Peter's Model Railroading | My Library | All Scale Rails 2016-01/02
Articles Listing

Trainfest 2015

Fictionalized stories about different people attending the show held on November 14 and 15, 2015, attended by over 19,000 people, and held in West Allis, Wisconsin a City of Milwaukee suburb at the Wisconsin Expo Center on the Wisconsin State Fair Park grounds. The article contains a lot of photos of the various layouts and events at the show.

Dandelions

How to quickly and simply model these weeds.

Four Corners and Five Lakes

The author describes the freelanced layout set in the Four Corners region which he operates with his two sons. It is a large L-shaped layout with hidden returns loops in the staging area, and a hidden helix to allow for two-level running.

Houston-White Company Mill & Basket Factory

The company was based in Millsboro, Delaware. This article is a history of the start and fall of this company, what they manufactured, how they survived the Great Depression, and how they relied on the railroads. Includes many photos, a track map, and several scale drawings of the buildings.

Blueprints Part 1

Drawings and one photo of the CMStP & PRR Bridge over Layton Ave in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.