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New Locomotive: Paragon3 USRA Heavy and Light Mikado 2-8-2

December 10, 2019 Geoff Quelch Leave a comment

This was reviewed in the December 2019 Model Railroader Magazine and is now available on the web from Broadway Limited…

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Posted in: History, Locomotives

New Locomotive: General Electric U25B

October 19, 2019 Geoff Quelch Leave a comment

I just got word of a new N-scale locomotive, the General Electric U25B, available by pre-order from Atlas. This was…

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Scenery Detail #2: Road Bridge

September 29, 2019 Geoff Quelch Leave a comment

Adding scenery detail, like a road bridge add interest and also heigh to a model railroad. They are also good…

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Posted in: Design Filed under: Detail, Scenery

Classification Yard Design

August 17, 2019 Geoff Quelch Leave a comment

A classification yard is the key feature of the layout design. I have done a lot of research, see here,…

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Posted in: Design, Operations, Track

Track Plan

August 2, 2019 Geoff Quelch Leave a comment

The design and building of a model railroad depend entirely upon the track plan. As the layout is a model,…

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Time Period

Geoff Quelch Leave a comment

Another key component of the design is which time period the model is intended to represent. Generally, these are either…

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Track Planning Software

July 30, 2019 Geoff Quelch Leave a comment

I’ve found a couple of packages that are used, there undoubtedly are more, to plan model railroads, AnyRail, and 3rd…

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Posted in: Design, Software, Track

Locomotive – Union Pacific FEF-3 Steam Locomotive #844

July 29, 2019 Geoff Quelch Leave a comment

I bought this locomotive in February to signal my intent to actually start this railroad, in N-scale, with an awesome…

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Scenery Detail #1: Drainage Ditch

July 23, 2019 Geoff Quelch Leave a comment

This is the first in a series of scenery details I’d like to consider. They add realism to the layout…

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Posted in: Design, Scenery Filed under: Detail, Scenery

New Camera

July 19, 2019 Geoff Quelch Leave a comment

In order to document progress, issues, and the learning experience, I purchased a camera and tripod at the recent Amazon…

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Posted in: Hardware

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  • New Locomotive: Paragon3 USRA Heavy and Light Mikado 2-8-2
  • New Locomotive: General Electric U25B
  • Scenery Detail #2: Road Bridge
  • Classification Yard Design
  • Track Plan

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