Wheel quality keeps rolling
Wheel quality keeps rolling: Over the last five years or so, N scalers have shown increased interest in replacement wheelsets.…
Read moreWheel quality keeps rolling: Over the last five years or so, N scalers have shown increased interest in replacement wheelsets.…
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Sidewinders, squeezers, and crushers: In Milwaukee, our winter days can be very cold and dry, our summer days hot and…
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Test twice, solder once: It’s one of the best lessons I’ve learned in building layouts. In fact, it’s such a…
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Another layer of planning: Perfect model railroaders (of which I suspect there might be three in the entire world) strike…
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Adventures in code 55 track: I’m now building my fourth layout featuring the Tehachapi Loop, so I call it Tehachapi…
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Helixology for N scalers: Never say never. I thought I’d never build a layout with a helix because of a…
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A (sort of) successful move: Back in 1995, I wrote a story for the first issue of Model Railroad Planning…
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Improve ready-to-run freight cars: A few weeks ago I bought an N scale freight car at my local hobby shop.…
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A signature N scale truck for Tehachapi: This photo of a cattle truck at Caliente, Calif., existed in my mind…
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N scale by the numbers: Scale model railroading couldn’t exist without numbers, some that are very important and some that…
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Improving N scale engine performance: One of the most puzzling N scale locomotive performance problems I’ve encountered came with the…
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In N scale, oversized, truck-mounted couplers are still a de facto standard, but body-mounted scale-sized couplers aren’t exclusive to larger…
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