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 […]
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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 […]
By Bruce Petty For better looking HO Scale Freight Cars One thing model railroaders do well is collect bits of material that someday might useful for future model building projects. Yes, I am as guilty for sure, but this is one of my better finds and think my fellow modelers […]
by Bruce Petty Building an HO Scale Model Building the Sheller Feed Company model in HO scale has been an nostalgic project from my youth.Here the local has finished its days work and is about to begin the trip home. Back in 1963 when I was issued my first California […]
By Bruce Petty Have you ever wondered how box cars were unloaded at a freight dock?I did a little research on the Internet and found pictures of what are called Forklift Dock Plates. This is a very common item found around prototype loading docks, but never seen until now in […]
by Bruce Petty Here’s a few freight cars that run on my Los Angeles & San Fernando Valley Railroad. Finished this Wine Tank car 10-21-2011, by modifying an Athearn Chemical Tank Car.The single dome was removed from the tank body, hole filled and sanded smooth.I casted six domes from one […]