Summer Camp: Day 4 Afternoon

David Popp holding package

Resupplies have arrived! Plenty of parts and pieces to help Director David Popp get things primed for making lots of progress on this next to last day of camp. There’s plenty of work to be done, but not before first enjoying a good ol’ fashioned locomotive fun-run! […]

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Summer Camp: Day 4 Afternoon

David Popp holding package

Resupplies have arrived! Plenty of parts and pieces to help Director David Popp get things primed for making lots of progress on this next to last day of camp. There’s plenty of work to be done, but not before first enjoying a good ol’ fashioned locomotive fun-run! […]

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Summer Camp: Day 3 Morning

David Popp holding package

A care package has arrived at camp, so David has plenty to keep him busy in this session! With parts now in-hand, our Camp Director leads us through the steps for installing a capacitor pack in his HO scale Rapido RS-11 diesel locomotive. […]

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Summer Camp: Day 3 Afternoon

David Popp in workshop

It’s a rust and dust afternoon weathering session for campers today! David uses his previously crafted roof masks to guide the way to adding subtle airbrushed effects along the roofline of his HO scale passenger car fleet. […]

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Summer Camp: Day 3 Afternoon

David Popp in workshop

It’s a rust and dust afternoon weathering session for campers today! David uses his previously crafted roof masks to guide the way to adding subtle airbrushed effects along the roofline of his HO scale passenger car fleet. […]

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Summer Camp: Day 2 Morning

David Popp in workshop

In this episode, Camp Director David Popp gets his hands and several passenger cars good n’ grimy! Join the fun as he shares various airbrushing techniques for applying rusty, dirty, and grimy weathering effects appropriate for a streamlined passenger fleet. […]

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Summer Camp: Day 2 Morning

David Popp in workshop

In this episode, Camp Director David Popp gets his hands and several passenger cars good n’ grimy! Join the fun as he shares various airbrushing techniques for applying rusty, dirty, and grimy weathering effects appropriate for a streamlined passenger fleet. […]

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Summer Camp: Day 2 Afternoon

David Popp next to layout

After allowing the paint to dry from the Day 2 morning session, Camp Director David Popp inspects the progress on his passenger car project. But no time to park on the trail, especially when he’s got a laser-cut wood tower kit to build. That new project starts here…only on Trains.com! […]

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Summer Camp: Day 2 Afternoon

David Popp next to layout

After allowing the paint to dry from the Day 2 morning session, Camp Director David Popp inspects the progress on his passenger car project. But no time to park on the trail, especially when he’s got a laser-cut wood tower kit to build. That new project starts here…only on Trains.com! […]

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Summer Camp: Day 3 Morning

David Popp holding package

A care package has arrived at camp, so David has plenty to keep him busy in this session! With parts now in-hand, our Camp Director leads us through the steps for installing a capacitor pack in his HO scale Rapido RS-11 diesel locomotive. […]

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Caboose donated to Conrail Historical Society

LITTLE FERRY, N.J. — The Conrail Historical Society has added to its collection with the donation by CSX of caboose No. 22130, which continued to wear its Conrail blue paint until its retirement earlier this year. The extended-vision cupola caboose was built in August 1970 by International Car Co. for the Reading Co., and transferred […]

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Quick action saves Central Pacific car that was at Promontory

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Quick and coordinated action by the president of the Southern Pacific Historical and Technical Society, the Southern Pacific Railroad History Center, and the California State Railroad Museum has saved a former Central Pacific coach that was at the driving of the Golden Spike in Promontory Summit, Utah, in 1869. The car, Central […]

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