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E. St. Louis Railroads
To All: The railroads going into and out of E. St. Louis in the 1950-1970 era were--Litchfield & Madison (C&NW), NYC (CCC&St.L or Big 4), PRR, NKP, IC, GM&O, Illinois Terminal, L&N, Cotton Belt (SSW), Southern, MP, TRRA, CB&Q, B&O, C&EI, WABASH, E. St. Louis Jct. (in the city only), and Alton & Southern. Also the St.Louis & Belleville Electric RY, St. Louis & O'Fallon, Chicago, Peoria & St.
Realistic operating speeds for prototypical action in Yard Work on a model railroad
Ron Newby operates his Alco at prototypical speeds during a recent operating session on Michel Boucher's HO Scale Adirondack Branch of the D&H. To me he really demonstrates the way a train should be handled on a model railroad. It is also a complement to Michel as he ideally takes the stress off the operator by ensuring the schedule is not unreasonable or crowded with other train action. Also the number of cars in the yard is reasonable making room to get about.
JL&T Railroad Blog - Video Update #10
Hi All,
Latest video update on the JL&T Railroad progress:
Part 1:
Part 2:
Cheers,
Jas...
Just having a little fun - An N&W C32-P caboose kitbash
I had a Bachmann wide vision caboose sitting around waiting for inspiration to strike.
It struck 
Sorry for the photo being washed out. It's kind of hard to photograph clean white styrene.
Landmark Layouts
Guys,
I've often wondered.
Which three model railroad layouts do you consider the most outstanding of the modern era and why? It was quite hard to pick but here are my three, in no particular order:
New England Berkshire and Western - RPI
Tehachapi - SDMRM
Batavia Model Railroad Club - Batavia, Ill. (Now Gone)
Locomotive buzzing
I've just finished installing PSX circuit breakers on my layout and have noticed that my locos are now buzzing when the system is on and the locos are sitting idle. I ran a few locos for testing purposes before I installed the breakers and this problem did not exist - the locos were silent in an idle position. Has anyone experienced this?
Concept for N-Scale Oval/Elliptical Spline Hybrid Helix
Since I had to decide what type of construction (spline vs other) to use in two helixes, and with the comments that I received from the post I made the other day, I've come up with a concept on how to build a test helix that combines spline sub-roadbed with two straight sections to reduce the virtual grade. The first jpg (n-scale helix top design) depicts a general drawing of the helix entrances and exits. The second jpg (n-scale helix 1) depicts how I plan to construct the test helix. I was particularly concerned about the gaps on the sides and the middle that woul
Looking for someone who can print some white decals
Hey guys, working on my California HSR project and I need to get some Amtrak white decals printed for it. Does anybody out there have an Alps or other printed that can print a page of white decals? If so let me know what it would cost for a page 8.5X11. It's all white, no other colors. Mostly text.
Appreciate any help!! This project is coming along nicely, been meaning to post a blog on it.
Best,
Rob
Litchfield & Madison Caboose
To All: I am a fan of the caboose, that is why I model from 1950-1970. This Litchfield & Madison caboose was kit bashed by me and Champion decals applied (sadly this company is no longer in business). The L&M was a subsidiary of the C&NW, used by that road to gain entry to E. St. Louis.
Yours, Elvin Howland/E. St.Louis Rail Group layout
PS: The title to this blog post should be Litchfield & Madison Caboose
San Diego Power Plant
To All: Another building I built for my customer in Japan was a power plant in N Scale. Again he sent me drawing of the actual plant to build the model from. This plant was just down the street from the passenger station. The structure is made of styrene as a base and the columns and decorative work built up of layered styrene in the correct profiles. Yours, Elvin Howland/Layout Concepts, E. St. Louis Rail Group layout
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