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1950: Dieselization – Ten Class 1 railroads had already dieselized before this year, including the Atlanta & St. Andrews Bay; Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville (Monon); Columbus & Greenville; Detroit & Mackinac; Elgin, Joliet & Eastern; Gulf, Mobile & Ohio; Lehigh & New England; New York, Ontario & Western; New York, Susquehanna & Western; and Texas-Mexican. […]
Introduction In an article in the August 2011 Model Railroader, I described a method to control yard ladders with a single rotary switch. By simply turning the rotary switch, all turnouts would automatically line up for the selected yard track. The method was based on using a bipolar power supply, Tortoise switch machines, and one […]
Name: New Jersey, Indiana & Illinois RR Layout designer: Dan Lawecki Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 21 x 24 feet Prototype: NJI&I (Wabash subsidiary from 1926 to 1966; Norfolk & Western branch line thereafter) Locale: South Bend, Ind. Era: 1920 or 1975 Style: walk-in Mainline run: 88 feet Minimum radius: 24 inches Minimum turnout: no. 6 […]
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This PDF is formatted to print on your home printer. Most pieces are formatted to fit on a 8.5″ x 11″ piece of paper. For larger parts of the plan, you will see “break lines.” Line up the break lines to create the larger piece. Despite our best efforts to compress this file, it is […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno shows how to model patchout without any masking. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno shows how to model simple hoses. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Model Railroader editorial associate Eric Stelpflug and editor Neil Besougloff show how to make and install puffball trees. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Model Railroader managing editor David Popp shows two different ways to attach a fascia to a layout. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno shows how add mounting pins to fence sections. […]
