Category: News

Registration for the 2025 Midwest Narrow Gauge Show is now open! The show will take place May 20-22, 2025, with a new location this year!

For registration, please use the PDF form below.

PLW has announced a compressed Phillips engine house / car shop for those with minimal space. The structure is perfect for On2 or On30. An HO version is being considered as well. Pilot model is shown below and will be available for inspection at the Harrisburg O-Scale Narrow Gauge show this weekend, June 9 and June 10.

Coming soon in On3/On30 are the SPNG gondolas. Sn3 is anticipated shortly after the O-scale kit release. Prices will be announced prior to kit release.

The kit comes with PLW 3D printed end sills, needle beans, grab irons, stakes and bolsters. The kit will include the correct trucks and the modeler will need to provide their own wheelsets.

PLW is pleased to announce that “Old Man Baldwin’s Cabin” will soon be available in HO scale.

Perfect for any logging scene or those summer rusticators that have been frequenting the local woods.

Portland Locomotive Works is proud to announce partnership with the Otter Creek Construction Company that will be offering accurate Maine 2-foot kits. Watch this site for product details and pricing.

Otter Creek Construction Company will be offering the following HO scale kits with its initial release: Kingfield Winter Store, Kingfield Box Shop, Monson Junction Water Tank and Monson Day’s Crossing Flag Stop.

PLW is announcing the availability of On2 passenger car trucks, available in ready-to-run version only. Trucks will be painted in flat black or green, come fully assembled, tested and ready to install on your equipment.

Pricing: Ready to Run: $50.00 per pair plus postage. Ready to assemble with metal wheelsets: $40.00 per pair plus postage. Truck frame only, no wheelsets: $20.00 per pair plus postage. Quantity discounts are available. Contact PLW for more information, pricing and postage.

On30 versions will be offered with three different length bolsters to accommodate various wheel manufacturers. Contact PLW for more information, pricing and postage.

Diamond style freight trucks available in very limited supply. Contact PLW for more information, pricing and postage.

The Bridgton SOCONY tank farm will soon be available by reservation only. The kit will be offered in HO, S and O scale. The kit will contain two vertical tanks, one horizontal tank, a pump house and a siphon stand. Contact PLW to reserve your kit today.

B&SR tank car 21 and 22 in On2/On30/Sn2 scale. Tank car 14/21 will be available first. Contact PLW to reserve a kit.

Portland Locomotive Works and the 2024 Pittsburgh National Narrow Gauge Convention will be attending the Great Scale Model Train Show on October 2 and 3.

Stop by to see new PLW products and get the latest information on the Pittsburgh Convention!

PLW will be attending the 41st National Narrow Gauge Convention in Hickory, NC, September 1 through September 4.

We will have new products, including passenger cars and SPNG Caboose 467. We also will have our custom made deciduous trees for sale as well as custom made aspen and pine trees.

Also, we will be promoting the 44th National Narrow Gauge Convention to be held in Pittsburgh, PA, September 11 through September 15, 2024. Information will be available for the vendor room, attendees and convention activities. Stop by our table to chat. See you in Hickory!!