Peter's Model Railroading | My Library | Model Railroad Hobbyist 2016-04
Articles Listing

DCC for operations

The author covers what it takes to get ready for holding an operating session. It includes a large sidebar article on setting up decoders in engines used for operating sessions.

Lite and Narrow

This article covers the Birmingham Southern, which is now named the Birmingham Terminal Railroad. The article includes the railroad's history, its motive power, and the industries it serves. Includes lots of prototype photos, as well as photos of Craig Gardner's layout who models that railroad.

What's Neat with Ken Patterson

Modeling damaged freight cars. Building a G-gauge diorama for a photo shoot. Installing a DCC decoder in an HO-scale brass engine. Moving a shelf portion lower on the layout and using LED light strips to light the area under it.

Imaginative Model Railroad Video Tools and Techniques for "First Timers"

How to make layout videos having little or no experience. The author covers equipment and techniques, as well as software needed to edit the videos. The article includes a sidebar and photography terms.

Edendale Creek Diorama Part 1

The author built a diorama in proto:48 for a scratchbuilt Fairmont Railway Motors weed burner. The article contains lots of photos of the diorama under construction and the finished model.

One Module Challenge Chama Division of the San Juan Extension, 1937

The author describes the prototype he designed the module after, how he built it, and how he used just that one module and two staging yards on either end to operate the module, allowing for individual stages to grow the layout into the final full-room design.

Esteban Martinez's BNSF

An interview-style article asking the owner about his layout. Includes the track plan and many photos of his layout.

Scratchbuilding with Monster Model Works Etched Wood Part 2

In this installment the roof and additional details are modeled.

First Look: MRC Light Genie

The MRC Light Genie is a remote-control light control system, with special lighting effects.