The 28 cm SK L/40 "Bruno"
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Model Industry History: Monogram Acquisition of Aurora Mold Sets
Remember models by Aurora Plastics Corporation? Recall they went away in the mid-1970s, and Monogram bought them? Ever wonder why many kits were not reissued, and if the legendary train wreck that destroyed tooling actually happened? This will set the...
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27 Oct, 02:05 AM
8th annual Big Train Show
Enjoy these photos of The 8th annual Big Train Show, organized by the Johnson City Railroad Experience. Most of these photos are of the layout by the Sipping & Switching Society of North Carolina.
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7 Jun, 04:08 AM
The HO Vehicles of Chester Fesmire
The late Chester Fesmire created incredible models. His friend Pennmann814 shares them with us.
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30 Dec, 07:35 PM
Scratchbuilt Foundry
Our friend Pennmann814 has been busy. He sent in these photos of a HO mill he scratchbuilt.
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24 Nov, 12:58 AM
GSMRR 1702, a S-160 Class 2-8-0 "Consolidation" Type Steam Locomotive
The Great Smoky Mountain Railroad operates a S-160 USATC locomotive, No. 1702. It has been modified from its original purpose, including a tender from a Rock Island steam loco. This feature looks at the loco and S-160 for Modelers.
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23 Oct, 01:43 AM
Nevada Northern Engine House
To maintain their first generation Alcos and 100+ year-old steam locomotives, the Nevada Northern Railway in Ely, Nevada operates this engine house. In 2007 I toured this fantastical realm of railroad reverence.
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4 Sep, 02:33 AM
Nevada Northern No.40
A place you can go to run a 100+ year-old steam locomotive - yeah, right! But it is not a myth and you do not have to capture a unicorn to find the Nevada Northern Railway in Ely, Nevada. In 2007 I partook of this fantastical realm of railroad reverence...
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21 Aug, 02:45 AM
Rachel, 2-4-4T Steam Locomotive
Rachel, a Vulcan Iron Works 1920 2-4-4T steam loco.
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20 Feb, 05:28 PM
Round-end Concrete Grain Elevator, Layout Scenes 6
Our Northern Plains correspondent HARV again provides us with many scenes useful to model railroaders, and other model genres. Here he spotted this interesting round-end concrete grain elevator in Wyoming.
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20 Feb, 04:05 PM
Railroad Grain Elevator, Corrugated, Layout Scenes 5
Our Northern Plains correspondent HARV provides us with many scenes useful to model railroaders, and other model genres. Here he spotted this classic Railroad Grain Elevator in Wyoming.
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20 Feb, 02:59 PM
Scene Around the Railroad, Layout Scenes 4
Come look and appreciate the wonderful and weird colors and formations of scenery seen along railroads.
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20 Feb, 04:39 AM
Rail Car Truck Muck, Layout Scenes 3
This feature presents some colors of real rail car wheel weathering.
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20 Feb, 04:26 AM
Track Colors, Layout Scenes 2
What color is railroad track? What color ISN'T it? Come look.
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20 Feb, 04:12 AM
I Was Workin' On the Railroad, Layout Scenes 1
Ever wanted to see what a gandydancer does? Once upon a time I helped out on the Doe River Gorge Railroad, which operates along a few miles of the storied East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad, the fabled "Tweetsie." Back on the old site I...
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19 Feb, 06:03 PM
The 28 cm SK L/40 "Bruno"
This is a stunning build of the German Railgun The 28 cm SK L/40 "Bruno" from modelling friend Gary Edmundson The 28 cm SK L/40 "Bruno" (SK — Schnelladekanone (quick-loading cannon) L — Länge (with a 40 calibre barrel) was a German railroad gun. Originall...
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3 Dec, 08:10 PM
On30 Yard Service Diorama
Stunning diorama especially since it only took three weeks to complete in time for a model show from modelling friend Andreas Grewin my narrow gauge on30 (1:48) Florida layout! Speed built in about 3 weeks in time for a show.
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3 Nov, 06:09 PM