By Bruce Petty The old water tank and pump house at the east end of the Sun Valley Siding are a left over from steam locomotive days. Joe with his dog are out inspecting the switch points before the local arrives from Burbank Junction. Modeling Note: A new line of […]
Monthly Archives: April 2020
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by Bruce Petty This is an easy project to enhance your layout operation. I’ve installed what is called a Nanny Cam in inside a box car and use it while switching cars on the layout. This really gives an engineers a down the track type of view. I bought my […]
By Bruce Petty A real operating mine for the LA&SFV; RR It’s the early 1960s in the San Fernando Valley and the latest “IN THING”, is dercrative volcanic rock around back yard swimming pools and rock gardens. This is what replaced the scrap yard, a more user friendly product brought […]
by Bruce Petty Because the Los Angeles Model Railroad is a shelf type layout, operating signals would not be in view of the operator, the Searchlight Signal models were set up as non-operating units. A red or green M.V. Products lens was installed in each signal head, these lenses reflect […]
by Bruce Petty Here in Northern California (where I live), a great number of really neat looking old industrial buildings that are still standing. Unfortunately in Southern California most of these neat old structures are now gone, mainly because of the high value of land that is needed for new […]
By Bruce Petty Here’s a little derailment on my layout: Operator Error. . .Leaving the switch misaligned. A piece of scrap iron was dragged under the loaded gondola car when pulled from spot.A piece of scrap was caught on the edge of the street pavement, and upended the car.So always […]