Peter's Model Railroading | My Library | N-Scale 2002-03/04
Articles Listing

Mud Bay & Southern Part III

Photos and description of the author's layout. The layout features a very nice car ferry, a log dumper, a large lumber company, and other industries.

D&M Brothers Bicycle Factory

Shows model, construction, and prototype photos of this rather large building. The author used DPM modular wall system templates and cardboard to mock-up the building first.

The Art of Steam Part 2

Model the tender for the Pennsylvania Railroad I1 Class "Decapod". A styrene model was built and then cast into polyurethane. Details were added, including a water scoop, and the model was painted. Includes how the author created eight-wheel trucks.

In the End What Happened?

This article discusses the problems encountered by family members of a model railroader how has passed away. What happens to the layout, to the locomotives and rolling stock, and to the structures?

New Life for an Old Power Pack

Converting the AC output of an old hobby transformer into a quality 12-volt DC power supply with just a handful of parts.

Wheel Cleaning Made Easy

Shows how to build a dedicated wheel cleaning station with handy clips to hold the paper towel in place for wheel cleaning, without getting caught by coupler trip pins.

Modifying a Caboose

Modeling a wood DM&IR caboose. Includes a scale drawing, prototype, and construction and finished model photos.

The Abingdon Footbridge

Full discussion, scaled drawings, prototype photos, and detailed model photographs of the construction of the Abingdon, VA footbridge as it was after WWII.

Signs of Life

Photos of completed junk pile, pump-house, and abandoned site.

Welcome to Oakville

A large, three level layout set in the modern times.

T-TRAK Modules

The authors describe the new standard based on the Japanese idea of super-small modules that can be put together to build a large N-scale layout.