New Pages

As you can see in the menu, I’ve added a new set of pages to the website titled The P48 Experience. P48 is shrouded in a cloud of mystery and misinformation. Given that all you find in many hobby shops is three-rail stuff, and given the siloed mentality of my...

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...