Peter's Model Railroading | My Library | S Scale Resource 2014-12/01
Articles Listing

Atlanta Georgia Railway Prototype Modelers Meet

This was the first-ever such meet in Atlanta, Georgia, with several S-scale modelers making an appearance. They brought a large number of S-scale equipment for show, and some of those are shown in photos accompanying the article.

Grain Elevators

This article is a photo essay of various grain elevators.

Lionel ACF Covered Hopper Conversion

The author describes how he took a recently-released Lionel cylindrical hopper and converted it to scale, and painted and lettered it after a prototype NYC car. It also covers historical information about the prototype car.

Larry Blank's Ahnapee & Western

Larry Blank's home layout has sections that he takes to local model railroad shows for display and running. The article describes why Larry decided on S-scale, how he came up with the design for the layout, and how he built it. Includes many photos of the layout, as well as an overall planned track-plan.

Thoughts on Scratch Building Structures

This article shares how Larry Blank goes about designing and building a scratchbuilt structure for his layout, of which he has many. Includes quite a few progress photos.