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Forget Coal Country, The Northern Central is Back

02/22/202103/18/2022 Ed Kapuscinski

I miss my old Windsor Street Yard layout. While my coal country project was interesting, it just didn’t have the excitement (read, variety) I was really craving. It’s why it’s been sitting, just started, under TTRAK modules for the past year or so. The big stumbling block was that I could not come up with […]

Hard Coal Country, Layouts, The New NCR 1 Comment

JFRTM on the Philadelphia Belt Line with YPFJ-41

09/08/202010/14/2022 Ed Kapuscinski

When you’re the owner of a JFRTM pillow that came from your own JFRTM swag shop, it’s probably a good idea to actually do that from time to time. So this Labor Day weekend, I did.

Layouts, Modular Modeling 1 Comment

What I’ve been up to: More TTRAK stuff

09/04/202003/18/2022 Ed Kapuscinski

I was starting to get burned out on messing with Atlas Code 55 track so I decided to take a break from working on my Coal Country plan and spend some time with my TTRAK modules.

Layouts, Modular Modeling 1 Comment

February 2020 Anthracite Layout Update

02/05/202003/18/2022 Ed Kapuscinski

It’s been a while since I posted an updated on my Coal Country layout and so I figured it was time. Progress has been occuring, but there’s nothing terribly exciting to see yet. I am lucky enough to be close enough to the area I’m modeling to visit. Even better, a friend of mine works […]

Hard Coal Country, Layouts

My next project: Conrail in Coal Country

10/16/201903/18/2022 Ed Kapuscinski

New house, new space, new project: it’s only taken a year. This time? We’re going up to coal country. Hard Coal Country.

Hard Coal Country, Layouts

Making TTRAK Modules

09/30/201903/18/2022 Ed Kapuscinski

I was recently discussing my foray into TTRAK and was asked for a quick how-to on how I build my modules. Here it is.

Articles, Modular Modeling

All The Windsor St Layout Photos

06/26/201905/06/2024 Ed Kapuscinski

The dust has settled on the demolition of my Windsor St layout, and I wanted to pull together all the photos I have posted of it over the years into one big post.

Layouts, Windsor Street and Environs

TTRAK Adventures

01/31/201905/17/2022 Ed Kapuscinski

This post is generally just a photo dump of some TTRAK stuff that either I or my parents have been working on.

Layouts, Modular Modeling

NCR Layout Photo Highlights

09/21/201805/06/2024 Ed Kapuscinski
Layouts, Windsor Street and Environs

Windsor St Backdrops In

06/01/201803/18/2022 Ed Kapuscinski

Thanks to my friend Dave I finally got my backdrops mounted for the Windsor St crossing area. Again, it’s amazing what a deadline will do!

Layouts, Windsor Street and Environs

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