Are you sure it's not a G8? A lot of TT gauge is European and the G8 was an EMD export model that was common in Europe and S America. EMD G8 -...
I use a fan shaped brush designed to apply make-up, it can be found in drugstores and the cosmetics area of department stores. I brush off my...
Catasauqua, PA
State boundaries mean nothing to the railroad. Railroads also really don't care about the territory where there aren't railroads. The railroad...
Pretty much the only thing that takes the "interchange" connection is Amtrak, the Texas Eagle operates on the UP St Louis to Ft Worth, then the...
If you want interesting operation do Tower 55 in the 1950's. ATSF, MKT, SP/SSW, MP/IGN, MP/TP, CRIP, FWD all crossing. Move it up to the 1980's...
There was comparatively very little interchange between the BNSF and the UP at Sweetwater since both railroads went to Houston and both railroads...
There are other considerations too. ME track is challenging to curve and keep straight (I know, I use it in a few places). Peco is much easier...
Like it or not, high speed rail is horribly expensive and because it is a fixed route system, is horribly inefficient in the greater scheme of...
The vast majority of lines in the US were both freight and passenger, most were always predominately freight. Many low volume lines have been...
I have never understood the concepts behind reactivating the Tennessee Pass line (TP). Without millions of dollars of subsidies every year I...
It also depends on how long it's left on. If you complete the project in a couple weeks, no problem. If you tape the track and 6 months later...
I handlay track so I have to get the alignment right the first time.
There are a couple types of yard ladders. There is a straight ladder, which is a row of the same switches all aligned the same. There is a...
Looks like a Cary SW1500 shell on an Athearn SW7 chassis.
I would put a scenic divider/backdrop down the middle of the layout and not have the river cross the whole layout. With V2 you also have a spur...
