Kent and Ben from Model Railroader Video Plus were here much of the day shooting The Downtown Spur. Look for the finished copy early next year. Two great guys and a thoroughly enjoyable experience. It is so rewarding and eye opening to see your work documented from perspective, angles, and via media we aren’t accustomed to. I […]
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How To Play With Trains
One of my more popular past blogs was “How To Play With Trains” which I posted September 30, 2012. This has now been transferred over to the new site. An abridged version can be found on the Railroad Model Craftsman website. All blog entries up to 2012 have now been edited, cleaned up, and moved over. Slowly […]
Flashback Miami
In their “Flashback Miami” series, the Miami Herald ran an excellent, photo laden article on the Seaboard Airline in town. Included are a lot of photos of the station at 7th Avenue, the location of the east end of the Downtown Spur. Thanks to my mentor David Orr for the heads up. Click HERE for the […]
East 38th on YouTube
The magic of the internet….It didn’t take long for my blog followers to step up to the plate with more information on the East 38th Street prototype. Thanks to Peter Hegan for letting my know the spur in question is called the Alameda Industrial Lead and pointing me to a YouTube video of some live […]
Introducing East 38th Street
I first became aware of the Los Angeles Junction while in high school and instantly became mesmerized by it. As the decades slipped by the thought of eventually modeling it was always in the back of my mind. I always thought that when the day came, power would be in the form of a CF-7. […]