Article initially published by Mike Isenberg.

I wanted to have some type of a layout on which I could run a few of the Standard Gauge trains I still own. I had almost no prewar accessories left, so I looked at non-traditional styles including so-called "hard-shell" layouts, the type HO operators

This article was initially published by Dave McEntarfer.

Tinplate-- We all know this name and what it stands for but how many of us know how the name was given to toy trains? Well at least here's the story as it was told to me.

By approximately 1910, Voltamp and Carlisle & Finch were two of

I recently acquired a 1937 Lionel 700e scale Hudson. I knew that the loco had some problems and was not in running condition when I purchased it.

The Baker valve gear was only partially (incorrectly) assembled and was partially held together with wire.The radius rod on the engineer's

The Universal Current Controller (UCC) Switch

From page 18 of the 1923 Lionel catalog showing the "Twin Motor" 42:

"Universal Current Controller (Patent Applied For) A Unique device is affixed to these locomotives so that by simply moving a lever the windings of the motors are changed

In 1905 Horace Boucher founded a company in New York state with the intent of manufacturing model sailboats and powerboats. By 1922 the company had prospered and Mr. Boucher purchased the tooling for toy trains from the Voltamp Co. in Baltimore. The gauge of the Voltamp line of toy trains was

Jon Hinderer inspects a module with the new 9-wire spec and Molex connectors installed

Members of the Standard Gauge Module Association met for lunch at the York Fairgrounds restaurant on Friday, April 20, 2007. A proposed new Plexiglas fascia was discussed. This included a design for a new

Frank and Chris Loveland

Tinplate Times: Frank, tell us about yourself.

Frank Loveland: The first thing you need to know about me is that I have specialized in collecting two inch "early tinplate" mainly Carlisle and Finch. For me "early tinplate" can be distinguished from "tinplate" in

This article was initially published in April 2008 by David Argent.

INTRODUCTION

I am very interested in the Tinplate concept, finding that it reminds me of my childhood growing up in England in the 1940's. For the past ten years, in my second childhood, I have collected O scale trains,

Märklin's 0 gauge model known as the Borsig (SLH70/12920) was made between 1935 and 1940. Today, surviving examples of this locomotive and tender, one of a series of "Super models" that Märklin produced in 0 gauge during the mid to late 1930s, are extremely rare and expensive when they can be had.

This article was initially published in 2005 by Bart McNeil.

Dorfan 805 standard gauge hopper car

Lithography ("drawing on stone"): an old printing process based on chemical reactions between oil and water.

Dorfan 800 standard gauge gondola

It was discovered in 1798 that if