modeling the SP

Awhile back, I showed the interim bad-order slip I had created for use on my layout (you can see that slip in an earlier post of mine, which...

I have long been interested in the Stauffer Chemical Company, in part because they owned a fleet of tank cars to transport various chemicals...

Modelers take a wide variety of approaches to ballasting track, and of course the prototype exhibited a wide range of track conditions, from...

A couple of years ago, Albrae Models released some beautiful brass models in HO scale of SP fire service cars (which, as Albrae notes, were ...

This series of posts is about a partly completed model of an automobile car that I inherited from Richard Hendrickson. It is a considerably ...

I occasionally write about my experiences at conventions held by various regions of NMRA (the National Model Railroad Association). This is ...

Every modeler with a little experience knows that railroads, over the years, have occasionally done test applications of paint schemes for f...