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Magazine Articles By Don Mitchell

Dean Odiorne's Ground Throw / High-level Switchstand

Build your own ground-throw, high-level switchstand. Includes construction photos and a diagram.

Quick Weathering with Chalks

The author describes how he uses artists chalk, scrapes off powder-fine material, and applies that to the model.

The California Central Line

This club layout is housed in the Agnew depot. The article covers how the club was formed and progressed over the years, how they built the 12' by 55' layout, and describes their operations. Interior and exterior photos are included, as well as close-up layout photos and the full trackplan. Also includes a sidebar on how the club tested switch machines to determine which one would be used on the layout.

The Road to Enchantment

This article describes a potential track plan based on the Enchantment branch of the ATSF.

Visiting Steve Strebel's Rio Grande & Pacific

This 33 by 19 feet, double-level layout models a narrow gauge line from Colorado to California. It is 5 years old and almost everything on the layout is scratchbuilt. Includes trackplan and many photos of this beautiful layout.