modeling the SP

This year the annual ProRail event (Prototype Railroad Operations) was held in the Minneapolis area, and was well organized and managed by R...

Back in February, I posted a summary of prototype information about Southern Pacific steam switchers, including the basis on which I chose t...

Again in the issue for April, Model Railroad Hobbyist ’s “Running Extra” segment contains one of the multi-author “Getting Real” columns by ...

In previous posts on this topic, I have been describing a project to model a Shell Chemical high-pressure tank car, starting with an Athearn...

A few weeks ago, I posted a commentary on Southern Pacific steam switchers, focusing (as did SP) on the 0-6-0 wheel arrangement. I concluded...

I have in my collected brass items, a Soho “1920 tank car,” so called, with two compartments. I first acquired this model way back in 1979, ...

As part of my deadhead passenger equipment movements in operating sessions, I have enjoyed including an occasional sleeping car from a forei...