modeling the SP

The latest two operating sessions on my layout were on December 7 and 8. By and large, they followed my usual format and content, with only ...

From time to time, I post short descriptions of the industries on my layout, what they do, and how they form part of operating sequences. To...

The ongoing saga of the track replacement at the lead to my town of Santa Rosalia continues. In the previous installment, I was satisfied wi...

Continuing his remarkable series of books about the Southern Pacific, John Signor has just published the latest, this one about the San Joaq...

In my layout town of Ballard, there are two wine shippers, the larger of which is the Zaca Mesa winery. This is a large structure, made from...

In the preceding post, I showed the general features of the new Southern Pacific “Shipper Guide,” for 1952. For me as an SP modeler, it'...

I have often posted about the superb railroad resources represented by what are generically known as “Shipper’s Guides,” though they often h...