Finally, after over a year, I have finished my horse car that was converted into a heavy tool car.  

The Horse Car Part 3


Today I swung by MicroScale Industries and picked up 4 sets of decals. Two of which are needed for the Pacific Electric SW1, another set for my Southern Pacific Maintenance of Way horse car, crane and tender, and another for random Southern Pacific single sheathed boxcars…and it has enough decals […]

About to finish up a few projects…


February 22, 1953 was the only time that the Pacific Electric ran a PCC on the Santa Monica Airline. Fortunately for the Pacific Electric fan, there are at least two pictures of this, one at the West Hollywood  freight station and one at the Santa Monica freight station. link to […]

replicating an excursion



while Playa Desnuda was not rail fanned that often due to the lack of Red Cars, it still had it’s fans. Oh look, a flat top caboose.

a little bit of rail fanning


Smoke’n Joe D’Amato did something  really cool and I am honored. Thanks Joe.   Now this is not my layout. I have a slightly edited version of this kit on order with the correct spelling

it’s an honor


Need to fill the cracks, and the shoulders of the road. In total So-Cal irony…refried frojoles to help set the road The roads are made out of a No Parking sign, painted with auto primer.

working on the roads…