An operating visit to the Salt Lake area
For almost 30 years, an operating weekend was held in the Salt Lake City area, called the…
• July 05, 2024
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My engine servicing facilities
My layout of a fictitious Southern Pacific branch line was designed to have, as was SP pr…
• June 23, 2024
Understanding bridges, Part 3: Details
The two preceding posts in this series attempted to provide a broad background for bridge…
• May 15, 2024
Comments on layout goals and achievements
At this year’s Prototype Rails meeting in Cocoa Beach, Florida, I greatly enjoyed a prese…
• May 12, 2024
Adding California condors to the layout
This may seem a rather exotic idea. But I’m doing it. Probably many readers have seen lay…
• April 12, 2024
SoundRail 2024
In alternate years, the layout owners around Puget Sound, Washington put together an oper…
• March 25, 2024
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