Peter's Model Railroading | My Library | Railroad Model Craftsman 2011-09
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The PRR's Williamsport Division, circa 1935

Two railfan friends combine their efforts to build a large layout in one of their garages. It is a folded dog-bone design with a branch line and offline staging. See the layout on their Facebook page

"Babies and Contractor's" The 7 and 10-ton Shays

This article describes the small and somewhat rare 7- and 10-ton Shays, where they were used, and their history. This installment contains scale drawings, prototype photos, and references.

A High End Build

Bob describes how he built a super-detailed, high-quality stock car to Proto 48 O-scale standards.

Thinking Outside the Blocks

The author describes how he uses Lego® building blocks to construct inner foundations for structures, as temporary stand-ins for to-be-built structures, and for building interior details.

Installing a Working Three-position Semaphore

Using Tomar Industries Upper Quadrant semaphores and Tortoise, the author describes how he installed them and had them working, using simple electronics, to detect train presence.

Kitbashing a Guillford GP40-2W

The author uses two Athearn GP40-2 to build these models to represents models that used to be part of the Canadian National railroad. Includes construction photos and a materials list.

Ice Cream: A Can, a Bottle, and a Bucket

How to model structures from the 1930s and 1940s whose shape matched the kinds of items they sold, such as an ice cream stand that looked like a milk can. Several prototype photos are included.

Fences on the Rutland

How to model metal wire "sheep" fences and barbed wire fences.

NMRA 2011 Convention Report

Photos of the various models found at the show.