Library - Magazine Articles by Roger Baker

An N Scale Mikado and Consolidation

Model Railroader 1987-10 pg. 86     Scale: N     Category: "Locomotives - Steam"

The author took a Bachmann 2-8-2 and a 2-8-0 and converted them into good models for his Rocky Coast Line layout.

Five Into Three

Garden Railways 2009-04 pg. 42     Scale: G     Category: "Locomotives - Steam"

The author describes how he took two Bachmann 2-4-2s and a 4-6-0, and built a single 2-4-4-2 out of them. Next, he took two 0-4-0Ts and made a 2-4-0 and a small 0-4-0 industrial switcher out of them.

Snow at Condor Pass

Model Railroader 1984-12 pg. 136     Scale: N     Category: "Scenery - Mountains"

Creating a scene in a portion of the author's layout separated by a view-block. The author discusses how he created "winter trees".