Peter's Model Railroading | My Library | Railroad Model Craftsman 2003-05
Articles Listing

Scissors Trucks and Coal Bins

Description and a couple of photos of home coal delivery trucks in Scranton, PA.

The Pelican Bay Railway & Navigation Company

This layout article was inspired by the author's friend purchasing a new digital camera "that had to be tested". Includes a description and lots of close-up photos of the author's 1895-era layout set in Northern California.

Scratchbuilding the Farmer's Gilt Edge Creamery

The author built a copy of a midwestern creamery in Steele County, Minnesotta. Because of the complex curves, the structure was built with home-made castings. Prototype and model photos (including close-up construction photos) are included, as well as scale drawings.

Essential Freight Cars Part 2

This installment covers the 1937 Great Northern's double-sheathed boxcars. Includes prototype photos, a roster listing, and lots of how-to-model information. A sidebar describes how to build an accurate, rectangular box.

An Identity Crisis

The author describes how he electronically modified a standard PRR logo to create a friend's freelanced railroad's logo.

Kitbashing an NJ Transit ALP-46

The author took a Roco German DB Class 101 engine and converted it to look like an New Jersey Transit engine using the plans published by Railroad Model Craftsman magazine in its March 2003 issue. Includes before and after model photos and a prototype photo.

Working with Wood

The article discusses when it is best to use strip wood and when sheet wood is better for models.

Keeping HOn3 Springs Intact

How to assemble Kadee No. 717 freight trucks without losing the springs.

Kitbashing a Bangor & Aroostook Caboose

The prototype converted troop sleeper cars into these cabooses in the mid-1950s, and so the author did the same thing using Cannonball Car Shops' kits of troop sleeper cars. Includes several prototype photos and some model photos, as well as a parts list.

A Report from Nuremburg

The annual toy fair has good representation by model railroad manufacturers.

The Belknap Monument

This model was inspired by the discovery of a cannon beside the Boston & Maine Hillsboro branch.

Movable Railroad Bridges of Chicago

The final installment of this series covers vertical lift bridges. Includes scale drawings and prototype photos.