Wabash modeling
Modeling the Wabash Railroad (or Railway, in the early years) can take on many aspects:- Trains: Passenger, mainline freights, locals
- Buildings: Depots, facilities, customers
- Paperwork: Waybills, clearance forms
- Decals: Mark Vaughan (Des Plaines Hobbies), Microscale, Champ, Speedwitch Media
Passenger trains
The best source of passenger train information is a public timetable, which can be found at swap meets or on eBay under "collectibles." These timetables provide information on what types of cars were in the train – coach, sleeper, dome, cafe, diner, lounge.- Wabash Cannon Ball (#1, #4), Detroit Limited (#2), St. Louis Limited (#3): St. Louis-Detroit, with a connection to Toledo (at Fort Wayne)
- Blue Bird (#21, #24), Banner Blue (#10, #11), The Midnight (#17, #18): St. Louis-Detroit
- City of Kansas City (#3, #12), Midnight Limited (#17, #18): St. Louis-Kansas City, with a connection to Columbia, Mo.
- City of St. Louis (#9, #10): St. Louis-Denver-Salt Lake City-Los Angeles-San Francisco-Portland-Seattle
There were also trains between Forrest and Streator (IL), Gary (IN) and Montpelier (OH), and commuter operations out of Chicago. The steam era used classes J (4-6-2) and P (4-6-4). The diesels were E7, E8, PA1, GP7.
Kit vendors:
- Brass Car Sides: HO and N scale
- Union Station Products: HO and N (City of Kansas City)
Ready-to-run Wabash steam and diesel locomotives
Model manufacturer | Locomotive manufacturer | Locomotive class | Scale |
BLI | EMD | E7 | HO |
Proto 2000 | ALCo | PA1 | HO |
Lionel | ALCo | PA1 | O |
Genesis/Athearn | USRA Light | K- | HO |
Sunset Models (brass) | 2-10-2 | L-1 | HO |
Stewart Hobbies | Baldwin | S-12 | HO |
Stewart Hobbies | Baldwin | VO 660 | HO |
Stewart Hobbies | Baldwin | VO 1000 | HO |
Proto 2000 | EMD | SW9 | HO |
Hallmark | 0-6-0 | B-7 | HO |
Lionel | 4-6-2 | J-1 | O |
Hallmark | 4-6-4 | P-1 | HO |
Hallmark | 4-8-2 | M-1 | HO |
Hallmark | 4-8-4 | O-1 | HO |
Alco models | Lima | LS-1200 | HO |
Atlas | EMD | GP7 | HO |
Proto 2000 | EMD | GP7 | HO |
Stewart Hobbies | GE | U25B | HO |
Atlas | GE | U25B | N |
Atlas | ALCo | C424 | HO |
Genesis, Stewart Hobbies | EMD | F7 | HO |
Walthers | FM | H10-44 | HO |
Athearn, Division Point | FM | H-24-66 | HO |
Kit vendors:
Buildings
HO structures:- American Model Builders makes a very nice mine that was near Martinsburg, Mo.