Latch Shoes at 2201 17th Avenue is the last major structure on my Downtown Spur layout. My model of it will be finished in a week or so. Reality is sinking in, the layout for the most part, is “finished”. “Finished” layouts, they can sneak up on you. It begs the question, what next? Do […]
In his classic 1951 piece, If I Had A Million, Linn Westcott outlines how the money could be applied to the hobby. Would you do the same? Those who have been around awhile likely remember Model Railroad editor Linn Westcott’s famous article “If I Had a Million”. The article posed the hypothetical possibility of becoming […]
Pierre Koenig’s Stahl House and Vermeer’s “Woman Holding a Balance” are both fairly small dimensionally. Even so they’re held up as the pinnacles of artistic excellence. The subtle psychology of semantics, word choice, can be fascinating. Often we slip into, and make very telling, word choice selections without even knowing it. Case in point, the […]
With East Rail 2 being the cover story in this month’s RMC I decided to put the layout to work so you could see it in action. Episode 10 of my ops 101 YouTube series focuses on OMNI logistics and what’s involved in working it. I’m still experimenting with the YouTube format but for now […]
A tandem of York Railway GP15-1’s slowly glides back and forth as it works the NS interchange in York. Just as I got into position for this shot, a hole opened up in the clouds letting the sun light up the sides of the units. What can’t be captured in a photo is the amazing, […]