Peter's Model Railroading | My Library | Model Railroader 1990-02
Articles Listing

Granger Railroading - 1906

Features the author's Puye & Phui RR which is a free-lanced prototype layout set in the Upper Mississippi River Valley in 1906. The layout is an around-the-walls type with a center peninsula. Articles includes a track plan and many close-up photos.

An EOT for the Front Runner

The author describes how he built an end-of-train device for his piggyback train. Includes construction photos and electronics schematic.

The Pacific Motor Trucking Co.

Article includes prototype photos, track plan, and scale drawings of this structure in Eugene, OR.

Gorre & Daphetid in a French Mirror

The layout is an N-scale version of John Allen's first table layout. The size is 24" by 40".

Introducing the N Scale Burlington Northern Part 1

The first part of this series covers how the decision was made to build this N-scale layout, who was involved, and what was to be modeled. Includes a track plan, many photos of the layout and some prototype photos of the area.

Modern General-service Tank Cars

Prototype photos, scale drawings, and detailed information about modern tank cars.

Scratchbuilding a G Scale Ore Car

Model and prototype photos, as well as scale drawings, of the Apache Railway's 22-foot ore car. Includes construction photos of this 1:24 scale model.

Symposium on Electronics

Includes 12-volt lamp driver circuit, a 12-volt traffic light interface, a night flasher, audio amplifier and noise generator, a pseudo-random-sequence generator, and an oscillator circuit.

HO Steam Kit Dimensional Data

The author compares various manufacturer's HO-scale kits of various wheel arrangements to determine which would make good basis for kitbashing or scratchbuilding your own steam locomotive.

A Portable Workbench

A short article describing a condensed, but useful workbench.

Tame Those Old Brass Growlers

Using an Atlas frame and mechanism to improve the running characteristics of an Alco Models brass model.

Steve Frey's HO Milwaukee Road

A 12' by 13' island layout with one peninsula along a wall (connected to his Dad's layout), this young man describes how he started and built this layout.

Dash 8 in Conrail Blue

Information about how to build and paint a Rail Power Products GE C32-8. Includes model and prototype photos.