Repairing older N scale handrails
Repairing older N scale handrails: Back in the early days of N scale – the 1970s and ’80s – most…
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Running N scale trains too fast: Several years ago the N scale Enthusiast national convention came to town, and I…
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Locomotive controls Locomotive controls remained fairly standardized since diesels first invaded the roundhouses of America’s railroads in the 1930s. There’s…
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Thoughts on detailing N scale diesels: I really enjoy modifying locomotives and adding or subtracting details to make them more…
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In 1981, I was a locomotive engineer for the Chicago & North Western Railway based out of Council Bluffs, Iowa,…
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Hydrogen locomotive Hydrogen powered locomotives have been getting plenty of press lately, with several railroads, large and small, taking the…
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The best N scale tools: I’m going to write about what might be called “second-echelon” tools, that’s to say the…
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Transcontinental Railroad Workers who built the first Transcontinental Railroad, by hand, in the late 1860s labored through grueling heat, biting…
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Norfolk Southern high hoods The high-hood locomotive once numbered in the hundreds on the Norfolk Southern roster, charged with every…
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The Washington Central Railroad’s Spirit of Washington dinner train started running in 1989. Originally, it operated for a few years…
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F125 “Spirit” commuter locomotive The F125 “Spirit” commuter locomotive offers something different at Southern California commuter stations. While a modern…
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How to keep N scale piggybacks on track: My N scale Tehachapi Pass layout is set in 1985. Intermodal railroading…
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