Welcome to another All Nation Line blog, Part 3 of our video series to scrounge parts for scratch building a Reading Railroad Bean Car. Previous videos, Parts 1 & Part 2, introduced the project embarked upon to create a unique 40′ steel box in the Reading Railroad to transport beans Read more…
Back in the day, as many of you may remember, there was a phrase, “keep your powder dry”. In this modern day and age there is a new take on that phrase “keep your filament dry”. More and more model railroaders are getting into the craft of 3D printing. As Read more…
Freelancing: In the September 1947 issue of Model Railroader on page 703, John Page wrote an editorial comment in the column “at the THROTTLE” titled “Freelancing – A Lost Art?. Written 77 years ago, the question remains the same today in our hobby. The gist of the editorial is around Read more…
In this hobby, it seems like the imagination can take you down so many interesting paths of enjoyment. I was curious to explain why our 600 HP Switcher is such a nice operating model, from a slow and gradual startup to the same upon coming to a stop. It is Read more…
All Nation Line is introducing a new concept of 3D printed mock-up cars to develop higher standards for scratch building in brass. This prototype concept has never before been offered to the 2 Rail O Scale hobby. One of the ways I typically go about building something from scratch is Read more…
An unusual box car caught my eye and became a candidate for creating a scratch building project with a series of future videos. Scratch building means exactly how it sounds: building something from scratch and not from a kit or bashing a ready to run model. Scratch building is the Read more…
All Nation Line will be at the Strasburg 2 Rail O Scale Train Show & Swap Meet April 13, 2024. Our Theme at this Meet: Enjoy The Little Things In Life: Everything Doodle, Transmissions & 3-to-2 Rail Conversion Take a look at our site and let us know your wish Read more…
Isn’t it funny to think about the manufacturing twists and turns to make one of our favorite little parts. Four years after acquiring the All Nation Line business, we are still discovering new things. Wait until you see this little gadget that was brilliantly developed. It creates the very important Read more…
A Big Trainload of O Scale! Come Take A Peek! March Meet O Scale Show March 14-17, 2024 Click Here To Read More! Westin Hotel Lombard, Illinois Doors open to the public March 16th, 9am. Located at Tables Y 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8 Order early & we will bring it! Call or Email Read more…
Placed into our Cool Info section of the Website is a case study of images and pdf files of the original large blueprint from the Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad Mechanical Engineering Shops describing in minute detail the physical waycar equipment used throughout their system for many years. These drawings Read more…