The quest for power. Power. Most people want power. You want power. I want power. All God's chilun' want power! It's true. However, with last week’s release of the new wood sheathed boxcar, the need for power is ever more critical. Case in point, all the Omega Scale Railway has right now are boxcars. Only two fully equipped in fact. Side note: there are four deficiencies with the new boxcar. Can anyone tell me what they are? Okay, back to the power issue. Now is the time for something to do the haulin'. What do we want?  What is on the project board, figuratively speaking, is the 0-6-0, a small shifter, yard engine, also known as a “switcher”. A common type for many years. If you will note, this is a steam shifter. It was chosen for faithfulness to chronological engine development history. The downside to this decision is that steam engines are complicated beasts. Many details to include. Harder to build to boot. I will update readers with progress in the blog. See you next time. Please send me your construction suggestions. All assistance will be appreciated. Omscaler

Join us in celebrating a New Arrival! Joining our line-up is a brand new Wood Sheathed Boxcar which is now pictured above. This rail-car has been produced at our highest level of detail produced so far. This car represents a common type used in the post-early days of railroading. This car hauled everything from small machinery to crates and boxes to hobo's. This car has vertical wood boars with Youngstown steel ends and represents a transition from wood to steel boxcars. This historic car will be joining our ever growing roster and plans are in the works to add more after a variety of other types are developed. More updates to follow. Tell us what you think. See you next time. Omscaler

Just a little update on The Omega Scale efforts. The current project is to produce something called a wood sheathed boxcar. I know what you are probably thinking. “Why don't you produce some kind of locomotive”? Good question! What this particular project is about is to produce a boxcar at a higher level of quality. The boxcar in the photo is in fact a sheet steel sided later era boxcar replica. It is a “prototype”. It was built a little bit “quick and dirty”. I wanted to get something graphic for our readers for as they say a picture is worth a thousand words. The project in the works now has several goals. A standard of production, finer details, and a more realistic appearance. However, we definitely need a locomotive. What is on the drawing board is a small switching locomotive. More updates to come.