modeling the SP

Many model railroad authors, including me, have long used and advocated use of artist’s colored pencils for a variety of modeling tasks. In ...

In the January 2018 issue of Model Railroad Hobbyist , due out today but arriving January 1, is the latest (14th) installment of my contribu...

In my first post on this topic, I attempted to summarize briefly what automobile industry traffic is, and how it operated in California, whi...

Most modelers are familiar with the concept of a fast clock during layout operation. The clock operates faster than normal time, at some rat...

In the previous post in this thread, I discussed the topic of understanding rail traffic for the automobile industry. This is just one examp...

Any layout may have certain kinds of freight traffic that are distinctive, whether using special equipment, or carrying cargo with special...

I introduced this topic in a previous post, saying a few words about this event, an operating weekend, and describing two layouts, those of ...