Category Archives: _Scale modelling

Gameday is here. In the spring of odd numbered years, the East Penn Traction Club sponsors the largest trolley-only model meet in the country (to quote their webpage). It’s a two-day event, this year slated for May 13 and 14 (today).  I’m … Continue reading →

Recall my last post, describing how I stumbled across information about Bachmann’s new Hong Kong trams and promptly ordered one from an eBay seller in the wee hours of Sunday morning. After settling in to what I expected to be … Continue reading →

In many ways, there has never been a better time to be a model traction modeller, with several of the most interesting recent developments from that old stalwart Bachmann. As I wrote about in this November post, the company known among trolley … Continue reading →

I recently upgraded from a BlackBerry to an iPhone. That was a bit of a big deal, readers, for a man who keeps several rotary phones around the house as (non-connected) nostalgia pieces, who rues the loss of named telephone exchanges, … Continue reading →

Bachmann’s website now features photos of its new HO scale Birney safety cars in five paint schemes, as well as photos of several new paint schemes for the company’s line of PCC and Brill trolleys. Today appears to have been … Continue reading →

In the 1970s, the relatively new Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority tried out numerous color combinations in an effort to create a corporate paint scheme to succeed the liveries used by its predecessors, including the sedate green-and-cream hues seen on the city’s streets for decades under the … Continue reading →

There will be a postcard today, just a little later than usual. In the meanwhile, an update on my N-Scale interpretation of the Rochester Subway (see previous posts of July 20, July 27 and Sept. 20). Confined to a 2-by-4-foot table, the project … Continue reading →