My Picasa Galleries
I use Picasa to store most of my photographs. This is a list of some of the more interesting galleries.
Right of Way Size Study
One of my goals with the NCR shelf layout I’m working on is to try and compress as few items as possible. This includes the actual railroad right of way. Many model railroads tend to completely ignore the mechanics of prototype rights of way (drainage, spacing, sub-roadbed standards, etc…), and I didn’t want to be […]
The Shelf Layout: Introduction
As I started planning my other layout project, an operations oriented affair patterned after Conrail’s operations in the Canton area of Baltimore, I realized that there was another itch that wasn’t scratched: mainline operations. I came up with a plan to address that.
I Have a Home for the Layout
We bought a house. It’s time to fill up the basement with a layout.
Map of the Northern Central
A quick map of the NCR, as I plan to model it.
NCR Research Photo Gallery
Over the past few months I’ve been collecting research photos from my trips along what’s left of the Northern Central. This gallery consists of general images, but I plan on adding more, more specific galleries as time goes on. https://picasaweb.google.com/103328750375507168249/NorthernCentralReserchPhotos
What is the Northern Central?
This is a brief explanation of the line that I’m focusing on modeling.
Why model winter?
Winter is a tough time of the year to model. Why did I decide to do such a crazy thing?