19 - 12 of 19 Search for: Sort by: date: New to Old date: Old to New alphabetical: A-Z alphabetical: Z-A Sorry, there were no results Building a Paper Mill for the Apache Railway Article 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 Mill Article 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 Begin Article 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 1 Article 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 2 Article 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 10-Minute Diesel Weathering Article 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 Scene Article 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 A Visit to the Twin Cities Model Railroad Museum Article 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 1 Article 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 An Overview of Glues for Model Railroading Article 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 Pacific Article 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 Creative Ideas for Model Railroad Structures Article 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 Show More
Building a Paper Mill for the Apache Railway Article 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 Mill Article 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 Begin Article 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 1 Article 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 2 Article 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
10-Minute Diesel Weathering Article 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 Scene Article 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
A Visit to the Twin Cities Model Railroad Museum Article 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 1 Article 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
An Overview of Glues for Model Railroading Article 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 Pacific Article 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
Creative Ideas for Model Railroad Structures Article 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
