I got three orders for IM passenger cars now going on 2-3 years (maybe I get to wait a decade like I did for the Shasta Daylight cars). I suspect...
Just picked up a pair of the SP Black-widow F7's from the latest run. They look, sound and run great with excellent smooth slow-speed response. I...
How about GM's the "Train of Tomorrow?" That could be run everywhere all over the US (don't know if it made into Canada). The whole thing would...
Actually 3rd Rail (Sunset ) has these on their current reservation page for both the 3 & 4 car sets in 2 rail and 3 rail O scale.
This layout had a whole article on it in the mid-80's in Model Railroader - I think those are the pics from the article "Norton Brothers...
The last of the Shasta Daylight cars that they announced 10+ years ago...
This sounds like a new house is going to be be built - one house would need to be sold first before a construction loan is obtained then the buyer...
The Aerotrain was built by GM as they were a sponsor (along with some of the local railroads) in 1958 when the new zoo opened. I seem to recall...
I just happen to be need of some Frisco cars. I put in for a boxcar and a gondola as these would work best for showing up in interchange service...
The Willamette Valley Model RR Club has N-scale/N-trak. They are located in Brooks just north of Salem on I-5 at Antique Powerland.
If its like the last one I went to a few years ago there were piles and piles of MT cars at sticker price...didn't pay a lot for any of them....
With the announcement that Weaver Models is closing (see message on front page http://www.weavermodels.com/ ) there goes the best deal on model...
Actually, most of this issue is federal funding of Amtrak. Recent legislation eliminated Amtrak funding of state regional services, forcing states...
I thought these were called "XMUG" trains in general. They would have had flatcars but would had the yellow-door 50' boxcars and the yellow...
Well, since the first GS&S was HO on a 1x6 footprint, a HCD version would allow for a more realistic version like adding runaround tracks at the...
Actually, this is an issue again now with China production. There has been plenty of issues regarding Weaver, MTH, K-Line and other O gauge modern...
I got the idea from looking at the Sanborn fire insurance maps which show the changes over the years as they tend to be "cut and paste" . They...
From pictures, these streets were paver bricks which were later paved over with asphalt. Pictures in the 1920's show pavers, but by the 50's...
Even with two weeks off over the holidays, after completing all obligations and even some needed yardwork, I still only managed to start on...
I'm adapting a method in Kalmbach's urban scenery book using completely using styrene as I thought I would have more control in N versus using a...
