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Let's discuss modeling modern short lines from spin offs and mergers. What defines a modern short line? These railroads are the result of the Staggers act that deregulated the railroad industry and lead to many marginal profit lines being lease or sold to short lines or Port Authorities...

A friend of mine is giving up being a logger and wants to move into the 60s. His druthers is he wants a unique roster..My thoughts went to the GB&W(Green Bay & Western) all Alco roster and suggested using RS2s,RS3,RS11s,RS27s,RS32s and maybe C424s or C425s.As yard switchers I suggested S2s or...

After leaving Tiffin and checking around Fostoria we proceeded to Willard where we took the following photos.There wasn't to many locomotives in this area. We then moved on to Huron.

Yesterday my friend Mike and I spent the day railfaning..The trip included stops in Tiffin,Fostoria,Willard,Huron,Sandusky and Bellevue.Oddly no pictures was taken in Fostoria as we were scouting for locations to take pictures for our return trip we did see 12 trains in 2 hours not including the...

This morning around 6 AM I heard a distant rumble and thought it was odd because the temperature was 29 degrees and way to cold for a thunderstorm..When I started on my walk this morning I notice a train blocking the crossings..So,I decided to investigate.Heres what I found in the Benson yard...

In this discussion we will be discussing class 3 short lines and not "paper" short lines that is own and operated by Class 1 railroads using their equipment. First what is a class three short line? By ARR railroad classification a Class 3 railroad is: A railroad with an annual operating...

Choosing and naming industries is as important as choosing a road name. The first basic questions we should ask our selves is: A.Where is our railroad located? You see the types of industries we choose should be the type we find in the area that we are modeling.If our railroad serves (say)...

Huron River RR. This is the newest CDB Industries short line..This line runs from Huron,Oh to Barberton,Oh 74 miles.Commodities haul: Gain,Food stuffs,sugar,corn syrup,corn starch,steel,scrap,plastic pellets,scrap rubber,lumber,roofing,cardboard stock chemicals and other Commodities..Total of...

First up is a picture of the Benson yard..These cars are being held for Transco a contract car repair and rebuilder. Second up.We have return to Col-San and caught this NS train about to rattle the diamonds. Followed by another NS train. Part 3 to follow later.

I thought I would start off a series of Bucyrus Railfan pictures by setting the scene. First we see both T&OC stations..Then a little farther North we see the old T&OC/NYC bridge across Mansfield Street.Then we see the former PRR/PC/CR Now NS bridge to the right then looking toward the West we...

Here is some projects I finished over the last 3 days. First up is a Atlas GP38.I added the side mount bell, sun shades,end rails,painted the fuel tanks and truck side frame.As you can see my Polly S Enchantment Blue didn't match the Enchantment Blue that Atlas used so,some weathering is in...

Guys,I will be getting a Spectrum 0-6-0T and was wondering if this could be converted to a oil burner(gotta cut labor cost) and what parts will I need? I haven't detailed a steamer since I built a MDC 2 Truck Shay back in 91/92.

First I got a Spectrum GE 70 tonner and now I need to choose a nice road name.I can get the decals from Champ..This short line is 6.5 miles long and serves a industrial park.Of course its owned by CDB Industries and connects with my C&HV. Here is the list..Which do you like? 1.BEAVER CREEK...

As I was looking over this months new releases from Atlas,Athearn and Micro-Trains my thoughts turn to the 80s when I had a N Scale door layout and was using Atlas GP9s,Bachmann GP40s and F7s,AHM RSD15s and a Mini Trix FM switcher and repido couplers.N Scale was still growing as far as new...

Guys,I am helping a very good friend design a N Scale layout on a 36" x72" hollow core door and as of now we are stumped and need help. The wants. 1.A small 3-4 track yard. 2.A Small town area with 2-3 industries. 3.A power plant /mine loads in/empties out. The first two is the easy...

I thought it would be nice if we looked at advanced layout designing..This is meant to be food for thought and something that might help on the next layout.. First what is advanced layout designing? That is designing a layout above the basic loop that comes with a train set or a loop of track...