modeling the SP

Many industries that are rail-served have loading docks (others have doorways opening directly onto trackside). In model form, these may b...

In Part 1 (see:  http://modelingthesp.blogspot.com/2015/03/an-sp-depot-for-santa-rosalia.html  ), I described the background and starting po...

I introduced this topic with a discussion of model and close-up photography in general, and suggested some good background books on that top...

The purpose of this post is to summarize the handling of empty tank cars, nearly all of which were privately owned and in some kind of lease...

At the end of my mythical Santa Rosalia Branch, off the SP Coast Line, there is a small town, and it needs a depot. Southern Pacific had 26 ...

What’s the title about? I’ll come to that in a moment. First, some background. From time to time in the hobby of model railroading, various ...

The late Richard Hendrickson was a creative modeler. (I wrote an appreciation of him after his passing last year; you can read that memorial...