Coming back for the cabin car after setting off the stone cars.

A Visit to My Friend John’s M&O

10/05/2017 Ed Kapuscinski

One of the best parts of the hobby are the friends you make through it. A recent visit to my friend John’s Maryland & Ohio layout really demonstrated the point.

TrainCrew Featured in a Thomas Klimoski Video

09/07/201709/07/2017 Ed Kapuscinski

Thomas Kimoski’s built an operates a really great HO scale layout based on the Georgia Northeastern. The TrainCrew app was recently featured in one of his update videos. Check out his awesome layout and a great demo of how to use TrainCrew during ops.

The Railwire Express Agency car in the 14th St Coach Yard in Chicago.

A Visit From The Railwire Express Agency B60b

08/25/201708/27/2017 Ed Kapuscinski

The traveling Railwire B60b Express Car visited the NCR. Let’s see what happened…

July 2017 York Progress Report

07/14/201707/14/2017 Ed Kapuscinski

I’m still intimidated by York itself (and its multiple square feet of structures and hardscape), but I’ve made progress nonetheless.

May 2017 Progress on the actual Windsor St crossing

06/05/201706/05/2017 Ed Kapuscinski

So, with a layout centered on “Windsor St Yard”, it only makes sense that I include the actual Windsor St crossing. Windsor St is the small road that crosses the tracks just south of the yard. I wanted to make sure to do the crossing justice, but also had to fight with the actual layout […]

Conrail’s ZTS Maps

04/20/201705/09/2017 Ed Kapuscinski

Conrail had these things called “ZTS Maps” that have proven to be wonderful resources for researchers and modelers. Many Conrail fans are already familiar with them, but I wanted to put together a quick explanation of what they were, how they worked, and how to read them.