Non-traditional model railroad benchwork
Model railroad benchwork is the support structure that hold up our train layouts. It’s traditionally made of wood with a…
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Doone Valley lemon thyme Common name: Doone Valley lemon thyme Latin name: Thymus citriodora ‘Doone Valley’ Plant type: Groundcover USDA…
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Lionel No. 151 Semaphore signals made their debut in the cataloged lineup for 1947 and remained popular members right through…
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Yogo Peak, at 8,812 feet above sea level, is located in the Little Belt Mountains on the Judith Basin between…
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While searching for barrels to use on my railroad, I noticed wood turnings marketed as “pickle barrels” in a Michaels…
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Facts and features Name: Georgia & Florida RRScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 12 x 13 feetPrototype: Georgia & FloridaLocale: Central and…
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Modelers David Popp, Brian Schmidt, and Bryson Sleppy continue the scenery process on their T-TRAK modules in an attempt to…
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Facts and features Name: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 4th Street SpurScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 1′-6″ x 8′-0″Prototype: Atchison, Topeka…
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I’ve had a lifelong fascination with trains, stemming from my father’s near 40-year career on the Santa Fe (and later…
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Lionel’s perfect postwar train set features a classic steam engine and a whistle tender pulling five different and very colorful…
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Tony Koester’s “Trains of Thought” column in our May 2024 issue, about the Norfolk & Western (formerly Wabash) Detroit car…
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