modeling the SP

The other day I posted a description of the new HO scale Fairmont M-19 speeders (or motor cars) produced by Ken Harstine. I knew they were D...

 Railroad employees often called them speeders or motor cars; the railroad I model, Southern Pacific, called them “track cars” in official d...

Awhile back, when leafing through Ted Culotta’s excellent series, Focus on Freight Cars , I had one of those experiences where two entirely ...

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...