Blue flags and lockouts
The title of this post may be baffling to some readers, but it refers to track safety mea…
• August 21, 2024
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Waybills, Part 116: early prototype examples
I have by now written quite a few posts about using prototypically-oriented waybills in m…
• August 19, 2024
More on HO automobile license plates
Every layout has at least a few vehicles on it, and from the earliest days of the 20th ce…
• August 13, 2024
Model building
I recently received an interesting and challenging comment via email about the context of…
• August 04, 2024
An Athearn “Blue Box” tank car, Part 2
In the preceding post, I showed my collecting together of the main parts for one of Athea…
• July 29, 2024
Another Hendrickson project
In addition to the many freight cars I inherited from Richard Hendrickson, there were als…
• July 17, 2024
Operating an SP business car
Business cars, or as they are more often called by railroaders, “official” cars, are a di…
• June 29, 2024
The Timken promotional freight car(s)
Sometime in the mid-1940s, the Timken Roller Bearing Company purchased one or more freigh…
• June 20, 2024
Bay Area Prototype Modelers, 2024
Once again, as June rolls around, we arrive at the annual Bay Area Prototype Modelers (BA…
• June 17, 2024
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