modeling the SP

I was looking through some past emails that were sent to me about this blog, and found one interesting one to which I apparently never repli...

We modelers are used to the challenge of modeling particular locomotives, particular cars, or particular structures. We assemble fleets of r...

Some readers will remember that when I built my layout town of Santa Rosalia, I ended up with a pretty short tail track for switching the in...

I have not posted many comments about Southern Pacific passenger power, steam or otherwise. I did offer an introduction to the topic a few y...

 In a recent conversation with an acqaintance, the topic of my blog came up, and during the discussion he asked, essentially, “Are all your ...

Lots of us have been and still are prone to sitting around, say over lunch, or in a bar, slinging gloom about how model railroading is fadin...

I’m sure it’s no surprise to regular readers of this blog that I find maintenance of way (MOW) equipment interesting and worth modeling. In ...