locals

Just like my obsession with the freight station that started me down the path of modeling the Pacific Electric in N Scale, the Pacific Electric interlocking towers got stuck in my mind. Unfortunately, there isn’t a kit in N Scale that matches the prototype. Fortunately, there are plans for a […]
Scratch built N Scale interlocking tower

I was working on a plan to scratch build a Pacific Electric passenger shelter in N Scale for Playa Desnuda. About two weeks ago, I complained about the size of the lumber/plastic needed to build one, and the next thing I knew, it was available on Shapeways and while it […]
Pacific Electric passenger shelter stand in

Yesterday I was driving home from work and out on the old SP main to Phoenix (now the Chandler branch) I came across a UP Rent-A-Wreck. I didn’t catch the first car in time….
I was out by Sacaton yesterday

Ok, screw the budget, let’s make this the $750 layout…I just picked up a Traincat Southern Pacific C -30-6 caboose kit. This kit is a brass kit that is just about perfect. I already know the correct interior color, I just need to figure out what number to build. The […]
Got a new project. ..
This morning, right after sunrise, I went down to the old Sunset Route. On the west end of town is a small yard used to store cars, the typical UP local was switching cars with a pair of GP40-2’s for power (I have posted pictures of the locos on here […]