modeling the SP

In preceding posts, I described a somewhat meandering project to build a 50-foot automobile car from a Branchline kit, and add a Viking roof...

Some years ago, I described the creation of a stand-in version of a Southern Pacific postal-storage car, in two blog posts. The concluding o...

A couple of  months ago I wrote a simplified description of my ideas provided to a friend who wants to build a switching layout, and asked m...

I’ve just received my copy of an excellent new book from Firecrown Media (successor to Kalmbach Media and all its assets). This book was cre...

I began work on a kitbash of a Branchline 50-foot automobile car, adding a Viking roof and preparing to model a Chicago & North Western ...

Designations of freight cars to describe their suitability for different cargoes have a long history. The American Railway Association (ARA)...

Among the many industries in my layout town of Ballard is a facility of the California Division of Highways, predecessor of today’s CalTrans...