It has been a while my first post (5-16) regarding West Linncott on my pike:

http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/26408

I can now say most of the "heavy" work is done.  Since then, all the structures have been placed, involving quite a bit of kit-bashing and scratching.  I took a locomotive and a few cars down there, we can walk around and have a look in the following post.

Bob Bochenek

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Under the German title 'Virtuelle Eisenbahnwelten' (virtual railroad worlds), the online campus magazine of TU Braunschweig, which is the University of Technology at Braunschweig, Germany, published an interview on my modeling activities. Several pictures I posted on MRH either in the blog or in the forum were used as illustrations. The text is in German but, as readers of another forum confirmed, can easily be translated online using the Google translation tool.

Just completed converting an out-of-the-box Atlas New Haven RS-1 into a (90%) accurate New Haven class DERS-1b. While NHRR, the added steam generator details would be useful for other railroads. Lots of added details and pics on the build thread here.

Enjoy! And if you have any tips/suggestions on how I could do better and/or improve, please let me know!

Chris

I'm a bit behind here it appears. Here's another Kent Cochrane photo taken at the station. Obviously I was fortunate that two of the best New Haven enthusiast photographers (Kent and his friend Tom McNamara) were from the city I'm modeling!

http://blog.newbritainstation.com/2017/03/i-1-1001-eastbound-c1946-7.htm...

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Enjoy!

Randy

Splitrock Mining Company had some excess gondolas after the construction of the line in 1955. A scrap company in Eckman, West Virginia needed some to lease. This is the story of how the  SRMX got one ready to ship east. Here is the 29 being pulled from storage at one of the mines.

Hello, this weekend past saw the Ontraxs exhibition at the National Railway Museum in Utrecht, the Netherlands. Since I live down the road (actually, three stations on the railway line) I popped by. This is the view of the museum as you approach it from the city centre of Utrecht.

In researching the Illinois Terminal, I stumbled across this image.

From back to front, it shows some 36' IT boxcars, which Accurail is coming out with before to long...

Then there are some gondolas...

The Twin Cities Division of the Thousand Lakes Region of the NMRA hosted their annual RPM meet. It is called the Railroad Modeler's Retreat. It is hosted by Ken Zieska and held for two days in Plymouth,MN. A western suburb of Minneapolis. This years event was March 3-4 at the Mount Olivet Lutheran Church of Plymouth.

Great turnout of local modelers. There were many clinics, displays, hands on demonstrations and even a catered BBQ lunch. Here are some pictures I took of the models and modelers. I hope you enjoy and comment.