All Nation Line is starting its 5th year in business since the revitalization under the leadership of John Wubbel. In coordination with the bi-monthly publication of O Scale Resource Magazine, our advertisement will showcase a product which will have a limited time 5% discount offer. Be sure to check out Read more…
Because the most common search engines have been in use for so long, by habit more than anything else people turn to them to find answers to their questions or to satisfy a curiosity on a particular subject matter. Results returned seem to be advertisements first and then potentially a Read more…
At this time each year, it is fun to look back at this year’s additions All Nation Line was able to bring to the O Scale 2-Rail community. We were recently invited to present at the O Scale Central On-Line Meeting. We took that opportunity to review our “What’s New” Read more…
For our customers and future customers, I feel it is good etiquette on our part to discuss some safety shopping aspects on the Internet, especially suspect scam sites that might look like professional merchandising operations. Very recently we have come across such a site that features “O Scale Trolley Kits” Read more…
By popular demand, the All Nation “brass” 40″ Steel Box car is once again in stock! Back in 1969, All Nation Line brought out the first of new series of “Steam Road Era” box cars. These were the 40 ft. steel box car that depicts the steam to diesel transition Read more…
The Chicago Great Western purchased stock cars from The Hicks Stock Car Company, of Chicago, Illinois. In 2017, I embarked on a scratch building project to develop a particular type of Stock Car in the CGW fleet. I had several criteria for wanting to try such a project. First, the Read more…
A very common practice and a rather fun activity to do as a kid, perhaps in grade school or at home, was to start a scrapbook. However, historically, it was not uncommon for adults to have scrapbooks, too. Many scrapbooks turned into photo albums when snapshot photography became affordable for Read more…
Machinists are extremely creative and clever individuals. Where there is a need, they can figure out a tool to make it happen. Here is another gadget video where we have fun trying to identify the functionality of this intricate piece of equipment. As you will see in the video, it Read more…
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…