About a month back I ordered a couple HO scale train sets off of Alibaba. They arrived today, and I wanted to give you my first impressions. My total cost for this was $275; the train sets cost $225, and I spent another $50 on the wire transfer. One set came with 3 cars, the…

A few months ago I decided to go nuts and spend over $100 to find out if the ARU Model A4010 0-6-0 Steam chassis was a viable replacement option for the vintage Minitrains 0-4-0T. It is. The attached photos are from the test fitting. The chassis is just small enough to disappear inside. All it…