Peter's Model Railroading | My Library | Model Railroading 2002-11
Articles Listing

Doing the String Thing

Using strings to line up the two sides of a future bridge span.

Modeling Louisville & Nashville Phase 2 GP30's

Prototype and model photos. Includes a materials list.

A Movie Theater for Your Town or City Part 1

Kitbashing a Walthers Power Plant kit into an old or modern movie theater. Includes prototype New York area modern movie theaters.

Containers A to Z TGHU to TOLU

Bob Frankrone's Louisville Southern Lines

A fictitious railroad resulting from the merger of the L&N, Soo Line, and Southern railroads. Very nice roundhouse and turntable setup.

Modeling Streets and Roads Part 4C

Concrete roads. Simulate the real world by pouring hydrocal. Use similar construction techniques. Shows how to create cracks in the concrete and highlight them with india ink. Also shows how to paint white strips down the middle of the road.

Conrail (CR) EMD SW1500

Prototype photos. Details materials list.

S-1 Alco's First Standard Switcher Part 2

Photos and information about S-1's owned by Alameda Belt Line (ABL), Alexander Railroad (ARC), Allied Chemical Company, Ann Arbor (AA), Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (AT&SF), Baltimore & Ohio (B&O), and Bath & Hammondsport (B&H).