Peter's Model Railroading | My Library | Model Railroader 2003-06
Articles Listing

Railway Post Office

In a letter to the editor, Peter Bryan expresses how operations on Gil Freitag's layout is important for the friendships developed over the decades.

Trackside Photos

Peter Moffett photographed an empty log train heading for the reload on his Sn42 Trout Creek Lumber Co. layout. The layout is set in Northern Ontario's lumber stands during the 1930s and features geared locomotives, small diesels, and several logging scenes.

3 Great Scratchbuilding Ideas

The author describes techniques for how he scratchbuilds windows and doors, making styrene walls with openings using the snap-and-glue techniques (breaking the walls up into sections), and how to model asphalt shingle siding (using heavy bond, or manila folder, paper).

Andrews and Bettendorf Trucks

In this Q&A section, the author explains the difference between an Andrews and a Bettendorf freight car truck. It also covers the Vulcan truck, which was a third competitor. Also covered are the PRR's "Type Y" truck, which is a Bettendorf variant that later became the AAR standard truck.