Realistic model railroading with Pelle Søeborg

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Pelle Søeborg is a model railroader known for his ability to create ultra-realistic scenes. His main modeling focus is modern-era railroading in the California desert, but his techniques are useful whatever your modeling subject. This article collection includes two track plans: one for a shelf layout and another for Pelle’s 11′-6″ x 22′-0″ Union Pacific […]

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Timetable-and-train-order dispatching

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St. Croix train sheet Train dispatching under timetable- and-train-order authority is partly a science and partly an art, and it takes a certain amount of knowledge and experience to do it well. When you first want to try your hand, though, just the mechanics of dealing with train sheets and order books can seem like […]

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Switching instructions for Mat Thompson’s Swift meat packing plant

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Mat Thompson’s Swift meat-packing plant ships and receives enough freight car traffic to warrant a full-time dedicated switch job on his HO scale Oregon Coast RR. Refrigerator cars Inbound iced reefers to the cooling track Cooled reefers to plant Track 1 doors for loading Outbound loaded reefers Stockcars Inbound loaded 40- foot and 50-foot cars […]

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Basic Operation: Running the River Job

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Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Learn the basics of switchlists, car cards, station numbers and more as David Popp and Ben Lake take you with them to work the River Job. This is a local freight that works the industries along the Naugatuck River on David’s N scale […]

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Basic Operation: Running the River Job

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Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Learn the basics of switchlists, car cards, station numbers and more as David Popp and Ben Lake take you with them to work the River Job. This is a local freight that works the industries along the Naugatuck River on David’s N scale […]

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Basic Training: Checking and adjusting coupler height

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Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Couplers are what hold the cars together on a model railroad. They can also cause problems if they are not set properly. Cody Grivno shows you how to check to make sure your couplers are in good working order, and what to do […]

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How to check and adjust coupler height on model train layouts

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Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Couplers are what hold the cars together on a model railroad. They can also cause problems if they are not set properly. Cody Grivno shows you how to check to make sure your couplers are in good working order, and what to do […]

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