Today, I cut lumber, and built my benchwork. It really is nothing special. I made 2 boxes, both about 14″x37″, and placed a top on it. There is a brace in the center that has a ½ inch hole to run the bus wire through. The center “ends” also have a pair of […]

Step1, Benchwork

So, Model Railroad Hobbyist E-Zine had a track planning contest to design and build a layout for $500. The $500 includes track, a power pack, motive power, cars, buildings and scenery. I went to Lowes and I bought three 1×4 furring strips, trimmed them down to size, used a pair of sides […]

trackplan refinements…and I built benchwork!

I am getting spam responses again…if anyone wants links to ED Pills or Womens shoes, I can approve a few….   WooT! I am now getting spammed constantly by the Koreans! now if I could only read Korean, then I might be able to see what they are selling!

Yeah! my blog is ranking again

Again, I am playing with more track plans, and here is one with 3 undetermined industries. This plan is only 10×72….

another idea….

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Well, modeling Casa Grande in the 1980’s appears to be a little more difficult then I originally planned. The signature building is (was) an art deco depot built in 1939 (burnt in 2009) and I can not locate a SPINS (Southern Pacific Industry Numbering System) for CG at all. I […]

thinking about scrapping the whole Casa Grande plan…

In the last year, I have picked up a group of 4 Atlas ACF hoppers, a Micro-Trains PS2 3-Bay “High Side” and a BLMA PS2CD 4000. The Atlas hoppers are now on their Train Man line, but the4 that I have are all US built and came with Rapido couplers. […]

a study of three covered hoppers