Last year’s BANTRAK set up at the B&O museum made me realize it was time to do something about my Conrail caboose fleet’s lack of lighting. Luckily, Evan Designs products made resolving that problem a cinch.
I’ve been making some progress on my New NCR Layout and am getting ready to show it off a little. That means it’s about time for a guided tour.
I had a pretty quiet holiday season this year. It allowed me to make some serious progress on modeling Downtown York on my New NCR.
I recorded my presentation and have posted it on YouTube. If you weren’t able to see it live it, here it is!
I find myself often trying to explain model railroad operations to non-modelers. I decided it was time to make something to help with the task. And then I remembered it’s 2025 so I could have a robot do it for me. This introduction was written by ChatGPT but is pretty good and should be helpful […]
I absolutely love what Andrew Tyhurst is doing with the N-Possible coupler in N Scale. But there’s one nagging problem on everyone’s minds: they’re not backwards compatible with the “legacy” couplers that everyone has running around. I’ve solved that problem.
I grew up reading MR. My dad used to (jokingly, I hope) always get annoyed that I was able to get his copy from the mailbox before he could when I was kid. I’ve always wanted my work to be featured in it and recently, it was!
In my professional life I’m a web developer. Occasionally those skills come in handy for hobby stuff (like this blog, The Conrail Photo Archive or TrainCrew). That entire world is in a state of change due to the power of Generative AI. I wanted to get some hands on experience with a new technology and […]
Combining the best of Freemo and T-TRAK yields a fun way to enjoy table top prototype modeling while escaping the clutches of the rigid (but brilliant) Unitrack geometry.
Some of my earliest and warmest railroad related memories had to do with visiting the legendary Strasburg Rail Road. A recent arrival made me realize that I’ve secretly been modeling with almost every layout I’ve built. Let me explain…