Peter's Model Railroading | My Library | S Gaugian 2015-05/06
Articles Listing

S Product Review

Reviewed are the Lionel Smoking Caboose, the Riveresco 1915 Model T tank truck kit, their gates kits, and their automobile fuel service and garage kit.

The American Flyer 'Moe & Joe' Flat Car

This article covers the 1956 A.C. Gilbert Southern Pacific #971 Lumber Unloading Car with animated figures unloading the car.

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 0-6-0

A full, two-page spread of the drawn-to-scale S-scale drawing of this locomotive. Also includes one model and three prototype photos of these engines.

My Scratchbuilt Sohio Service Station in S

Using a reference book of real-world 1950s gas stations, the author describes how he built his model. There is a sidebar on Standard Oil Ohio (SOHIO) in the article. Includes several final-model photos of the structure, as well as an engineering drawing.

American Flyer Collector's Column

The author continues to share some of his favorite A.C. Gilbert items from 1948/49, and starts on some from 1950/51. Includes photos of the items.

The Roundhouse

The author covers A.C. Gilbert steam engine motors that were built from 1948 through 1966. Includes how to tune them, disassemble them, repair them, and then re-assemble them.

Unfinished Business

A handful of photos of a scratchbuilt C&GW 2-10-4 built in the 1980s before it was fully finished, as well as a caboose he built. Includes a sidebar about the Chicago Great Western.