Trouble with TankTrain cars
Trouble with TankTrain cars: Sometimes I think this column should be called “Jim’s latest screw-up.” Here’s a recent case in…
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Facts & features Name: Back Creek PaperScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 10 x 14 feetPrototype: Westvaco Pulp & Paper millLocale: Covington,…
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Facts & features Name: Central New York & New EnglandScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 11 x 19 feet plus 7 x…
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I thought about calling this column “What on earth were they thinking,” but that wouldn’t have made a good title…
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3-D print a rail cart porta-potty: A requirement of a modern railroad, besides moving freight and passengers, is addressing the…
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It’s getting cooler in the northern latitudes, and for many of us, it will soon be time to put away…
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Cabooses (no, not cabeese) were a common occurrence on freight trains throughout most of the 1900s, yet we rarely see…
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With school back in session, the sun setting earlier, and the first hints of autumn showing up in the trees,…
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Roadbed for main lines and spurs: Lots of modelers in all scales take measures to differentiate mainline track from spurs…
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3D printed structures in N scale: In the heart of Tehachapi, Calif., near the Union Pacific’s double-track main line, stands…
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See what you’re really modeling: Does this ever happen to you? You’re driving down a street you’ve gone down a…
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Derailments of the curious kind: Several months ago, my operations chief Gordy Spiering and I were orbiting a couple trains…
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