My Picasa Galleries

05/22/201303/18/2022 Ed Kapuscinski

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

01/03/201103/18/2022 Ed Kapuscinski

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

10/10/201003/18/2022 Ed Kapuscinski

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

11/11/200903/18/2022 Ed Kapuscinski

We bought a house. It’s time to fill up the basement with a layout.

Delivering a Caboose: Some New Pics

10/05/200903/18/2022 Ed Kapuscinski

Here’s the car being delivered by the GP15-1 powered local. It was a custom paint and decal job by my friend Lee Weldon. More of his work can be see at WMRYWesternLines.net

Its a Door, Not a Domino

08/20/200903/18/2022 Ed Kapuscinski

I have a bad habit of over-thinking things, and I think a lot of model railroaders do too. I think, when working on a project, it’s important to not always do that.

OneTRAK Modules: The City Module

09/30/200803/18/2022 Ed Kapuscinski

OneTRAK is an extension of the NTRAK specs that allows modelers to build interoperable modules with a single track. This allows us to model scenes where the NTRAK three track spec would not be realistic. It also allows us to build shallower pieces (1′ as opposed to the NTRAK standard of 2′). This makes them […]