A trio of Alco’s rounds the big bend and heads westward into the yard at Waseca on the Alco Line project I’m custom building in my shop. For the last eighteen months I’ve been building a custom layout based on CNW’s Alco Line in Southern Minnesota. Because of the project size, we’ve handled it in […]
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Modeling Autumn Scenery
Congrats to my longtime friend Marty McGuirk on the release of his new book, “Modeling Autumn Scenery”. Decades ago, Marty worked for Model Railoader and edited my very first cover article. He’s a seasoned writer that always puts out great information.
2/22/26 Update
It’s been another successful week or two in my effort to slow myself down, get out of mission mode, and enjoy the ride. On one of the SoCal forums, a retired rail mentioned that one of the industries on the LAJ typically took only UP boxcars. I thought modeling that would make for an interesting […]
Breaking News From Miami
Some shocking, but great news out of Miami. Yesterday, Tolga Erbora informed me that track for a new industry is being laid a few hundred yards north of where The Downtown Spur splits from the main. For decades, there was a trash recycling business across the main from Hialeah Market Station. At one time there […]
Alco Line Phase 2 Photos
I’ve finished up the photography on the now-complete Phase 2 of The Alco Line. You can see the full gallery HERE.