The Jim Walsh Collection has donated several O Scale models to the New York Central Historical Society. Jim was a former Board Member and Lifetime Member of the Society. Matt Dowd from ResourcedRails.com pictured above with me, delivered the models to Frank Bongiovanni and Sheldon Lustig at the Society’s office in Cleveland, Ohio. Included in […]
The Amherst Virtual Railroad Hobby Show is in the books but available to stream on YouTube. I was interviewed by John Sacerdote, the Show Director, talking about selling a collection. The interview can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKfbM5dVYcI John was great to talk with about how their club gets involved with estates. And of course trains, […]
Because of Covid-19, the in-person show is cancelled but that’s not stopping the organizers. A Virtual Show is scheduled on January 30th and 31st, 2021 and will offer loads of videos, interviews and pertinent content for you to learn and enjoy. It’s free for attendees to scroll through links and drool over the layouts and […]
You read that right, the Jim Walsh Collection team decided that the auction format is fun for us and you! So, on July 5th, the new auction site, https://auction.jimwalshcollection.com/ will go live with reserves which will include shipping in the US – international bidders contact us – and priced to sell and have fun along […]
We’re building an e-commerce site that will showcase Jim’s extensive and fine collection. We’ll be adding at least five models every week and will be posting on social media as well. The collection is a culmination of Jim’s decades long knowledge, as explained, in a post further down the page. He treasured every model and […]
I’m partial to the New York Central feeling they designed some of the most attractive locomotives where form followed function most consistently, especially among their passenger locomotives going all the way back to the Buchanan’s of the late 19th century. Tight curves and low overhead clearances necessitated locomotive to be built low and sleek Iater […]
By the late 70s costs in Japan had risen markedly. Pacific Fast Mail United locomotives Americans had become used to paying 50 to 60 dollars for had risen to well over $225. In an effort to justify the price the level of detail was put over the top and running gear improved. So we entered what I […]