Adrian and the LS&MS
The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern main line stretched from Buffalo to Chicago by 1857. It would become the backbone of the New York Central…
Jim Sacco’s City Classics Display Layout
Many suppliers of Model Railroad materials build display layouts to show how their products will look/work on a layout. Many times these layouts are not…
Small Layout Meet 2017
The 2017 Small Layout Meet was a success once again. It seems each year it grows a little more. This years venue moved to the…
Small Layout Meet 2017
The Small Layout Meet is Back! June 10, 2017, 10AM – 4PM Northwest Ohio Railroad Preservation, INC 12505 C.R. 99 Findlay, OH 45840 Same people,…
PESHEKEE RIVER RAILROAD II – Learning from mistakes
Sometimes you just have to learn the hard way. My original Peshekee River Railroad design located the layout in my basement workshop. Now I do…
Layout Design Journal 2016 Switching Operation Challenge
If you have a passion for fiddling with track and switching, this might be the thing for you. The Model Railroad Layout Design SIG (LDSIG) is…
If we did not make mistakes we would never learn anything
This months article on building legs includes a couple mistakes or where I did not follow the original design. We have to realize that making…
BUILDING A FREE-MO MODULE – Part II #modelrailroad #fremo
This month we will take a look at building the legs for our Free-mo module. As I stated in prior articles (FREE-MO MODULE DESIGN and BUILDING A…
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…
