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Those T2's were really a weird-looking beast...long and slender. with the boiler consisting of two sections bolted together! As for the...

I would definitely vote for the Burlington S-4A Hudsons. Although it would be very specialized, one of the streamlined models...

There is a lot of that going around! I have an around-the-room layout in a 14 x 14 room, with several yards, and there are a bunch of...

BTW, in case you aren't familiar with the term "0-5-0 switcher", that's a human hand (usually four fingers and a thumb).

I also used Plaster of Paris, with Modge-Podge in a couple of layers. Of course, I painted the plaster with latex-based paint for color.

I have them at most grade crossing, and several in places where derailments are difficult to access. As far as uncoupling ramps are...

Something unusual would be a ten-coupled (2-10-0, 2-10-2 or 2-10-4) that would negotiate 18-inch radius curves, with the center drivers...

Model railroad curves are generally much sharper than the prototype. Although wider curves are always desirable, Atlas Snaptrack curves...

If Hershey and his wife hadn't gotten delayed, they'd have been on the Titanic. Then no Hershey bars!

Golden Gate Bridge and major highways in New York blocked by pro-Palestinian protesters! On the Bridge, people trapped in their cars...

Those old Athearn blue box PA's were pretty good. Before other manufacturers brought out EMD E-7's, I took the bodies from older...

Most of the end-cab switchers with 4-axle trucks should work fine on 15" radius curves if you don't try to run them too fast. (Prototype...

Sadly, when Caboose moved from Broadway to Lakewood, Colorado, the pandemic plus lack of variety of inventory sealed their fate! Other...

One factor as to whether you run steam or diesel or both has to do with what era a modeler runs on a layout. Many of us model the...

The only problem I have ever encountered with Peco turnouts is one case where wheels would sometimes pick the frog. Solved it by placing...