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The Krupp K5 [E] World War II German Railway Artillery Gun

Since heavy naval guns had already come into use in land based coastal fortifications, when mounted on railway carriages, extremely heavy land-based artillery cannons were no longer confined to stationary locations, which in addition to their being used as mobile coastal defense batteries, enabled their use on the battlefield, where they were deployed in groups.As offensive and defensive weapons, the development [...]

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Micro-Trains: Early Kadee Production Trivia

Some interesting, early Kadee Micro-Trains production trivia. With a retail price of $3.00 each (i.e., with the exception of green and white printed stock number 20018 and black and white printed stock number 20093, which retailed for $3.25 each and may have been the first American manufactured N-Scale models to bear a slight upcharge to cover [...]

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History of Micro-Trains: The "Standard by Choice" of Model Railroaders Around the World!

Eventually used to market their patented and revolutionary Magne-Matic® HO-Scale knuckle coupler system, the firm that would later be called Kadee® Quality Products initially sold the model train turnouts manufactured by twin brothers Clarence "Keith" Edwards (February 10, 1921 - July 26, 2012) and Lawrence "Dale" Edwards Sr. (February 10, 1921 - September 19, 2014).     [...]

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America Goes To War: United States Army Office of Defense Troop Cars

With no Interstate highway system and few passenger aircraft readily available, World War II troop movements within the United States were primarily consummated by train.Needing to move huge numbers of enlisted personnel to and from various bases and assignments, the government found itself lacking enough standard railway passenger cars to complete this daily task.Manufactured along the lines of standard Association [...]

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American Car & Foundry and American Railcar Industries

Lead by William Kenny Bixby, of Missouri Car & Foundry, the American Car & Foundry Company (AC&F, which was later shortened to ACF) was founded in 1899, with a capital investment of $60,000 and the merger of Murray, Dougal & Company's Milton Car Works (which was established in 1864 and had delivered one of the world's first tank cars, an [...]

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What is HO Scale?

With rails spaced 16.5 mm apart (as measured between the inner sides of the rail) and a proportion (i.e., its size in relation to that of the prototype) of 1:87, HO (pronounced " aitch-oh") Scale is considered to be the world's most popular choice for railway models.Almost half the size of previously common 1:48 O [...]

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What is N Scale?

Although it may mistakenly be called N Gauge, derived from some of the earliest mass produced 1:152 "OOO" or "Treble-O" scale models manufactured by the British firm, Lone Star, in 1961, 9 mm wide (i.e., a track gauge of 0.354 inches, as measured between the inner sides of the rail) contemporary N Scale model production was initiated by the German [...]

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