Hi all;

For those who do not know.  I have been in a wheelchair for 30+ years after a work accident.  Since then I had a stroke in 2007 so have no balance.  Combined with a heart condition I absolutely can not do crawling around.

Bear Creek and Jackson freight headed by SP AC-5 4111

I'm continuing to dismantle my old Siskiyou Line 1 and exploring how to build the new Siskiyou Line 2 TOMA modules. There were some questions around all this on another thread, so rather than pull that thread off-topic, I've moved those discussions here.

Pacific Coast Region of National Model Railroad Association, an MRH advertiser, was pleased to co-sponsor Bay Area Prototype Modelers 2019 yesterday. This is an annual event usually held in Richmond, California.

Recent action finds Alco 9106 switching Allied Chemical and Holsum Baking:

I have found myself slowly and inexorably drifting into prototype modeling.  Long ago, I decided to model my locomotives with prototype fidelity, and make sure my other rolling stock was generally correct.  But I hadn't extended this to the layout itself until recently.

Good morning everyone.  I have recently been experimenting with different ways to make trees. 

My goal is for them to look realistic and be economical.  I wanted to share my first results/experiments and ask for some feedback.

I've been examining 1:1 trees and honestly they look really ugly - nothing at like the prefect symmetric pictures you have in your minds eye.  But bunch them together, and they start to look like a forest.  With that in mind, I'm pretty happy with my results. 

Version 3 of the Shipper-driven Traffic Simulator (STS) has been available for a while, but I just finished some "How-to" videos that will help with the database set up process and using STS during an operating session. There are seven videos in all. So far.

Hi.

Found your  site when I was researching track automation, specifically JMRI.

Have just started reading the article from Oct last year and already it has answered questions I had.

Seems to be very clear and detailed. Looking forward to completing the series.

Your magazine is excellent. I subscribe to a British magazine, but feel that yours is superior.

Wow has it really been 3+ years since my last blog entry?!   Sorry about that.   The reality is I kinda lost my modeling mojo along with "life" getting in the way.  The LAJ still exists though!  :)

I've settled on my modern waybill template (simulating a simplified computer print out of the waybill), so thought I share some examples.

The format for the bill is (top to bottom):

-Originating railroad who created the bill with the ACI code (readily available via ORER's, etc)