Peter's Model Railroading | My Library | Railroad Model Craftsman 2009-12
Articles Listing

John Longhurst's CP Rail Manitoba & Minnesota Subdivision

This is a freelanced, double-decked 17 by 20 foot layout set in the Fall of 1995. The author describes the layout's construction and operations. Includes a track plan. You can see pictures of this layout on John's blog, and he has videos of the layout on YouTube.

The Scenery Clinic Part II

This installment discusses ground cover, specifically hills and creek edges.

The Holiday Season... Time to Remember

Use of various traditional Christmas artifacts, such as ornaments, to promote model railroading during the holidays.

A Twice-kitbashed Passenger Car

The author didn't want to get rid of his award-winning 1:32n20 gauge passenger car, so he converted it to a shed for a new yard has was building. He cut a 1:29 or 1:25 figure down so that it would fit in this structure.

Roller Mills N0. 8

This installment covers the roller mill to process the material stored in the grain elevators across the country. This all-prototype article has many prototype photos and one track plan of a roller mill complex in Minot, N.D.

Prototypical Waybills for Car Card Operation

The author builds on articles that have described the car card system in detail. It describes an alternative waybill, which address some shortcomings in the other systems. Includes prototype and model waybills, as well as many photos of rolling stock movements on the author's layout.

Labor of Love

The author describes what he went through to try to build a static one-inch scale model of a Rio Grande Southern 4-6-0.

Scratchbuilding the BC&G's Mack Model AC Railbus

The article has model and prototype photos of the railbus, including interior ones. It also includes an exploded parts diagram and a parts list. He built it using the NWSL Flea III as the driving mechanism. The model also includes sound and DCC.