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Things I leave out when modeling N scale
These cattle on Jim Kelly’s N scale Tehachapi layout are content to loaf among the trees, and that’s a good thing, as there’s no fence to keep them off the railroad. Bet you didn’t notice. Jim Kelly photo The more I look at photos, the more I realize the images of place I’ve stored in […]
Farewell to an N scale pioneer
Jim FitzGerald, left, converses with the yardmaster at the Santa Fe yard in Bakersfield, Calif., in the early 1980s. Jim’s home layout was a superbly done multi-module intermodal yard. Last summer we lost Jim FitzGerald, one of the N scale community’s great pioneers. He’d just turned 90. He was one of my personal heroes and […]
Alco FAs in June and July 1975 Trains
Read J. David Ingles’ two-part Alco FA study, “Alco’s Big Bid to Be Best,” published in June and July 1975 Trains magazine. Download each article by clicking on the underlined PDFs below. […]
Reflections on the N scale convention
Each person who attended the N scale convention banquet received a special souvenir car compliments of Micro-Trains. That’s one mighty big wheel of cheese! The National N Scale Convention came to town this past June, so I spent a busy spring in the basement getting the layout ready for visitors. As usual, I made a list […]
EMD’s Plant 3 at Cleveland, Ohio
Read about EMD’s Plant 3 at Cleveland, Ohio, in “Not Built at La Grange,” an article from Classic Trains Special Edition No. 4, Diesel Victory (2006). Download the article by clicking on the underlined PDF below. […]
Norfolk Southern heritage: then and now
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Central Railroad of New Jersey
Read about the Central Railroad of New Jersey in a PDF of the article: “Jersey Central: Coal, Commuters, and a Comet” published in the Fallen Flags Remembered section of the Winter 2010 issue of Classic Trains magazine. Download the story by clicking on the PDF below. […]
Virginian Railway
Read about the Virginian Railway in a PDF of the article: “A Bit of Flair in the Coalfields” published in the Fall 2001 issue of Classic Trains in the Fallen Flags Remembered section. Download the story by clicking on the PDF below. […]
Reading Company
Read about the Reading Company’s railroad in a PDF of the Fallen Flags Remembered article: “Take a Ride on the Reading” published in the Summer 2000 issue of Classic Trains magazine. Download the story by clicking on the PDF below. […]
Pennsylvania Railroad patent drawings
See PDFs of the patent drawings covering elements of the Pennsy’s S2 turbine locomotive […]
Calculated drawbar horsepower curves for 4-8-4s
This graph shows the calculated drawbar horsepower curves for five classes in the first wave of 4-8-4s: Lackawanna Q-1, Canadian National U-2-a, Northern Pacific A, Santa Fe 3751, and Canadian Pacific K-1. Neil Carlson In the days of steam it was a normal practice to estimate the horsepower potential of a locomotive. Baldwin Locomotive Works […]
