Peter's Model Railroading | My Library | Narrow Gauge And Short Line Gazette 2008-09/10
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Large Scale in a Small Space

The Sebago Lake & Franklin Railroad is a 1:20.3 layout on a 4x8 sheet, which the author built to be portable. The trackplan is a simple oval with some switching inside the oval. All rolling stock is four-wheeled because of the tight curves and are all scratchbuilt, as are the structures. There is a tremendous amount of detail.

Building Vance Junction in HOn3

This photo essay article describes the author's recently completed Vance Junction on his layout. He completely finishes one scene before even laying track in the next area. It is a 9' x 24', double-deck layout where the upper level has already been completed, as described in the July/August, 2006 issue of NGSLG. The article includes construction photos.

Alvard's Landing Freight Depot

N-scale drawings of a freelanced freight depot.

Dunckley Northern Railway #4 and #5

Several before and after painted photos accompany this article on the author's scratchbuilt, 1:24, 45mm gauge "Colonial Engines". These are engines designed for the British Colonies. He built them over modified commercial mechanisms by LGB, Bachmann, and Hartland.

Waynesburg & Washington On30 Rail Truck

The author describes how he built this freelanced model and includes scale drawings and construction photos. He used a modified Bachmann HO engine for the mechanism

South Pacific Coast Railroad Passenger Shelter

Scale drawings of this passenger shelter, based on the Call of the Wild, California prototype structure.

Oahu Railway & Land Company 3-foot Gauge Plymouth Diesel #45

Prototype photo and scale drawings with a brief description of this engine found on the Hawaiian Island of Oahu in 1947.

A Mule-drawn Tram in Yucatan The "Cenote Railway"

Thousands of miles of narrow gauge track was once built in Yucatan to support the production of henequen (fiber used for making rope). Nowadays it is used by the people to transport themselves between towns, still using mules pulling flatcars.

Over "The Old Mormon Trail"

This article described the Emigration Canyon Railroad, originally built to quarry rock near Salt Lake City.

Thirty-inch Gauge Railroads Hawaiian Plantation Lines Part 4

This article tells about how Robert A. Day bought the equipment of the 30-inch gauge Hawaiian line and brought it to California to build his own backyard railroad that preserved the original prototype.

Route to the Redwoods Part 70

The author talks about all the various tools he uses to build his layout.

South Pacific Coast Railroad Powder Works Freight Station

Scale drawings of this small freight station in California.

Converting a Bachmann On30 Rail Bus & Trailer to On3

The author describes how he did the conversion.

A Black Hawk Warehouse

The article is accompanied by photos and scale drawings of this structure in Black Hawk, Colorado.

An HO Scale Victorian Building McHugh and Bianchi

The author describes how he built this structure based on the building in downtown Santa Cruz, California.

The Narrow Gauge Scene

Charlie talks about how this is his 201st column and reflects on past works.