Peter's Model Railroading | My Library | Model Railroader 2006-05
Articles Listing

Modeler's Guide to Steel Boxcars

This is a good article for learning how to differentiate steel box cars. It covers 40- and 50-foot cars. Includes a mix of prototype and model photos.

Model Realistic Tall Grass

The author describes how he used a home-built static-charge applicator (not described in the article) to effectively model tall grass on his S-scale New-Zealand-based layout.

HO Pennsylvania RR Baggage Car

Included with this review of the Walthers B60b baggage car is included prototype info about the car.

Operating Gates of Industrial Spurs

A brief description of a diagram that shows how to using a fascia-mounted push-pull knob to open and close gates on a spur.