A BNSF yard job pauses at the blind intersection of Leonis Blvd. in this Snuffy Cat Productions video. There are some interesting prototype switching procedures that we can copy that add interest to an op. session without being gimmicky or tiresome. One fascinating example, still employed today, is crossing a busy intersection where the crew’s […]
BNSF GP50 #3175 (Athearn Genesis) and BNSF GP39E (Broadway Ltd.) approach District Blvd. for a shot staged on my LAJ layout. Both models are superb runners and finely detailed. Other than new couplers, they didn’t require any additional detail work. The weathering was another matter. Different eras, prototypes, and paint schemes all require their own […]
My March 7 blog featured a model of one of the staged new car publicity shots that were so popular in the 1950s and 1960s complete with one of the ubiquitous Foster and Kleiser billboards. Although the billboards are clearly ads, there was some hard-to-define “something” that made them captivating. I decided to revisit the […]
A nondescript boxcar sits silently under a palm tree near the Everett Avenue crossing in Los Angeles in the Don Draper/Mad Men era. When I go out in the field to rail fan, I know going in that the odds are against actually catching a train. I’m fine with that and simply enjoy taking in […]
A quartet of 1961 Chevy Impala Super Sports sit under a starlit Los Angeles sky. Equipped with the legendary 409 big block, with an 11.25:1 compression ratio, they cranked out 360 horsepower. These stylistic masterpieces even inspired a hit song by the Beach Boys. Photo taken on my LAJ layout. Vehicles by Oxford Diecast.