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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.

My Picasa Galleries Lately I've been posting model and prototype photos to my account on Picasa. See the good ones here. Read On »
Gallery of Potential Urban Industries A collection of some modelable and inspirational urban industries. Read On »
Lowering Fox Valley Models 50 Foot Boxcars Fox Valley Models 50' Boxcars are a welcome addition to the marketplace, but their ride height leaves quite a bit to be desired. It's quick and easy to fix that. Read On »
Baltimore Railfan Locations Get a quick glimpse at the interesting railfan locations around Charm City. Read On »
How to setup JMRI, a PR3, a Digitrax Zephyr Xtra and a Mac How I setup my Mac, and my Droid, to run my trains. Read On »
Baltimore Styrofoam Source I've found a source for 2" styrofoam in the Baltimore area. Read On »
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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