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.
Locomotives, Pemco Locomotives, Pemco
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.
Rolling Stock, AHM, AHM Rolling Stock
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.
Train Sets, Mantua, Mantua Train Sets
Mantua’s Conrail “Quality” Blue Ribbon
The Conrail “Quality” Blue Ribbon was among the six train sets included in Mantua’s 1994 catalog.