Peter's Model Railroading | My Library | Model Railroad Hobbyist 2018-08
Articles Listing

Publisher's Musings

The DCC Impulses column is changing.

MRH Q-A-T

3D-printed HOn3 rerailer. Using Future to apply decals. Railings cut from screen wire.

DCC Impulses

The author, in his final column, discusses the best approaches for installing sound decoder speakers in locomotives, and compares the smaller speakers available.

Getting Real

Loading and unloading at the team track. Has many prototype photos. The article includes the building of a small Southern Pacific team track freight shelter and ramp from scratch.

What's Neat

This column tours the Rio Grande Southern, visits Mike Budde's wrecking yard, adds jointed rail sounds to the author's own railroad, and Ron Pare spray paints structures.

Ken McCorry's Conrail

Ken's layout is a massive 32'x102', and it is double-decked to boot. Includes many photos, track plans, and answers to questions posed to Ken.

Easy Real Railroads Supplement

Modeling a prototype layout may be easier than a freelanced one.

How to Operate Like a Pro!

The author introduces the new ProtoThrottle from Iowa Scaled Engineering (the throttle is designed for diesel locomotives with sound installed in them). Includes a sidebar on a day in the life of a railroader.

Modeling Pulpwood Loads

The author describes how to find the proper logs out in the backyard, how to prepare them, and how to install them on a bulkhead car. Includes a sidebar on how pulpwood is moved by rail in the real world.

First Look

Reviewed are the ScaleTrains.com Gunderson 5188cuft covered hopper, the carbon black covered hopper, the Thrall carbon black covered hopper, and the water and fuel tenders in HO- and N-scale.