modeling the SP

As I have written a number of times, my layout is primarily a branch line, with limited amounts of mainline traffic passing by on the Southe...

Among the most famous box car paint schemes of the transition era was Western Pacific’s silver scheme with a full-length orange feather (for...

I have once again been favored with access to the Michael Litant collection of route cards, most retrieved from freight cars in service in t...

On my layout, I have chosen to model all of 1953, in that each operating session is on the current month and day, but in 1953. So an April 1...

Here I am talking about replacing trucks on freight or passenger cars. Sometimes a car will have been supplied with the “wrong” trucks, say ...

I know, waybills aren’t most people’s idea of reading material. What I mean is the way one deciphers information, that is, “reads,” a waybil...

This story has a long background. Several years ago, I happened to have a Denver & Rio Grande Western stock car spotted at the stock pen...