926508 USATC S160 2-8-0 'Omaha' Maroon with Transportation Corps U.S.A on Tender No.2253 (as Preserved) Steam Locomotive - DCC Sound 1-76-Scale Working toy crane with functioning

Working toy crane with functioning pulley

Timber portals are an ideal addition to any HO layout

– They smooth the (usually) imperfect coning of the axle bearings in trucks/bogies greatly lowering friction

Precision in miniature format: Schlingmann TLF 16/25 model kit 1:24

A most elaborate model with a wealth of detail

926508 USATC S160 2-8-0 'Omaha' Maroon with Transportation Corps U.S.A on Tender No.2253 (as Preserved) Steam Locomotive - DCC Sound 1-76-Scale Working toy crane with functioningNo. 2253 arrived in the UK in May 1943, where it was loaned to the LNER and based at Neville Hill in Leeds. It was returned to the USATC in September 1944 and sent to France, eventually working for the SNCB at Aarschot. The engine was later bought by the Polish State Railway and became TR203 288. No. 2253 returned to the UK in 1992 and entered traffic on the NYMR for a short period. The locomotive was later sold to Peter Best and cosmetically restored