A Gaggle of Geese and more leads HO Collector into its seventh year!

The First Quarter 2023 edition surveys the many HO-scale reproductions of Santa Fe’s famous 3460 “Blue Goose” 4-6-4 steam locomotive. Several brass imports are featured, as is the only plastic effort to date… AHM/Rivarossi’s mid-1970s release.

Also in this edition of HOC, you’ll see the early days of the famous Plasticville, U.S.A. line. This Bachmann-made collection has been part of the hobby for 75 years and this look at the line focuses on its early years.

Trains, Inc.’s brass wide-vision caboose is featured in this edition, along with a look at this brass importer’s only known product catalog from the late 1960s.

Featuring a wealth of releases that never arrived, you’ll see all the plans GSB Rail had for the world of HO with this look at the line’s 1982 product catalog. This is a follow-up to the Fourth Quarter 2022 feature on GSB Rail’s plastic HO-scale SD40-2.

Read these articles and see more color pictures by picking up a copy of the Fisrt Quarter edition available in early 2023!