This project came about for several reasons:

1. I made this loco during the centenary year of Meccano (2001.)
2. I had some Meccano not being used (including an E20R motor and some gears.)
3. Some tinplate sheet was on hand.
4. The quaint loco on page 91 of the book `The Hornby Gauge 0

Lionel/Converse 2-7/8" Gauge "City Park" Trolley ca. 1902

As with the rest of the short-lived Lionel 2-7/8" gauge line, the Lionel-Converse #300 "City Park" summer trolley was only made for five years: 1901-1905. However, during that short period of time the new Lionel Manufacturing Company

This article was initially published in 2008 by Bill Scandariato.

An original Dorfan No. 419 Signal Bridge

I am quite fond of standard gauge trains and accessories, especially signals. That is why I was overjoyed to see a Dorfan #419 (circa 1930) for sale on Ebay during November 2006. I just

The Standard Gauge Module Association (SGMA) presented what may be the largest ever operating standard gauge layout seen by the public at the World's Greatest Hobby Show On Tour (WGHS) at Oaks, PA on January 3rd and 4th, 2009. SGMA members from the Midwest, New York State, Washington, DC, and

This article was initially published in 2005 by Bradley Kaplan.

Lionel track has changed very little from the day 3-rail Standard Gauge track was introduced in 1906. Today Lionel's 3-rail 0-gauge is virtually the same design as the 1906 track (obviously it is a different gauge. There has

Tinplate Times: Randy, please tell us about yourself.

Randy Berger: Well, I lived long enough to retire in spite of dire early predictions. I was born in Pennsylvania and attended school there, Ohio, and California. I married young, had three children who I helped raise and became a

This article was initially published in 2005 by Barbara Jones.

I have been operating toy trains, mostly standard gauge, on various layouts since 1980. I have operated at home and in shows for the public. The racket can be noisy enough that your ears are happy when the trains are turned off. My

Here is a compilation video showing some of the trains that were featured on the Standard Gauge Module Association, Inc. layout in Chantilly, VA January 23 & 24, 2010. The vernue was the World's Greatest Hobby Show On Tour. Attendance at this show set a new record for a toy train show at over

This article was initially published in March 2003 by Steve Rossi.

As an enthusiast of restoring pre-war trains and metal toys, I use a glass beading system at the start of the restoration process. The glass beading system has many advantages over a chemical stripping process. First, a few

This article was initially published in 2009 by Leo Oostenbrug.

Last September, a couple of us ran a 'record' LNER train by pooling our Gresley teaks. The A3 pulls 13 of them!

The pictures are shot at Steven Vermeulens outdoor coarse scale 0 gauge layout. Steven, Fred van der Lubbe and