modeling the SP

One feature of many layouts is roadside billboards, and especially prior to the 1970s, these were very familiar sights along roads and highw...

I am preparing to host an operating session at the spring meeting of the Pacific Coast Region (NMRA) next month. Since not only have some of...

I have posted several times about the prototype movement of empty freight cars using a simplified paperwork item called an Empty Car Bill, S...

At the conclusion of a previous post about building a drawer to store open-top car loads (that post is at: http://modelingthesp.blogspot.com...

I’ve recently received what are to me some fascinating Southern Pacific paperwork examples. They date from the late 1950s (more on that in a...

I began this series of posts with some information about the background of the Southern Pacific’s Common Standard No. 22 depot design (for m...

One problem with removable loads for open-top cars is convenient storage. I have written several blog posts about open-car loads (for exampl...