Peter's Model Railroading | My Library | Model Railroad Hobbyist 2009-07
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Alcos in the Alcove

The author describes how he built benchwork extension to fit into an alcove in his client's model railroad room. The focus of this project was to design the track around the available structure kits. Includes a track plan and notes on how to operate that new area.

R/C Servos for Model Railroading

How to use, install, and control radio-control servos for throwing turnouts. Circuit boards are available to control these servos, and they can be used with DC or DCC controlled layouts. There is a side bar on resources for microprocessors needed to drive the servos, and a side bar on how servos work.

Modeling Telephone Poles

Step-by-step instructions on how the author builds his own telephone poles.