Sketching with Steve: What is a station?
If you ask a layman to define a train station, they’ll describe a big building where people buy tickets and…
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Eric White couldn’t find a Northeastern style caboose painted for the Lehigh Valley, but a vendor at a train show…
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In this quick how-to video, Eric White shows you how a little bit of filing can go a long way…
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In this quick how-to video, Eric White shows you how a little bit of filing can go a long way…
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Welcome to Cody’s Trackside Finds, a new series on Trains.com, where we’ll look at interesting locomotives, freight cars, structures, or…
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Why do you stage a model train layout? Let’s be clear about the need for staging. Unless you’re modeling a…
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Classic Toy Trains Editor Hal Miller prowls the dollar store aisles in search of inexpensive items that are useful on…
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Sketching with Steve The good old 4 x 8 train table is a tradition – if not a cliché –…
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The stainless steel finish for passenger cars made of plastic is typically silver paint that lacks the mirror sheen of…
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Sketching with Steve How you arrange the turnouts in your yards may be dictated by the prototype yard you might…
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One of the issues that comes up in almost every 3D print is the finished product. Like most plastic models,…
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Diaphragms are bellows-like connections that enclose the space between cars for safe passage through the train. Passenger cars look naked…
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