Don't forget!

HO Piggy-Packers!  See your dealer or reserve directly!

A photo survey of side loader models!

It's been said that variety is the spice to life!  Here are photographs of side loaders other than the PC-90 Piggy-Packers that Wheels of Time is making in HO and N scales.  Some of these side loaders look very strange and awkward.  Enjoy.

MJ 90 RT:

 

RL85 (with PC-90 to the left)

Hyster

Marathon LeTourneau (early model)

(late model)

MJ 9090

CH70

Art that is precise.

Here's a screen shot of our next batch of PC&F Insulated Box cars.  Before I get a flood of emails, yes it's a work-in-progerss drawing!  

If you are fluent in Illustrator and Photoshop, and enjoy precise line work creation, such as font creation, placement of letterings and with good attention to details, do drop us an email.  We are looking for someone who would like to help us develop Wheels of Time paint and lettering diagrams for our products.  This will be a P/T contract position.Save & Close

Malcom McLean and Sea Land

When one looks at the vast sea of containers on double stack container trains or stacked way high on containerships, one can't help think that less than 45+ years ago this did not really exist.  Malcom McLean one of the grandfathers of our containerized freight helped start this revolution and changed how cargo was handled.  A PDF from TR News on Malcom McLean and Sea Land containerships explains this exciting history.  I hope you will enjoy the history whether it's from the railroader, trucker or merchant marine point of view.

(By the way, for container handling equipment, be sure to tell your friends that the HO scale Piggy-Packers pre-orders are due by Feb. 22, 2013 - reserve at your favorite dealer or directly.  For the N scalers at heart, we have a limited number of 2nd run Piggy-Packers in stock.)

Worth the wait!

On one warm August day in 1995, I was waiting at Leyden, CO planning to take photos of the Southern Pacific trains on the former DRG&W mainline.  During my wait, the friendly railroad personnel came by on his hi-rail truck, tossed me a water bottle and told me that they have just finished making repairs to the track.   "Just wait another 30 minutes or so," he said, "we have a unit coal train coming by.  Still waiting.  The buzzing insect sound started to lessen, and lo and behold, then brand new SP GE AC44CW locomotives on the point.  I said to myself, it's definitely worth the wait.  Enjoy the history.