modeling the SP
Reference pages
(Move to ...)
Weathering with acrylic washes: basic technique
Weathering with acrylic washes: specific car types...
▼
Thursday, April 16, 2026
Route Cards, Part 32: more examples
›
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...
Monday, April 13, 2026
Seasonality in reefer usage
›
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...
2 comments:
Friday, April 10, 2026
Re-trucking
›
Here I am talking about replacing trucks on freight or passenger cars. Sometimes a car will have been supplied with the “wrong” trucks, say ...
Tuesday, April 7, 2026
Waybills, Part 129: Reading a waybill
›
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...
2 comments:
Saturday, April 4, 2026
Kitbashing: a cautionary tale
›
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...
2 comments:
Wednesday, April 1, 2026
My recent layout operating session
›
Last weekend I hosted a pair of operating sessions on my layout, which happened to be sessions no. 109 and 110 on the present layout. It w...
Sunday, March 29, 2026
Cars on the layout for op sessions
›
This is an apparently evergreen topic, as I have posted about it a couple of times, but continue to get inquiries about it. My most recent p...
›
Home
View web version