Seven uses for cabooses
Looking for interesting uses for cabooses? If you’re of a certain age (myself included), you remember when a caboose was…
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If you love traveling around the country on the rails like I do, you probably want to know how to…
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If you’re like me, you love riding Amtrak and modeling the trains you have ridden. But scale passenger equipment can…
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Growing up in northwestern Minnesota, the two railroads I was most familiar with were Burlington Northern and Soo Line. Sure,…
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Kitbashing is a facet of the hobby many model railroaders enjoy. Full-size railroads modify equipment, too. As I was combing…
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Locomotives short lines like to use: Shortline railroads have long fascinated me. Perhaps it’s because I had a front-row seat…
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What is Amtrak’s “rainbow” fleet? Amtrak began operations on May 1, 1971, and at the time had only one piece…
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One piece of rolling stock I can bet almost every model railroader owns is a caboose. These cars are a…
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I recently wrote “Burlington Northern locomotive one-offs” featuring five Electro-Motive Division diesels, including unique paint schemes, rebuilds, and test subjects.…
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Model an enginehouse scene. Last year, I wrote about an old 40-foot insulated boxcar being used as a storage shed…
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Five modeling ideas from a General Electric Dash 9-44CW: In late June 2022, my wife, kids, and I visited my…
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Electro-Motive Division’s NW5 history Electro-Motive Division’s NW5: Steam was still king when Electro-Motive Division (EMD) produced the NW5 diesel locomotive.…
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