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Articles Listing

The Shawanga Valley

A T-shaped layout that started off as an around-the-wall shelf layout with the later addition of a duckunder (the author regrets doing that). The article has black&white and colored photos of the layout.

Sanding Facility

This steam-era sanding facility article includes scale drawings and photos of the author's scratchbuilt model.

Alco DL702 (RSD12)

Alco built 161 of these from 1956 to 1963. The author used a Model Power RS11 as the basis for his model. Article includes interior and exterior photos of the model.

ABOX: A Two-door Version of the Railbox Part 1

Railbox is made up of high quality, free-running, general-service boxcars capable of running all of the nation. ABOX refers to those boxcars with 16-foot door openings rather than the default 10 feet. It has a 6-foot plug door added to the standard 10-foot door. These started appearing in May of 1978. The article includes prototype photos and scale drawings.

New England Enginehouse

This scratchbuilt structure provides a single-stall for a steam-era enginehouse, which includes a small repair shed. The author details how he built the walls to give them strength, while still maintaining the board-by-board construction look. Scale drawings are included.

Water Tank Tips

Making the Atlas water tank kit look more realistic. Includes model photos.

Another Approach to an H5

The author describes how he took an old English Mikado and converted it into a NYC Mikado.

Adena, OH Coal Loader

Prototype photos and scale drawings are included in this article about a small coal loader in Adena, Ohio. The loader was on a spur of the Nickel Plate Road, and the photos were taken around 1970.

The First Five Years of RBOX 10013

The article details the history of this one box car with a listing of all the other boxcars, a map of the interchange points where this particular car has been sighted, and many close-up photos of the car.

A Firecracker Factory

A simple scratchbuild project of an 3.5" x 8" HO-scale model of a small firecracker plant. Scale drawings and model photos are included.