Category: Trains

Trackplan 1

Here’s a full picture of one of my track plan ideas. I think it would have been a pretty good plan, but maybe a bit boring to look at and operate. As you can see I got quite a ways into this one. It made it all the way into the trackbed laying phase. I [...]

Benchwork Part 2

Here’s a picture of the extruded insulation foam being applied to the door. I cut the sheets until they were a rough fit, laid down the liquid nails, then weighed it down with books, clamps, and other heavy stuff. I ended up putting on four 1/2″ sheets, but I think 2 sheets would have been [...]

Benchwork Photo

Here’s a picture of the benchwork for my model railroad. I’m using a 36″x80″ hollow core door and plans taken directly from Marty McGuirk’s book N Scale Model Railroading: Getting Started in the Hobby. The plans are pretty simple. You need a hollow core door (they come in various sizes, mine is the largest), four [...]

Model Train Pictures

I’m working on building a small layout in my apartment. Here’s a picture of one of my locomotives and some cars. Most of my other locomotives are L&N. I do not think that the BN ever overlapped into L&N territory, but it will on my fictional little layout. I’ll be trying to model the 1970s [...]

First Railfan Photo

My first offical railfan picture, this is a unit (SSW 9683) I caught in Taylor, TX on July 13, 2005. I thought it was of interest because it was an unpatched Cotton Belt unit. It is amazing to see some of these old units out there that have managed to avoid the paint shop.