Switching a model railroad
Q: I’m planning my first layout and I need to learn about train movements and switching a model railroad. Specifically,…
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Throughout the past few months, I have shown you how different small Amtrak trains can be modeled with only a…
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If you model the modern era like me, you may still have some equipment in your collection that doesn’t fit…
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Running a locomotive around a layout is fun, but eventually you may want to make your train to be powered…
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Do you need some industries for small spaces on your model railroad? If you ask modeler railroaders something they’d like…
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When the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy; Great Northern; Northern Pacific; and Spokane, Portland & Seattle merged to create the Burlington…
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Why use Digital Command Control? Related to this is whether you should, so I’ll start by answering that first, and…
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Modeling plate girder bridges: The most commonly found type of railroad bridge in the country has to be the good…
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Tips for body mounting couplers: “Oh, no,” I can hear you saying, “He’s off on couplers again.” Well, sorry, I…
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Unless you model a short line or branch line that owns only one locomotive, your layout probably needs some kind…
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Kid-friendly garden railroading: We all know that garden railroading is a magical hobby, one that we enjoy sharing with other…
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Watch trains steaming through the builder’s depiction of coal operations in Virginia and West Virginia in the 1950s. On this…
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