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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. […]

(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 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 […]

Shown above is a design for a proto-freelance, removable module extension to the current LAJ layout. Sweetener Products is no longer rail-served under this plan, and its spur serves as a lead into Arrow Reload, a logistics/team facility. In my June 21st blog, Time For A Change, I wrote about feeling “stuck”. Both my primary […]

Last night I uploaded episode 9 of my Switching Operations 101 YouTube series. In this installment I illustrate how you can get the operational play value of three, reefer served, industries without a single turnout, spur, or structure being needed. I’ve been very appreciative of the clarification and elaboration provided by the professional rails that […]