AnyRail Track Planning Software

AnyRail Track Planning Software

AnyRail Track Planning Software (screen shot) In designing my current layout, I wanted to move away from hand drawing track plans with all the attendant problems involved with making changes, edits, etc. I looked at several track-planning software products but found them too complicated for my needs and level of skill. Much like my attitude […]

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Not my favorite picture

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In 1942, for a boy seeking brand-new road power, old Reading Camelback 0-6-0 1323 was nothing special—but would that we could ride her today! George Gillespie Younger readers must wonder why we old-timers gloat over some picture taken during our youth. It’s the sentimental attachment and memories of a wonderful period, of course. My father […]

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Spreading my wings from SN Junction

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On a hot afternoon in August 1960, the year before the author began his Erie employment there, five Alco cab units thundered past SN Tower with a 99 freight. J. David Ingles In 1961 my dream came true. For the past six months or so I had been hanging out at various towers on the […]

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Video: MTH HO scale Little Joe electric locomotive

The HO scale Little Joe electric locomotive from MTH Electric Trains features remote opening couplers, operating pantographs, and sound effects. The locomotive includes the MTH Digital Command System that runs on DCS, DCC, and DC layouts. See and hear the Little Joe run on our model train layout. […]

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