Peter's Model Railroading | My Library | Narrow Gauge And Short Line Gazette 2008-11/12
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My On3 Rio Grande Southern Sophir District

Fantastic scenic shots accompany this article about the author's 54 by 25 foot layout. Only a portion of the layout has been completed.

A Standard Gauge Baldwin Locomotive Works Geared Locomotive

This page shows scale drawings of the engine. Only one engine was ever built.

O Scale Adobe Buildings From Balsa Wood

The author describes how he built this adobe blacksmith shop.

Alvard's Landing Part 3

This installment covers how the author built and installed his turntable and pit.

My Windy River Timber Co. Engine House

Model photos accompany this article of how the author built this two-stall engine house. He won a prize with it at the 28th National Narrow Gauge Convention.

Mack Trucks

The author scratchbuilt several variations of the FK Mack trucks. Includes model photos.

Denver & Rio Grande Western Spreader OU

The author built models of all four versions of the D&RGW spreader OU.

3-foot Gauge Huckleberry Railroad #11

In 1968-9 Plymouth built 35 Model HSG, 5-ton, torque converter locomotives for the U.S. Army ammunition plant in Baraboo, Wisconsin. This page shows scale drawings and one prototype photo.

The Leighton Buzzard Light Railway

The author tells the history of this United Kingdom railroad. Includes prototype photos and scale drawings of the equipment used by the railroad.

North Pacific Coast Railroad

This two-pager shows scale drawings of the Baldwin Locomotive Works engine. No other information is provided.

Thirty-inch Gauge Railroads

This final installment of this series covers the Hemlock Central Railroad and the Fort Wilderness Railroad. The article includes a scale drawing of the FWRR engine #1 and a listing of the railroads covered in this twenty-on-article series.

The Stiff Leg Derrick at Incline

This is a follow-up article to the author's May/June 2006 Gazette article where he modeled the foundation of this derrick.

Re-working the Brickwork at Georgetown

The author describes the different technique he learned modeling brick buildings. So much so that he describes what he to build a more accurate model of the Georgetown Stewart & Wing Warehouse.

Route to the Redwoods Part 71

In this installment the author describes how he built two Dolbeer Donkeys. These were used to move extremely large logs around in the woods. Include prototype and model photos.

Sinclair Gas Station, Elberta, Utah

This article consists of prototype photos and scale drawings.

Richard "Dick" Truesdale And His Westside Model Company

Jim visits with Dick to learn about his brass importing business and the extent of the hard labor he went through to dig a basement out under his house to build his layout there.

First Place Awards

2008 National Narrow Gauge Convention award winners' models photographed, including Jim Bell's Sn3 D&RGW #485 work train