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HOn30 & HOn3

NARROW GAUGE.....

(All HOn30 Items are listed first and the HOn3

items are listed towards the bottom of the page)

Starter Sets | Locomotives & Conversions | Rolling Stock

Track | Accessories & Micro Train Couplers | Structures

Scratch building supplies, Vehicles, Scenery and

Electrical Components are listed under Accessories

NEW FROM DAVE HOFFMAN

THE BALD ONE LOCO. WORKS

HOn30 PORTER 0-4-0T, STEAM DUMMY R-T-R

Front View - Rear View - 3/4 View - Side View

The May/June 1979 issue of Narrow Gauge & Shortline Gazette included a delightful sketch of a little Porter Steam Dummy in the column of the last Dick Andrews. that sketch is the inspiration for this model. Dave Hoffman used that sketch in his catalog for many years with the permission of Bob Brown, editor/publisher of the Gazette.

Prototype Steam Dummys -- called "noise-less street motors", were an interim form of motive power for street railways, better than horses and mules. Steam Dummys, although designed for street use, found their ways to logging lines, short lines, and other operators looking for i9nsexpensive small locomotives for limited use.

This all-brass model features a lost-wax brass casting superstructure (with stamped sheet brass roof) which provides detail and weight for good pulling capacity.

Motorized Well Type Turntable, FOR HOn30

See full description by selecting TRACK at the top

of the page and going down to the PECO section.

All Parts Now In Stock and Assembly

and Wiring of the Turntables has begun.

TURNTABLE IS 6" IN LENGTH
TURNTABLES COME 95% ASSEMBLED
COMPLETELY WIRED
REQUIRES A HOLE IN YOUR SUBROADBED OR BENCHWORK AND IS SUPPORTED BY A LIP ON THE OUTER RIM OF THE TURNTABLE.
SLOW RPM MOTOR ALLOWS ALIGNMENT BY SIGHT.

CHIVERS ITEMS NOW IN STOCK

See complete listing below under Chivers

Locomotives:

The new shipment of Chivers Fineline conversion kits has arrived. This

shipment includes the Prarie, both versions of the 0-4-0 Baldwins, the 2-4-4T

and 0-4-4T Forney locos with the standard cabs, the larger 2-4-4T Forney and

the Davenport. There will also be a large quantity of diesel bodies to fit the

Kato pocket drive. When built, it is the same as the C&DRR #4 diesel,

which shows up in many of Bob Hayden's photographs of his Carabasset &

Dead River RR. It is probably the easiest of Chiver's conversions to build

and will run smoothly on the Kato chassis.

Passenger Cars:

Roger has informed me that this run of WW&F passenger cars will be the

last run he will ever produce. He will no loner be able to get the brass

pieces necessary to build these cars. I have all of the remaining cars on

the way to me. I am taking pre-orders on these cars and will deliver the

in the order in which the orders were received.

WARNING!!

REMEMBER, THESE CONVERSION KITS ARE FOR THE OLDER BACHMANN

MECHANISMS AND CANNOT BE BUILT ON THE NEW MECHANISMS, WITHOUT

EXTENSIVE INVESTIGATION OF THE MECHANISM AND CONSIDERATION OF

MOUNTING A METAL BOILER ON A SPLIT FRAME CHASSIS..

NEW EGGER-BAHN, HOn30 TURNTABLE

Andreas Schoenfeld has produced a very similar turntable to the one that Egger-bahn had planned to release in 1965. Although they produces 8-9 sample turntables, they never figured out the electrical and consequently, the turntable was never released. Using drawings and dimensions from the sample he owns, Andreas has produced this RTR turntable.

For more information on this turntable, click this INFORMATION LINK.

Egger-bahn Turntable, Photo #1 Egger-bahn Turntable, Photo #2

Egger-bahn Turntable, Photo #3 Egger-bahn Turntable Drawing

Price: Retail......299.99, our Price $249.99

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STARTER SETS
B&F Hobby Starter Sets B&F Hobby Shop has available an HOn30 starter set which was was released in October if last year. B&F again has these sets available for anyone wanting a good running narrow gauge train, without the expense of HOn3. There are two different sets available, one with track and transformer; and one without. The first set will contain the Mocalova Round Roof Diesel Loco (built on the Bachmann N Scale MDT Diesel Mechanism), a Railway Recollection 20' gondola, 18' flat car, 18' box car and a 16' bobber caboose. (Photo's of the flat car and caboose to be added shortly). If you order the sets with track and transformer, it will include an oval of Bachmann N Scale Nickel Silver EZ track, Connector and an MRC 1370 Transformer. The set will contain an instruction book, containing information on the HOn30 Home Depot and the HOn30 yahoo groups. Hopefully these starter sets will encourage more modelers to consider HOn30 modeling.

BNF-SET-1	HOn30 Plymouth Starter Set. Contains one each of the following: Mocalova Round Roof Diesel Loco (built on the Bachmann N Scale MDT Diesel Mechanism), a Railway Recollection flat car without stakes, gondola, box car and a 16' bobber caboose. All cars come Ready-to-Run, painted and have Micro-Train Trucks and Couplers.
	IN STOCK AND SHIPPING	$	$199.99
BNF-SET-1	HOn30 Plymouth Starter Set w/Track & Transformer. Contains one each of the following: Mocalova Round Roof Diesel Loco (built on the Bachmann N Scale MDT Diesel Mechanism), a Railway Recollection flat car without stakes, gondola, box car and a 16' bobber caboose. All cars come Ready-to-Run, painted and have Micro-Train Trucks and Couplers.
	IN STOCK AND SHIPPING	$	$219.99


FOR ADDITIONAL READY-TO-RUN ROLLING STOCK, CHECK THE ROLLING STOCK PAGES. THERE ARE SEVERAL ADDITIONAL CARS FROM RAILWAY RECOLLECTIONS AVAILABLE. ALL R-T-R CARS COME COMPLETE WITH TRUCKS AND COUPLERS.

FOR ADDITIONAL READY-TO-RUN LOCOMOTIVES, CHECK THE ROLLING STOCK PAGES. THERE ARE MANY OTHER LOCOMOTIVES, WHICH WE HAVE ASSEMBLED AND PAINTED. ALL R-T-R LOCOMOTIVES COME PAINTED AND HAVE MICRO TRAIN COUPLERS INSTALLED.

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What is HOn3 or HOn30

HO, HOn30 and HOn3 are all the same scale. HO scale is 1/87th scale or 3.5mm per inch scale. So all models in HO, HOn30 and HOn3 are all built to the same scale or proportion to the prototype. The only difference between HO, HOn30 and HOn3 is the difference between the rails on the three different gauges.

HO standard gauge represents 4'8.5" between the rails.

HOn30 represents 30" between the rails

HOn3 represents 3' between the rails.

PICTURES

My Home HOn30 Railroad

A new page has been created with a tour of my home railroad. Click on LINKS & TOURS in the browser and it will take you to a personal page. The page contains some personal information; information about me, the store, my railroad, the Left Coast HOn30 Module group, tutorials and some of my favorite links.

The railroad is modeled in HOn30 and represents a mining and logging line which shares about 100' of common track from the logging and mining areas to the valley below. If you have the time, take a ride down the hill and across the Dixie Creek Gorge behind Old F&C #3.