The mission of the HO-Scale Trains Resource is to provide information relating to the history of ready-to-run model trains.  Specific product lines are presented with their own individual websites that provide the viewer with a look at what each company offered the model railroading hobby. Launched in 2000 with the “TYCO Trains Resource,” The HO-Scale Trains Resource has for over a decade been dedicated to being the foremost online resource of information regarding ready-to-run 1/87th model trains in the world.

Pemco EMD F40PH (FP-40)

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Pemco EMD F40PH (FP-40)

You’ll find reference by Pemco to its F40PH model as an “FP-40,” this four-axle 1970s EMD passenger diesel came in Amtrak and Burlington Northern.


AHM 40-foot Boxcar 5241-Series

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AHM 40-foot Boxcar 5241-Series

This AHM 40-foot sliding door box car was a product of Taiwan. The tooling very closely resembles that found in the 1970s Lionel-HO line and Bachmann’s example available since the early 1970s.


Mantua’s Conrail “Quality” Blue Ribbon

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Mantua’s Conrail “Quality” Blue Ribbon

The Conrail “Quality” Blue Ribbon was among the six train sets included in Mantua’s 1994 catalog.


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