Over the past few weeks, I’ve been going back and re-photographing the Downtown Spur layout. In the above image, the local is working the largest customer on the spur, Ferrous Process and Trading. The loads have been pulled and placed to the right, and the empties are now being shoved in. Scrap metal is brought […]
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Latest Book Now Available!
Student to Master Now Available. Click HERE to purchase. It’s interesting to step back at times and view the hobby and its participants with impartial detachment. Where do people struggle in their attempt to create what they see in their mind’s eye? It was those observations that inspired the subject of this book. There has […]
Picking Your Theme
Visual “texture” and a prototype that’s still rockin’ and rollin’ are key ingredients for a theme that captivates me and motivates me to keep working on the layout. This shot was taken a few months ago where The Downtown Spur crosses 22nd Avenue. On the left, a tank car is spotted at Family & Son. […]
Design Tips From the Pros
(Note: For those who don’t get my monthly newsletter, what follows is a copy of the March issue.) The local out of Hiaeah Yard works Sentry Chlorine in Miami’s East Rail Industrial Park in this 2010 shot. All of the switches in the park face the same direction so that each industry can be worked […]
Filito Cafeteria
Filito Cafeteria ca. 2007 sits alongside the Spur where it crosses 12th Avenue. It shows up in a lot of images and was the ideal spot to re-hydrate with a cold juice on a scorching hot, humid Miami day. The nature of rail fanning is such that a disproportionate number of shots are taken from […]