Wheels of Time Blog
Wednesday
Jul162014

Western Pacific Transport Co. Piggy-Packers

Here are more pre-production photos of our HO scale Piggy-Packers: Western Pacific Transport Co.  Notice the thin wall cab design.

Monday
Jul142014

Demonstration Unit

Here's our pre-produciton photo of Raygo Wagner Demostration Unit. Enjoy!

Monday
Jul142014

Electric urban railway: a photo intermission

A Breda-manufactured light rail vehicle is entering into one of SF Muni's shops as PCC trolley cars wait for their next assignments. Now how about modeling this with all the intricate trackwork and overhead contact wires.


Friday
Jul112014

Canadian Pacific in Action Red and ….

Here's more pre-production photos of our HO scale Piggy-Packers -  CP Rail in Action Red and Central Railroad Company of New Jersey with the iconic Statue of Liberty logo!

Thursday
Jul102014

Chicago & Northwestern, and Cotton Belt PC-90s!

A Chicago & Northwestern Piggy-Packer at work in Chicago's Wood Street Yard. (see arrow in photo; photo from April 1978 issue of North Western Lines)
The St. Louis Southwestern Railroad (a.k.a Cotton Belt) was SP subsidary and assigned one of their PC-90s at the East St. Louis yard. (Photo originally from SP Bulletin Oct-Nov. 1977 - please excuse the photo scan quality here!)
Below are pre-production Wheels of Time HO scale models of the Chicago & Northwestern and the Cotton Belt units. Noticed the steering wheel, dashboard and driver's seat inside the cab. The cab is held in place by friction-fit, so you can lift out the cab and install a scale operator inside, if you so choose. Enjoy.