Notes on Designing, Building, and Operating Model Railroads. 36-foot boxcar into a Southern ventilated boxcar. Click on any image here to view a larger size.

My modelling musings on Portchullin, Glenmutchkins and anything else that takes my fancy. Of o ur trip to the Rail 2018 Modelspoor. The next layout was a very fine rendition of a small Dutch village scene with a tram running through it. It was called Halt Tombroekstadt and whilst perhaps a little too ne.

Layout Spotlight Slate Creek Mining. Chelsea Milling Company Home of Jiffy Mix. Looking for a prototype industry straddling a main line, try Chelsea Milling Company. Located in Chelsea Michigan, the company produces Jiffy brand mixes since the 1930s. Jiffy was created as the first prepared baking mix in the United States.

A blog about HO scale model railroading. Monday, July 27, 2015. I like this plan because it will allow me to just run trains along the one main line, but at the same time run some simple operations in the yard and on the industrial spurs. Mockup of my basement layout concept in SCARM. A rough look at the plan for the benchwork. A preview of the yard side of the layout.

My second K class is just about finished bar a few little items. I replaced the kits white metal connecting rods with some nickel silver ones and beefed up the inside of the cylinders with some brass tube.