Last days of the last car on the train: the caboose
Cabooses (no, not cabeese) were a common occurrence on freight trains throughout most of the 1900s, yet we rarely see…
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Steam locomotives in the garden Do you have a photo you’d like considered for a future gallery? Email editor@gardenrailways.com…
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To mark the 50th anniversary of Ntrak, I thought I’d take a look at the Ntrak modular standard and sketch…
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Lionel Santa Fe Alco diesel Q: What toy train locomotive means the most to you? A: The locomotive that means…
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Roadbed for main lines and spurs: Lots of modelers in all scales take measures to differentiate mainline track from spurs…
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3D printed structures in N scale: In the heart of Tehachapi, Calif., near the Union Pacific’s double-track main line, stands…
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Kitbash a saddle tank engine: I uncovered an old Lionel large scale 0-6-0 with outside drive gears that I had kitbashed several years…
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See what you’re really modeling: Does this ever happen to you? You’re driving down a street you’ve gone down a…
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Derailments of the curious kind: Several months ago, my operations chief Gordy Spiering and I were orbiting a couple trains…
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An N scale loading ramp for Bakersfield: In 1979, Jim FitzGerald, remembered fondly by many of us N scalers as…
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Tips for Body-mounted couplers on auto racks: When N scale got its start in Europe in the 1960s, its originators…
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