Peter's Model Railroading | My Library | All Scale Rails 2015-05/06
Articles Listing

National Train Day

Starting in 2008, Amtrak, as a way to educate the general public on the advantages of rail travel and the history of trains in America, created National Train Day, which is held on the Saturday closest to May 10th, the anniversary of the Golden Spike being driven into the rails in Promontory, Utah. Includes a photo of Amtrak #406.

Hobo Signs & Symbols

The sign "language" that hobos use to communicate with each other. Includes several common signs.

Hobo Signs

How to model hobo signs on the layout.

A British Invasion: The Artist Richard Smyth

The story of Richard Smyth and several of his railroad-themed paintings.

Trains Under Glass

The Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory in Milwaukee, Wisconsin has an annual multi-scale train show in one of its Domes.

Domes Show Gallery

Many photos of recent years' train shows at the Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Marker Weathering

After building the West End Shack (#0901) by GCLaser, the author used Prismacolor markers (also sold by GCLaser) to apply weathering to the building.

Metro Model Railroad Club

This article contains a description and many photos of the Metro Model Railroad Club's permanent layout in the senior citizens' condo development located in the former St. Alphonsus Hospital in Port Washington, Wisconsin. Includes general layout shape diagrams with photo indicators.

If It's Blue, You Know It’s Good!

History and information about Blue Coal from the Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Company located in northeast Pennsylvania. Includes photos of the breaker, advertisements, Blue Coal nick-knacks, a 3D diagram of the Huber Colliery's operations in 1939, a track map, and a few modernday photos of the colliery.

Blueprints

Reprints of blueprints of the Atlantic Coast Line Orlando Train Station.