By Bruce Petty Nowadays we have highly detailed HO model freight cars being released monthly. They have separate grab irons, thin metal see-through roof walks, better detailed trucks and Kadee style couplers. Nice looking cars, but each car can cost $25.00 or more. So a 20 car freight can cost […]
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By Bruce Petty One of my favorite types of Southern Pacific freight trains was the Make-Up-Eugene (MUG) flat car train that ran from Los Angeles, Taylor yard north into Oregon, returning empty flat cars to lumber mills for reloading. I’ve seen this train with what seemed like a hundred flat […]
Another no-cost modeling project. By Bruce Petty Last May the Ash tree in our back yard flowered, then the little flowers fell to the ground. I noticed that these little flowers looked exactly like scale bushes, so I set a few on the layout to see. They looked like prototype […]
By Bruce Petty Eucalyptus trees on my layout are made from dead Manzanita branches and Petite Pines Northern tree matting material. If you live or can visit areas of the west where Manzanita grows, a few hours finding and picking the dead branches will end up being a lot of […]
A method to operate manual turnouts that works best for the eye level layout. By Bruce Petty I really like the look of having a smooth fascia without turnout knobs along the edge and also never liked having those so out of scale plastic hand throws as they look so […]
By Joe D’Amato Been quiet…I’ve been pretty focused on the upgrades for the freestanding Module featured here but as the weather is starting to get a bit better here in Oregon I am planning on moving the layout into the garage and erect it around the perimeter with will give […]