PLW is pleased to announce a new structure kit: the Strong Toothpick Clearing House in HO scale. This is a Limited Edition kit. Please click on any of the images below to contact PLW to order your kit or get more information.
Category: News
New Product Announcement
PLW is announcing new products: one piece roof, Bridgton SOCONY fuel oil storage tank and sideframes. Also coming is Kingfield covered station in three scales.
PLW will be attending the 41st National Narrow Gauge Convention in Hickory, NC. We’ll be at the 44th NNGC tables. Click on any image to contact PLW for additional information.

SR&RL Logging Presentation/Zoom Meeting
Learn about logging, lumbering, sawmills and related industries in Franklin County, Maine. Includes a rich history of logging with the SR&RL. The Zoom meeting will be held Thursday, March 11, starting with two-foot conversation at 7pm and the logging presentation starting at 7:30pm.
You will be able to download the PowerPoint presentation as well as attend a virtual Zoom meeting hosted by Gary Kohler. Click on the image to purchase the presentation and virtual Zoom meeting.
New Structures coming soon!
The Carrabasset Freight Shed will be released in HO scale. Price and ordering information coming soon.

South Strong station will be released in O scale, S scale and HO scale. Price and ordering information coming soon.

New Passenger Cars!
PLW is pleased to announce the following passenger car kits. All kits are O-scale. S-scale coming soon.
- B&SR RPO/Baggage 10/31
- F&M 1/SR&RL combine 11 (early version)
- W&Q 3 / WW&F Coach 2 or 3 / B&SR Coach 18
Click on any image to go to the ordering page.
B&SR RPO 10 Completed
The B&SR RPO 10 pilot model has been completed, except for end body handrails.

SR&RL Freight Car Online Clinic – January 14 – 7:30 pm
Gary Kohler will be hosting an online clinic for those who have purchased the SR&RL Freight Car presentation. Get the inside scoop on the vast array of SR&RL freight cars – rebuilds, oddities, and other little know freight car facts. Didn’t get the presentation yet? Click on the photo to get yours today!! Stay tuned for additional clinic details.
B&SR RPO/Baggage #10/#31 O-Scale Build
The PLW shop crew has been working on the Laconia Bridgton & Saco River RPO/Baggage #10/#31 pilot model. The body is done and now moving to the underframe details, platforms and lastly, the roof. Stay tuned for when the kit will be offered for sale on the website.
As a side note: Click on the black & white photo at the bottom to order the latest Bridgton & Saco River presentation and get ALL passenger car photos to assist with your modeling efforts!




SR&RL Freight Car PowerPoint Presentation
The presentation is currently 221 pages of detailed information, photographs, drawings, ICC reports, roadway completion reports and roster information (SR&RL). The presentation is to provide a compete as possible look at all the SR&RL freight equipment while highlighting the variations, oddities and anomalies. Also included is 1920s documentation and images on the railroad’s building of new 29′ 6″ rack and showing as many of the rack car variations as possible.
This is a digital product download. No media is available. Click on the image to order.
Bridgton & Saco River Presentation – UPDATE
The Bridgton & Saco River Presentation is currently offering over 712 images! New photos and map details have been included in the current version, as well as revised railcar information. As noted previously, the presentation is a “living document” and will be updated with new information as it becomes available. Compare this to purchasing a book with 712 images for $25 AND get future updates.
