Three boxcars of salt from upstate New York sit in front of SALCO on the East Rail 2 layout. Salt is generally shipped in the rattiest, most battered cars imaginable. I’ve noticed that SALCO generally gets more incoming cars than they have bays available to offload them. This means a few cars need to be […]
With the obligatory buffer car in position, three tanks of chlorine get shoved towards Sentry Industries, a pool chemical supplier.
Designing A Solo Running Session For Maximum Satisfaction The Tradepoint Atlantic crew talks things out on the radio before performing the next move. The concept of semantics is interesting from the standpoint that two words, theoretically meaning the same thing, can evoke such different emotional responses. If I said, “Come on over. Let’s run some […]
The Fish Market Seafood Restaurant on East Rail 2 I’ve been hearing a lot lately about carforwarding systems and paperwork. How should the movements be designed? Dice? Computer? Other? What type of paperwork should I use? Prototypical? Car cards? Waybills? Other? Let’s break it down. It depends on the size of your layout and whether […]
Conductors don’t have wings. They can’t fly. In this view, the conductor is taking a final look at his work before walking back to the locomotive. Motion isn’t constant. Pauses like this are frequent. Incorporating even a touch of this reality effectively stretches a layout requiring fewer elements to keep you entertained. Drawing a track […]