modeling the SP

Platforms around tank car domes (or valve bonnets, on high-pressure or ICC-105 cars) have been a challenge to modelers for some years. The m...

In the previous post, Part 3, I showed my trials of various ways to orient the street which intersects Pismo Dunes Road in East Shumala, to ...

Last year, I made a number of trips to Ashland, Oregon, to help Richard’s widow, Sandra, with all the model railroad materials he had accumu...

In my previous post, Part 2, I described my conclusions about structure size and shape, based on experimenting with a mock-up structure (you...

Nearly all operating sessions I have hosted on my layout, here in Berkeley or when I lived in Pittsburgh, PA, were what you could call “priv...

In the previous post, Part 3, I described completing the main structure (except the roof), as well as adding an interior second floor (you c...

In my previous post (see: http://modelingthesp.blogspot.com/2015/05/flash-tracklayers-enter-santa-rosalia.html ), I showed new trackage ent...