I really like my (ancient) Nikon CoolScan LS-2000. It scans both negs and slides. It was a very reasonable price, used, at about the time...
Santa Fe prototype and modeling presentations. Scheduled speakers: • John Signor — The L.A. Terminal in the 1930s and '40s • Keith Jordan — A...
The Model Citizens video is available — and you can watch it for free if you're an Amazon Prime member: Model Citizens at amazon.com I was...
Here are the details. To order your ticket(s) in advance, use the form here:...
Information and form to send with payment for advance tickets.
The Santa Fe Railway Historical & Modeling Society Mini Meet will be in West Covina, CA. Details will be posted later.
I'll be working on repairing/maintaining things on my HO module in preparation for a public show* in a few weeks. Several animated features have...
Welcome to the board, tracktoo. Ironhorseman, the Del Oro Pacific G-scale module club in southern California has just such an underground mine....
Welcome, Alain! It's wonderful to find another modeler with an interest in southern California. Your orange trees look fine -- and I'm really...
Thanks, guys, for all the interest in my intro. Hytec made a good guess about the Padua name origin but J911 is correct. The residential area...
Sorry, no eucalyptus trees at this time. The "actual" location of my made-up town is intended to be between Claremont and Upland. The town's name...
I don't have any photos. I was there on Friday (set-up day) from about noon to 2:30 p.m. and again on Sunday from about 3 p.m. (show closed at 4...
I joined trainboard.com in 2009 but haven't posted much here -- and just realized that I may not have posted an introduction. So, I'm about six...
...and another question: on a 1939-era ATSF baggage-express car, would the lettering say "Railway Express Agency" or "Railway Express Agency, Inc."?
Here's a nice laser-cut wood kit from American Model Builders: Kit No. 865 - Santa Fe Caboose American Car & Foundry delivered 150 of these...
I've posted the information that I've found so far on the '20s & '30s Modular Model Railroad blog at...
Russell, that 1932 consist is just the sort of thing that I'm looking for. Even though it's seven years older than "my" year, it is invaluable...
Thanks, BarstowRick. The Denver Public Library and PASSENGER CAR PHOTO INDEX - ATCHISON TOPEKA SANTA FE links found via Qstation have helped add...
