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Accucraft K1 Garratt video
Video 101: Sharper images
“Aria” wrote in, asking how to get sharply focused videos that reveal the road names on his rolling stock. His question appears here: http://cs.trains.com/grw/f/91/t/268387.aspx With some excellent comments by forum moderator Tom Trigg, and some research, we realized that sharper images of both prototype and model trains challenge our skills and our equipment. With professional […]
High-tech modeling for garden railroaders
Photo 1 In the past two articles, I’ve been building a modern-style water tower: The base and then the pipe stand of the water tower. In this one I will create the water-tank portion of the water tower. Hidden inside will be the sprinkler. This is again created in the OnShape CAD tool that is […]
Garden Railways, June 2018
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Freight operations on the Maine Central Railroad
Name: Paul Smith Railroad Name: Bagley Mountain Division of the Maine Central Railroad Location: Lincoln, Maine Scale: 1:29 to 1:24 Theme: Freight operations on the Maine Central Railroad in the 1970s. Description: Fright train of the Maine Central Railroad in the early 1970s. […]
Updates to the Bagley Mountain Divison of the Maine Central Railroad
Name: Paul Smith Forum User Name: Paul Smith Railroad Name: Bagley Mountain Division of the Maine Central Railroad Location: Lincoln, Maine Scale: 1:29 to 1:24 Theme: Freight operations on the Maine Central Railroad in the 1970s. Description: Freight operations on the Bagley Mountain Division of the Maine Central Railroad […]
Passenger service on the FC&W Railroad
Name: Trevor Park Railroad Name: Fern Creek and Western Railroad Location: Santa Cruz, CA Scale: 1:20.3 Theme: Coastal Mountain Narrow Gauge Description: Engine #3, on lease from the South Pacific Coast Railway, leads a passenger train over the Fern Creek and Western Garden Railroad between the towns of Parkston and Ericsville. Complete with station stops […]
Steaming in April snow
Name: Shawn Viggiano Railroad Name: Kittatinny Mountain Railroad Location: Wantage NJ Scale: 1:20 Theme: Backwoods logging Description: Bellflower Cricket steaming in the snow […]
Steaming in the snow
Name: Shawn Viggiano Railroad Name: Kittatinny Mountain Railroad Location: Wantage NJ Scale: 1:20 Theme: Backwoods logging Description: Live steam Regner Konrad steaming during a spring snow. […]
Summertime logging
Name: Shawn Vigggiano Railroad Name: Kittatinny Mountain Railroad Location: Wantage NJ Scale: 1:20 Theme: Backwoods logging Description: Summertime logging with live steam Regner Class A Climax and scratch built log cars and log loader. […]
Garden Railways, April 2018
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Operator positions on the SJR&P Railroad
A mixed freight crosses the water-lily filled Lake Sarah Jane on its way to Bat Yard. While much of their SJR&P runs through their backyard forest, Deb and Stan Ames view this beautiful viaduct from their cedar deck (the crew lounge). Thelma Shoneman An oil train from Riley snakes down the railway on its way […]
