modeling the SP

The previous post on this topic took up the challenge, describing what I might typically do to upgrade a car kit to my usual layout standard...

 From time to time I read, or hear about, someone’s layout Operating Plan. Of course this can be whatever you want it to be, from simple to ...

 In the previous post on this topic, I showed the two improvements that ought to come immediately with any Athearn “Blue Box” 40-foot box ca...

 In addition to the challenge in modeling the cars themselves that were used for the “Overnight” service, in their distinctive black paint s...

 The subject of this post is a little changed from the previous post, in which I identified what the old “Blue Box” Athearn 40-foot box car ...

 I recently received a fascinating suggestion: why not discuss the terribly familiar Athearn “Blue Box” box cars, of both 40-foot and 50-foo...

 There is a fairly long and complicated history behind Southern Pacific’s “Overnight” service, and I won’t really go into it in this post. F...