Operating empty open-top cars
It occurred to me on a recent trip out of town for an operating weekend, that many layout…
• August 07, 2024
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Rolling stock maintenance — still happening
From time to time I have described previously my various experiences maintaining the roll…
• July 11, 2024
The role of “foreign” cars in your fleet
Modelers often choose to model a prototype railroad that they particularly like, and then…
• June 11, 2024
Waybills, Part 113: freight train procedures
Recently on several internet groups. attention has been called to an excellent Santa Fe c…
• February 16, 2024
Other railroad documents
I have written blog posts about quite a few items of prototype paperwork, both about wayb…
• January 08, 2024
Route cards, Part 29: more on grading
This post may be the last (at least for awhile) about the cards that prototype railroads…
• November 18, 2023
Route cards, Part 27: back to grading cards
In an evear-growing series of posts, I have been writing about both route cards, cards …
• October 22, 2023
Route cards, Part 26: car movement
In a lengthening series of posts, I have been showing the fascinating (at least to me) v…
• October 07, 2023
Route cards, Part 25: still more grading
In a series of posts, I have been writing about both route cards, cards that direct movem…
• September 25, 2023
Route cards, Part 24: examples of route cards
In my recent posts that are part of a series about route cards, I have been including gr…
• September 16, 2023
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