction ad, I saw that an assortment of HO-scale model trains was promised for the offering at this event. How could I pass it up?
