A View From The Train
Railroad Model Craftsman 2002-09 pg. 48 Scale: (none) Category: "Photography & Videography"
Photographing from within a moving train in Illinois.
Building the Marengo, Milwaukee & Northern
Model Railroader 1984-12 pg. 98 Scale: HO Category: "Layout Construction"
A 4x8 layout built by the entire family. The article shows diagrams of the benchwork, scenery forms, and block wiring.
Caboose Stove-oil Tank
Railroad Model Craftsman 1977-07 pg. 47 Scale: O Category: "Structures - Track-side Details"
Prototype and model photos of a gravity-feed caboose oil storage tank filler.
Humidors and "Fumidors"
Railroad Model Craftsman 2010-05 pg. 70 Scale: Category: "Tools"
The never-ending quest for preserving paints and glues is discussed with the author providing the solutions he has found, including storing paints in a unused dishwasher machine.
Illinois Central Scale House
Railroad Model Craftsman 1972-03 pg. 24 Scale: O Category: "Structures - Track-side Details"
Prototype and model photos accompany this article about a very small structure which is vital to the financial success of the yard operations of a railroad. Also included are scale drawings.
Mary Cay's Christmas Gondola
Railroad Model Craftsman 2011-12 pg. 54 Scale: Category: "Garden Railroading"
Building a Christmas planter that looks like a gondola.
Rebuilding the Dorothy
Scale Rails 2006-02 pg. 17 Scale: (none) Category: "Locomotives - Steam"
"The Dorothy" was a 4-2-4 steam locomotive used to inspect and review the tracks by the Lehigh Valley.
Scratchbuilding a G Scale Ore Car
Model Railroader 1990-02 pg. 110 Scale: G Category: "Freight Cars - Hoppers"
Model and prototype photos, as well as scale drawings, of the Apache Railway's 22-foot ore car. Includes construction photos of this 1:24 scale model.
Two Styrene Scribers
Railroad Model Craftsman 2002-08 pg. 68 Scale: (none) Category: "Tools"
Modify scribers to make them work for scribing styrene.
Yard Office - Supply Shed
Railroad Model Craftsman 1972-09 pg. 32 Scale: O Category: "Structures - Track-side Details"
This structure is a freelanced building that could function as a yard office and a supply shed for a small railroad yard. Includes finished model photos, scale drawings, and close-up detail drawings.