Operations on the Lone Pine & Western

Operations on the Lone Pine & Western

Name:    Tom Gaps Railroad Name:    Lone Pine & Western Location:    Milwaukie, Oregon Scale:    1:20.3 Theme:    Early 1900’s Minning Branch Line From Lone Pine To Summit Description:    Multiple trains running during Rose City Garden Railway Society’s Summer Tour public Open House – June 2016 […]

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Abandoned Western Pacific FTA-B units

Abandoned Western Pacific FTA-B units

A rare find of a Western Pacific FTA-B units. Neglected for decades, the unique locomotives have roof-mounted number boards and wagon wheel antennae. The B-unit’s rear headlight came from a former steam locomotive. Being fascinated with the extreme weathering done by military modelers, Bruce Kingsley gave their methods a shot on a pair of small […]

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HO scale Great Northern Pacific RR

HO scale Great Northern Pacific RR

Northern Pacific freight and passenger trains run on Dan Flanagan’s fictitious HO Great Northern Pacific RR, based on Jerry Boudreaux’s Red Rock Northern track plan (Model Railroader, June 2007). It’s an around-the-walls layout, approximately 11′ x 11′. […]

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Bells and whistles in the Maine woods

Bells and whistles in the Maine woods

Name:    Eric Schade Forum User Name:    captain perry Railroad Name:    Winnegance and Quebec Railway Location:    Phippsburg, Maine Scale:    7/8″=1′-0″ (1/13.7) Theme:    A rural Maine two foot gauge line Description:    This little video is made up of old footage found in the attic of a farm house next to the current line. It was thought to […]

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Bill Kachel’s HO scale Brideport Branch

Bill Kachel's HO scale Brideport Branch

Bill Kachel’s Cosmopolitan Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad from Pittsburgh to NYC and New Haven is an HO-scale DCC-controlled railroad. It incorporates the PRR, New Haven and Reading railroads, and includes the Hell Gate Bridge, Horseshoe Curve and the Zoo interchange in Philadelphia. His railroad has been featured in season 9 of the TV show […]

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