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Building a Paper Mill for the Apache Railwayarticle featured image thumbnail.
Building a Paper Mill for the Apache Railway
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I received a request from my friend Dave to build a paper mill for his new Apache Railway. He needed the mill for the town of Snowflake, Arizona, so I… Read Article
Building a Power Plant for the Apache Paper Millarticle featured image thumbnail.
Building a Power Plant for the Apache Paper Mill
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My friend Dave needed a power plant to go with his new Apache paper mill that he was adding to his Apache Railway branch, so I offered to combine his… Read Article
Model Railroading: Where to Beginarticle featured image thumbnail.
Model Railroading: Where to Begin
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Most of us can remember our first experience with trains. It may have been a Lionel steam set under the Christmas tree or an afternoon trackside with your grandfather. For… Read Article
Private Rail Trip: Part 1article featured image thumbnail.
Private Rail Trip: Part 1
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For over a year my wife and I had planned a trip on a private railroad car for our anniversary, so we were especially excited to arrive at Washington's Union… Read Article
Installing Approach Signals for an Interlocking Plant: Part 2article featured image thumbnail.
Installing Approach Signals for an Interlocking Plant: Part 2
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Editor’s note: This blog is part 2 of a series on installing signals for an interlocking plant. You can read part 1 of this series here. We decided to use… Read Article
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10-Minute Diesel Weathering
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This is a new HO scale E-7 diesel. It's well detailed and runs well with sound, but it looks too toy-like to me. There are as many ways to weather… Read Article
Cleaning Up an Old Model Railroad Scenearticle featured image thumbnail.
Cleaning Up an Old Model Railroad Scene
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Perhaps you have a scene or series of scenes on your layout that have not aged well. They may be covered in dust or just generally need a little touch… Read Article
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A Visit to the Twin Cities Model Railroad Museum
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I recently made an inspiring trip to the Twin Cities Model Railroad Museum in St. Paul, Minnesota, that I would like to tell you about. The Twin Cities Model Railroad… Read Article
Installing Approach Signals for an Interlocking Plant: Part 1article featured image thumbnail.
Installing Approach Signals for an Interlocking Plant: Part 1
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On my model railroad of the Bluff City Southern there is a bottleneck, but it's a fun bottleneck. The five railroads that I model come together at this bottleneck. It's… Read Article
glue for model railroading
An Overview of Glues for Model Railroading
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I’m going to diverge a bit from my ongoing series of blogs to talk about something that’s vital to the pursuit of our hobby. Glue! We all seem to find… Read Article
Basic Detailing for Model Railroads: A Day in the Southern Pacificarticle featured image thumbnail.
Basic Detailing for Model Railroads: A Day in the Southern Pacific
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What about basic detailing? We’ve come a good distance in our blog series, so I think that we're ready for the really rewarding part! If you’ve read my series (find… Read Article
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Creative Ideas for Model Railroad Structures
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Photo by Doug Hodgdon Model railroad structures are important in many ways, and by “structures” I’m including bridges and other man-made, primarily fixed elements that we include in our layouts.… Read Article
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