Peter's Model Railroading | My Library | Model Railroading 2005-02
Articles Listing

The First Turbo SD Part 4

Prototype photos and text about the Southern Railway (SOU), Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific (CNO&TP), and New Orleans & Northeastern (NO&NE) SD24.

Simple Prototype Operations On a Small Layout

Describes how the author "added" operations to a small 6' x 13' HO-scale layout. He established a list of industries that need to be serviced by the rails and determined the flow of traffic. Based on that he developed a train schedule. He describes the Freight Car Card Forwarding System by Micro Mark and the wooden boxes he made to hold those cards.

Slip-Switch - The Start

Building the plywood support for a slip-switch.

Corn Syrup Tank Cars Part 6

The Trinity 17,600 gallon, 100-ton corn syrup design.

Revisiting The Cooncreek & Tumbleweed Springs

Photos and description of a remodeled section of the layout.

Freightcarology

Prototypes for Plano autorack panel sets using Walthers autorack models. This is part 2 covering the newer panels.

Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW) SD40T-2

Prototype photos and descriptions and parts list for detailing an HO-scale model by Athearn and an N-scale model by InterMountain.

Model Railroading Take a Look at DCC Part XXXIV

This part in the series covers the Life-Like QSI Sound Decoder, the Bachmann E-Z Command, and the MRC Prodigy Advance