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Not all of the features here will be about specific models or my layouts. This is where you will find those articles.

Running Repairs on a Kato SD45 Put a Kato SD45 back out on the rails with a few little bits of maintenance. Read On »
Winter Trees in N Scale I tackled the biggest challenge of winter modeling head on: bare trees. Read On »
All about N Scale Railboxes Railbox's 50' box cars were ubiquitous from the late 1970s through today. With so many high quality N scale models available, I decided to get serious about them. Read On »
Conrail Terminal Information Publications: Bayview Terminal Information Publications contain all sorts of detailed information about various "jobs" based out of a yard. This set covers Bayview Yard in Baltimore. Read On »
The CRHS BBQ with Pictures On Saturday August 4th, The Conrail Historical Society had a Rail-B-Q in Marysville PA. Read all about it, and see pictures of models taken for it, as well as some fun prototype action here. Read On »
I'm a Youtube star So I bail on one major event and look what happens. Read On »
Bethlehem Steel - Bethlehem PA I took a trip to Bethlehem PA over Memorial Day weekend, and while it's slightly outside the scope of the site, I wanted to draw some attention to the galleries. Read On »
Conrail1285 is back online! After being gone for a while (thanks 1and1), I've got the site back up and running. Read On »
Model Scenery Using Extruded Styrofoam A helpful Styrofoam how-to on youtube.com. Read On »
Hiding Caboose Industries Groundthrows Camoflage and recess your groundthrows for a better looking layout. Read On »
Model Photography for the Masses Learn how to take decent model photographs with a run of the mill digital camera. Read On »
Track Techniques I discuss some of my techniques for getting model track to look less obnoxious. Read On »
Photoshopping Smoke & Steam Phil Brooks talks about his great techniques for adding smoke and steam to a photo. Read On »
The Launch of the site A little behind why I launched the site Read On »
Why model winter? I discuss the reasons I have decided to model December instead of the fall, summer or spring. Read On »

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