modeling the SP

I was recently reminded of a continuing issue for some layout operating schemes: the cycling of waybills, and whether this is too repetitiou...

I am continuing with the project to complete the very nice 3D-printed Southern Pacific piggyback cars made by AJ Chier. In my last post abou...

I have posted several times about using both commercial and scratch-built crates as open-top car loads, which have the virtue of being easil...

Back in January I presented a clinic at the 2025 renewal of the annual Prototype Rails meeting in Cocoa Beach, Florida. My topic: what const...

As perhaps only Westerner model railroaders know, “WOOPS” stands for “Western Oregon Ops,” an event held in alternate years. This year it to...

Recently I received an email question that I thought was interesting enough to merit discussion here. The question was, what were the freigh...

I’ve recently posted a number of examples of the “institutional advertising” that Southern Pacific published in the 1950s, bright, eye-catch...