Layout construction
Open-grid benchworkStarter layouts are often flat and built on a 4 x 8 sheet of plywood. However, the majority of…
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In any hobby, or indeed in any field, there is terminology used as shorthand by those with experience in the…
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It can be difficult to get started in the hobby of model railroading. The terminology a beginner needs to learn…
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Dispatcher control (cab control)To operate more than one train using direct current (DC) train control, a model railroad can be…
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The stack-top addition to John J. Craig Co. Shay No. 2147 may have caused more sparks than it arrested. T.…
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Want to add a basic locomotive servicing area but don’t have room for the turntable, roundhouse, and other shop and…
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A precast concrete bridge spans a small creek on the Florida Midland RR. Lance Mindheim describes how he modeled this…
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Running trains with Digital Com-mand Control (DCC) is a lot of fun, and it can make operating a model railroad…
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Chesapeake & Ohio B30-7 No. 8242 is sandwiched between SD45s, with 4383 in the lead, as they pass through Thurmond,…
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Take a look at our list of roundhouses that still exist in 2010. Are we missing one? If so, click…
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The invention of the tank car coincided with the discovery of oil in northwestern Pennsylvania in the 1860s. Oilmen quickly…
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