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Waterfront Project | Second Track Plan

Waterfront Project | Second Track Plan

Here we have v.2 of the Waterfront Project track plan. It’s actually very similar to the initial version (both are shown below) except for section 4 where I tie the old main line track in with the industrial track section and by extension, the new main line. I’m really on the fence about this small, […]

July 17, 2012 0 Comments More
SOO Memories From Greene, North Dakota

SOO Memories From Greene, North Dakota

by Tom Gloger Someday the Internet is going to contain all there is to know about every possible subject. This is my contribution: fond recollections of relatives, railroads, and the place known as Greene, North Dakota. Greene is located in Renville County in the northwest quarter of North Dakota near where State Route 28 crosses the […]

June 30, 2012 0 Comments More
Waterfront Project | First Track Plan

Waterfront Project | First Track Plan

Now we get to the scary part of the Waterfront Project, for me that’s that track planning. I’ve come up with, and discarded, several ideas already but I think the track plan on this page has some legs. I consider this to be version 1 (v.1) and there will be changes, but I believe it […]

June 27, 2012 0 Comments More
Bridges In Florida

Bridges In Florida

Who hasn’t gone web surfing and ended up in a strange place on YouTube? Lots and lots of odd stuff out there that for some reason has been captured for posterity. Occasionally though something genuinely useful comes along and while the amateur plot lines may be rough, the content is interesting. I’m not sure how […]

June 21, 2012 0 Comments More
Waterfront Project | Build 1

Waterfront Project | Build 1

It’s been a couple of months since the last Waterfront Project update so I thought it best to get a clean start as the actual layout construction begins. Since we have the buildings built, the best place to start was to get a general feel for where these kits would sit on the base. Though […]

June 13, 2012 0 Comments More
Collecting In Z Scale

Collecting In Z Scale

I’ve never been much of a Z scale collector myself, I simply tend to buy and keep what I like. I was wondering recently if the wave of good quality trains available from AZL and MTL haven’t put a dent into the Z scale collector market? This is a purely unscientific observation on my part […]

June 10, 2012 0 Comments More
Locos We Need In Z Scale

Locos We Need In Z Scale

The 2012 National Z Scale Convention wrapped up last weekend in Denver, Colorado, and I think lots of folks are now wondering… when do we get some of the Z scale goodies that were announced? Without going over every new product that the major manufacturers showed off or spoke about, I have to admit there […]

May 13, 2012 0 Comments More
Pelle K. Soeeborg

Pelle K. Soeeborg

When you’re involved in model railroading for awhile there are a handful of notable names you’ll come across time and time again, people whose modeling work stands out from the rest. Pelle K. Soeeborg is definitely one of these names. When I began looking at model railroad scenery set in the US Southwest, I’d come […]

May 4, 2012 0 Comments More
Digital Command Control | DCC

Digital Command Control | DCC

What Is DCC? Digital Command Control (DCC) allows multiple model trains on the same section of track to operate independently of each other. Independent locomotive speed, direction and effects such as lighting are all possible through DCC. Developed by Lenz of Germany for Marklin in the 1980s, Lenz donated the technology to the National Model […]

April 20, 2012 0 Comments More
Coal Diorama | Final

Coal Diorama | Final

In this article we come to the end of the Coal Diorama build, it’s been a fun build and just a little challenging, fitting in enough track and scenery to keep things interesting in this compact size. On the coal tipple I was going to go with tar paper for the roof but I wanted […]

April 15, 2012 0 Comments More
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