Moving Hagerstown to York, and My Basement
Last year, my friend Lee’s wonderful WM layout had to come down. His layout was a work of art, and it seemed unfair for it all to end up in a dumpster. Lee agreed, and decided to part it out to his friends.
August 2013 Photos of The NCR Shelf
Now that I have some ground cover and trees in, 1/4 of the layout is starting to look like something. Here are a few photos of it.
Ground Cover on the NCR Shelf
While I’ve been dealing with insurance companies and prepping my basement for its new resident (a big fun piece of Lee’s former WM), I’ve been somewhat stagnant modeling wise.
My Picasa Galleries
I use Picasa to store most of my photographs. This is a list of some of the more interesting galleries.
Some Quick Scenery Tips
These tips were originally posted as advice in a thread over on my favorite railroad forum: The Railwire. I didn’t want to lose them, so I’m reposting them here.
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.
How to setup JMRI, a PR3, a Digitrax Zephyr Xtra and a Mac
I recently, finally, dove into DCC at home by buying a Digitrax Zephyr Xtra and a Digitrax PR3. I’ve had a number of decodered locomotives for the significant amount of time I spend “visiting” or on NTRAK layouts, so I was familiar with the basic concepts, but had never got it running at home. Here’s […]
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.