Peter's Model Railroading | My Library | N-Scale 2000-07/08
Articles Listing

Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines

A two-level layout in a 12' x 16' area. Close-up photos of various industries.

Northern Pacific #65618

The author built a 89'4" flat car with stake pockets from a cast metal flat car by JnJ Trains. Photos only show the finished product.

Bridging the Gap

Father and son work together because of the Web.

Expanding Your Modular Layout

Building a larger NTRAK layout using two end loops (E3 and E4), and three straight modules with lots of switching possibilities. This layout would be 2' x 19'. Another diagram is shown for a show layout using four corner sections and six straight sections, making a layout that is 6' x 20'.

Dining Table Layout

The author describes how he built a dining room table that has a layout built into it, modeled after a prototype scene.

Mini-Quad Couplers

Modifying Rapido couplers to create I-beam couplers to permanently couple ore cars. The prototype did it that way also. The article shows before, construction, and after photos.

Close Coupling Ore Cars

Mounting MT 1060/1065 body mounted couplers to the Atlas ore cars for close-coupling, while still allowing the cars to be uncoupled. Shows construction photos.

Badger Airbrush Spray Booth

Upgrading the spray booth with an easy-to-remove furnace filter, rather than the manufacturer's suggestion of duct-taping the filter in place.

The Art of Steam

Taking a Kato Pacific Japanese 4-6-2, converted with GHQ's W-3 conversion kit, to build a NP Pacific.

Heavy-Duty Cranes

Building a scale crane using parts from various companies. Includes a discussion about properly sizing and using the crane to match the modeled circumstances.

Blinking Barricades

This article shows, in great detail, how to construct a scale barricade with a blinking LED. Also includes information about making some changes to the circuit to obtain different results.

Walthers Coal Mine Part II

This installment shows the converting the mine to a common, transition-era coal mine. Many detailed construction photos.

Fold Down Train Board

Building a box that can hold a fold-down table so that the layout can be flipped out of the way when not in use.

Building Semaphores in 14 Easy Steps

14 steps to building a working semaphore. Detailed photos accompany the text. Instructions support both upper quadrant and lower quadrant type of semaphores.

Tualatin Valley NTRAK

Building modules with a visual continuity modeled after the Pacific Northwest as part of the club.

Coal Train Power

Modeling modern Canadian Pacific coal trains.

Forest Modeling

Modeling pine tree forests. Detailed instructions, photos, and diagrams for building foreground sisal pine trees.