Peter's Model Railroading | My Library | Model Railroader 2003-05
Articles Listing

Walthers HO Caboose Assembly Tricks

Installing wire grab irons, truck clearance issues, and repositioning the body bolsters.

Grade Crossings

Modeling modern rubber and older wood crossings. Complete installation photos.

8 Pike-size Passenger Trains

Creating passenger trains that are shorter than the typical Class 1 railroad's. However, there are prototype trains that only carried a handful of passenger cars.

Perfect Passenger Trains

Prototype passenger trains. Explanations of the types of cars used in a passenger train. Shows diagram of Argentine Passenger Depot, as well as many prototype photos of exteriors and interiors of passenger cars.

The Pennsy in Britain

A Proto:87 switching layout, named Federal Street.

Signal Buyer's Guide

Detection, logic, and signals. How signals work in the prototype and how to translate that into the model world. Lists manufacturers that make products for signals and signal drivers.

Sn3, HOn2½, Nn3: Breaking the Code

Definitions of narrow gauge railroading.

Narrow Gauge Through the San Juan Mountains

28 x 38 free-lanced mountain railroad set in New Mexico and Colorado. Has a sidebar on painting backdrops that are slightly out of focus to keep attention on the 3D models.

Modeling DT & I's Distinctive GP9's

Adding cab details, painting, decal lettering, and weathering. Prototype and model photos.

Easy Turnout Controls

Using a slide switch to control turnouts manually through cabinet knobs that stick out through the front fascia. Includes wiring diagrams for controlling the power to the turnout's frog.

New England in a (Big) Bedroom

A large bedroom track plan modeling the Housatonic's Canaan to Pittsfield line.

A Hobby With Something for Everyone

Discovering a "toy-train" layout in the basement of an accomplished HO-scale modeler.

DCC Corner: Keep Your Trains Running with Power Districts

Information about how to wire one booster per district and how to protect blocks using automobile tail lamps.