“Mechanical interlocking and signaling” article series
Interlocking machine The intricacies of interlocking plants have fascinated me since I read Model Railroader’s “Mechanical interlocking and signaling” series…
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Interlocking machine The intricacies of interlocking plants have fascinated me since I read Model Railroader’s “Mechanical interlocking and signaling” series…
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A few dents and weathering add “years” of hauling rough, heavy loads to the pair of gondolas on the right.…
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Three Peco curved turnouts (left) helped senior editor Jim Hediger fit this reverse loop staging yard on his HO scale…
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Modified radio control servo motors operate the remote control turnouts on Jim Lomison’s HO layout. Turnout motors always seemed a…
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These days modelers are blessed with an abundance of materials for scratchbuilding. Sheet and strip styrene, ABS plastic, brass, copper,…
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A great prototype photo can often be a wonderful source of inspiration for a model. This was the case for…
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Senior Editor Eric White evaulates and troubleshoots an HO scale brass steam locomotive from Sunset Models to figure out why…
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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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A number of years ago I started to experiment with substitutes for white glue to hold down the track and…
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