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I'm looking for two axle commonwealth passenger trucks, the likes that would have been seen on mid-1950s Budd cars.

If anyone has castings or complete trucks available, I'd like to know. There would probably be at least 6 pairs worth of business.

Thanks,

-Mike

For Immediate Release: Allen Models is now Western States and International Distributor for Accutie Rail and Track Products October 05, 2019, Gardnerville, Nevada - Allen Models is pleased to formally announce their distributorship with Enterprise Plastics of Kent, Ohio, makers of the innovative Acc...

The white LED will be too white probably, a yellow cast would indeed be nice. Maybe have to work on a sleeve or something. Look for an LED bulb that is 2700 to 3200 degrees kelvin color temperature. The lower the better. That is the color range of tungsten bulbs and kerosene / candle / carbon flame...

From a 1960s era Engineering Handbook produced by Railroad Supply:

Allen Models is pleased to announce the third addition to our laser cut tender kit lineup, the vintage tender. The vintage tender features the same overall dimensions as the standard 30" tender, with the addition of a 1" tall flare at a 20 degree angle, and a new pattern of double staggered horizont...

That's very helpful and will save 1,000 nagging questions every time you go to a meet. really enjoying seeing all these new products.

my experience is limited to the 6 foot joints of brass and hard copper one gets from mcmaster carr. IMG_20180930_141026.jpg 20190512_135720.jpg That's some very neat plumbing work! It's nice when people take care to make proper tube bends and make geometrical plumbing runs that look nice. And yes a...

Hi everyone, We were having some issues with slowdowns and timeouts when adding items to the cart and checking out over the past few days. It should be working now. If anyone has difficulty let me know. Our next step is to update the leaf spring offerings to include the ability to order individual s...

The owner has decided to withdraw this engine from sale.

These have been sold. Thank you for looking.

I have a set of 1" scale drawings for the 3000 series boxcar and 5500 series stock car from Branch Line Products. I used the boxcar drawings to build my 3" scale boxcar. This is a clean set, I have a second copy of the boxcar drawings that we marked up that I am keeping. $45 for both plus shipping v...

The pavers will collect all your dropped and missing screws conveniently into the little crevices before they have a chance to roll too far away!