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While the Santa Monica Freight Station is the basis of my scratch built freight station, but I am not building a board by board copy. Due to the Grandt Line windows that I am using, I am have to make it taller to compensate. I have decided to build the […]

work continues on the freight station….

May 7, 2017 in Uncategorized by John

I have been researching Pacific Electric freight operations way too much this year, and now it is an obsession. I decided about a month ago that my layout needed a freight depot, so if I keep the current switching layout or scrap itand started over, this project is going to […]

The Pacific Electric Freight Station…

April 29, 2017 in Uncategorized by John

I am seriously thinking about scrapping both of the layouts and going a new modelling direction. I am thinking about building a 12″ x 192″ layout that well be a simple, long switching layout. This new layout will be a fictitious Pacific Electric branch with a small yard. I am […]

Thinking about scrapping the layouts…

April 28, 2017 in Uncategorized by John

taking 4 days off of work this week….going to paint the flat top caboose!

can’t wait….

April 24, 2017 in Uncategorized by John

Any guesses of what this is going to be?

hmmmm….

March 24, 2017 in Uncategorized by John

Researching the Pacific Electric freight operations has proven to be way more difficult than I could have ever imagined. For a railroad that has been documented to the point that you can find out anything about it online, and there is more information in books, it amazes me that I […]

The Pacific Electric Paradox

March 12, 2017 in Uncategorized by John

Modeling the Pacific Electric in N Scale