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Articles Listing

Illinois Central Scale House

Prototype and model photos accompany this article about a very small structure which is vital to the financial success of the yard operations of a railroad. Also included are scale drawings.

A Most Unusual Car...

This car was owned by James Hill, son of Louis Hill the famous GN magnate. The passenger car provided accommodations for the traveling railroader, including storage for his automobile. Prototype photos and scale drawings are included.

The Last Steam Shortline

The Edgmoor & Manetta shortline in South Carolina is the last operating steam railroad in the 1970s. The author stumbled across the railroad and describes a full days work of the single-engine railroad that serves a mill in Lando, S.C.

RMC Rides the "Peavine"

Photos of an unknown layout that models the Norfolk & Western Railway.

Sunrise on Thather's Inlet Part 2

This installment focuses on how one can capture the atmosphere of an area being modeled. It is amazing how many details the authors squeezed into this small layout.

Electro-Motive 2000-HP E7-B - 1945-49

Prototype photos (NYC and SP) and scale drawings of the E7 "B" unit are shown on this page.

ATSF Unit Train Hopper

The article describes how the author build jigs to enable him to build a large number of hoppers for his unit trains. Includes prototype photos, scale and detail drawings, and drawings of the jigs.

RMC/Dremel Kit-bashing Award

This model is of a retired NYC Alco FA. Part of the body has been removed and the interior engine compartment is visible on this partially demolished model.