Peter's Model Railroading | My Library | Railroad Model Craftsman 2006-07
Articles Listing

The Southall Division of the Boston & Maine

A group of friends worked on this hobby shop layout (Maine Trains, South Chelmsford, MA). Features nice detail and a track plan to keep trains running.

Modeling Eastern Narrow Gauge Steam Using the Roundhouse 2-8-0

The author shows how he modified this locomotive to work reliably on narrow gauge track. He also briefly discusses the 4-6-0 he converted.

Vulcan's 60-ton Center Cab

Interior, exterior, and detail photos of this unique engine built during WWII. There is also a scale drawing.

Styrene as Weathered Wood

This article describes in detail how the author makes white styrene look like aged wood. The finished product looks amazingly real.

Kitbashing a Rock Island Mixed Train Caboose

The author converted a San Juan Car Company's D&RGW boxcar and convert it into this caboose, similar to what the prototype did in 1915. Includes model and prototype photos, and scale drawings.

Oxenhope: A Traveling Protofour Layout

This layout is built to the English scale that is slightly larger than HO. It features the modeling work of John Moore. Although now owned by one of his regular operators, John worked on this layout for almost 30 years. He showed it whenever possible.

Home Improvements

The author discusses how models you built a while back may not look right anymore. Either your skills have improved or they are not the right size. He suggests not throwing the models away, but rather built them into a new structure, or moving them to the back of the layout.

Essential Freight Cars Part 32

Soo Line single-sheathed boxcars. The Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie purchased 750 of these cars in 1912. The article has model and prototype photos and a modelers parts list.

Newark Wye: A Prototype Planning Seminar

By researching the prototype the author came up with a trackplan modeling this wye. Includes many prototype photos, track plan ideas, and the final track plan.