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Monthly Archives: March 2007
Exploring where rails met the sea in the Bay Area
There’s endless fascination where rails meet the sea, especially in areas—unlike New York Harbor, for example—that have not yet suffered from over-exposure. Grant Ute and Bruce Singer’s new Arcadia book, Alameda by Rail, proves, once again, that there are new … Continue reading
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Welcome to the ( ALCO Belt ) Alabama Coal Belt Railroad
With years of prototype and Model Railroad experience behind me, my current layout the “ALCO Belt” is my second O Scale layout at this residence. I started modeling in O Scale during the 1970s and after devoting fifteen years to … Continue reading
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Weaver RPO Being Delivered Now
Weaver Models has informed OST that their new RPO and B60 baggage cars are here in the States. If you have not pre-ordered one of these cars you should do so now. Weaver has started shipping..
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MTH to Release 2-Rail Scale N&W Class A
Normally, I’d write about a personal project here, but since the N&W Class A (2-6-6-4) is one of my favorite steam locomotives, I thought I’d help spread the word about this new O Scale model coming this Spring.
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“How-to” Instructions Posted
See that link in the upper right titled “Instructions”? Click on it and get a tutorial on how to use this blog.
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Traction Action #31
Modeling Inspiration on a Budget in New York City Since many of us visit New York City at one time or another during the course of a year, we should all get to know the New York Transit Museum. Their … Continue reading
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Observations #31
Happy Birthday to Us Yes, it’s our Fifth Anniversary issue and, let me tell you, we’re happy to be here! It’s been a rough year for model railroad magazines. In case you have not yet heard, Mainline Modeler ceased publication … Continue reading
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Narrow Minded #31
Are You a “Real” Model Railroader Yet? In my opinion, you might be a collector, model designer, manufacturer, importer, dealer, modifier, painter, repairer, kit builder, kit-basher, scratchbuilder, layout planner, electronics expert, railroad historian, researcher, writer or even an editor, but … Continue reading
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The Modern Image #31
Distributed Power Looking at the photograph of Train C-BAMPAM3-13, with BNSF 8981 and a trailing SD70-MAC, your first thought might be, “There’s only two engines assigned to this unit coal train.” That’s not the case. On the rear, 7,300 feet … Continue reading
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Confessions of a HiRailer #31
Autumn Leaves By now most of us have traded in our leaf rakes for snow shovels, and are anticipating the return of warmer weather. While raking leaves this past fall, I was reminded of an idea for making realistic looking … Continue reading
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