Peter's Model Railroading | My Library | Railroad Model Craftsman 1996-06
Articles Listing

Kitbashing a Coal Loader

Taking part of the Walthers New River Mine kit to build a truck coal dump loader for a siding. Includes a scale drawing for a weight house, the weigh scale, and the coal truck dump. There are also several photos of the author's model.

"Urban Ore" Carriers: Modeling EMAX Cars

Prototype and model photos accompany this article about 60-foot boxcars that carry municipal waste. There is a sidebar on how to make the car's decals using WordPerfect for DOS.

Ted Greeno's Southwest & Western RR

This fantasy theme park like layout is in a 900-square foot greenhouse, and features four separate levels. Despite whimsical, the layout is fully scenicked, detailed, and features lit buildings.

Re-writing History: Passenger Cars for My Maine Three-footer

The author describes how he kitbashed these wood-sheathed passenger cars. Includes finished model photos and a materials list

Modeling a Conrail SW1500

Conrail has 116 of these engines. Starting with an Athearn model the author describes how he built a model of this engine.

EMD's Modern Switchers Pt II

This installment covers the SW1500. Contains many prototype photos, production roster, and scale drawings.

Painting and Detailing a Southern Pacific SW1500

Taking an Athearn model, and adding some details, produced a model of this engine. Parts list included as well as some model photos.

Building the Benchwork for My PRR Northeastern Division

The trackplan for this layout, which was presented in the October 1995 issue, is now being implemented. Construction details as well as final layout photos accompany the article. The entire front fascia of this layout functions are the control panel.

AE&FR Flat Motor No.49

This is a follow-up to the article by the author in the May 1996 issue. This installment contains more information, some corrections to the previous article, prototype and model photos, and scale drawings of the car and its plow.

TT Scale: The All-American Export

The scale died down in the U.S. during the late 1950s, but in Western Europe and Communist Bloc countries it seemed to thrive much longer.