Author: Marshall Stull
Roundup Time! – How Green is Your Railroad?
While doing research on older prototype railroad scenes from the 1970s and before, it is hard not to notice how green many of the old…
Expressway for Industry – Detroit & Toledo Shore Line
The corridor between Toledo and Detroit contains several rail lines. The area was a who’s who of Northeastern railroad giants. Within the corridor existed the…
Lionel Garing’s O Scale Industrial Layout
This month we are taking a look at an industrial layout created by Lionel Garing of Strasbourg, France. Lionel has designed and constructed a highly…
Christmas Layout 2018
Each Holiday Season I like to look for a Christmas Layout to feature on Small Model Railroads. This year we are going to take a…
Free-mo Endings
Before you ask, I am not giving up Free-mo! This month we are going to take a look at designs for Free-mo ends. These will…
Prototype 30″ Gauge Railways – Kauai Plantation Railroads #modelrailroad #narrowgauge
Many people model narrow gauge in On30 and HOn30. Most of these are stand-ins for 36″ or 24″ gauge railways. I thought it would be…
Bluerail Trains Board About To Ship #bluerailtrains #modelrailroad
The hobby is changing fast these days and nothing is moving faster than the train control options. In the next couple days Bluerail Trains will begin…
Turnout Control with Servos
With the building of my new Free-mo module set “The Boat Yard“, I have had to change some of my usual “go to” items. I have…
Building a Free-mo Module – Part I
In my last article, we looked at a Free-mo Module Design that was light weight, strong and easy to setup among other things. This month we take…
2016 National Train Show Prep
Things are really busy around here. I committed to have the Boat Yard operational for the 2016 National Train Show and things are getting tight. To date…
