Where Can I Find O Scale Stuff?

Looking around most hobby shops or stores that carry model trains it’s easy to think that three-rail (or 3-rail as I learned while at O Scale Trains Magazine) is the only thing available for quarter-inch scale. Ask about two-rail or P48 and you are likely to get a...

Is P48 Worth The Trouble?

Is P48 worth the trouble of converting rolling stock and handlaying your track and turnouts? As you might expect, the short answer is: It depends. Is P48 A Good Fit For Me? If any of the following are your primary interests and motivations, then P48 may not be a good...

Systems thinking

The following is an excerpt from The Missing Conversation Vol. 03, coming Jan. 1, 2013. As John Armstrong notes in his classic book: The Railroad-What It Is, What It Does, it is futile to argue which was more important, a track system of rails, flanged wheels or the...