By the end of April, I hope to have the first episode of a podcast uploaded for my railroad website, The Rip Track. The last thing that I need in...
I joined the NMRA in the early 1990s. I wrote about why I joined and why I stick with it on my site a while ago.
I'm not a member of CNWHS, but I've picked up a few copies of the publication at my LHS a few times. If you're not satisfied with the current...
I recognized a bunch of the images on that site as part of the FSA work during World War II and Detroit Publishing Company from 1900 onwards. All...
It's probably a training tool. You don't need a complete car to show what is normally found at the end of a car, especially when that end has all...
Send them a letter and ask for it Have you written to Kato suggesting pieces that you want to see manufactured? When I was still working in a...
My local shop finally stocked LocoBuffers so I picked one up on Friday. I spent most of the evening and then part of Saturday making adjustments...
Have you tried putting the trailer's wheels on a rotating bogie? Remove the entire wheel assembly from the trailer and make it a pivotable truck....
I successfully installed a decoder in one of my F40PHs, but the other one I tried wouldn't work. I'm missing the little plastic peg that holds...
We went to a friend's house on Sunday afternoon for an informal operating session. We each got a couple of locomotives to run with instructions...
One of my friends built an NTrak module based on Rondout, Illinois. In this view, my Milwaukee Road freight train model led by a pair of GP30s...
I think (I'm not entirely certain on this, but...) more likely seems to me that the cars would be painted in the colors of their original owners:...
My first thought was to check how the GP at IRM is painted. When I photographed it in 2005, IT 1605 had a silver fuel tank and silver truck...
I actually built something this week. I replaced a bunch of large flange wheelsets with small flange wheelsets to use the cars on my home layout,...
I assembled a few Milwaukee Road models this weekend. This RSC-2 is built from Kato parts. Now it needs paint.
I assembled a few Milwaukee Road models this weekend. This was also built from a Red Caboose kit. I left the hoods loose so I could remove them...
I assembled a few Milwaukee Road models this weekend. This coil car was built from a Red Caboose kit. Now it just needs weathering
The long throwbar and ties are extended on both sides to give modelers the option of installing controls and details on either side of the switch....
We were in Waupaca all weekend for the Strawberry Festival show. The layout crew was down to six people, so we all had plenty of time to play and...
With the passing of my division's current Achievement Program Chairman, I have been selected to fill the position for the coming modeling season....
