I’m a huge fan of RMC. I feel like they’re doing great work and the new editor, Otto Vondrak, seems…
9365 on Tonawanda Island
With the construction activity in my basement drawing to a close I finally had a chance to fire up the…
Six Months in Review
It’s been a busy six months for me, full of projects that sometimes only tangentially related to my train hobby.…
Protected: Chicagoland RPM bonus material
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New Structure: Recovery Boiler Annex
I had posted a series of grab shots to Facebook as I put this structure together over the past weekend.…
Raw Materials Storage
This scene represents the raw materials storage building and dock at International Paper. Anyone who knows the actual Tonawanda Island…
New Structure: Pump Shelter
As I complete the large structures on the layout, I’m filling in the foreground spaces with details. This small corrugated…
Gone for Beans
Penn Central’s Alco S2 fleet was numbered from 9600 to 9860, and was comprised of units from all three predecessor…
August 1973
Late summer, 1973, and PC 8740 moves cars around IP-North Tonawanda.
Banality of Boxcars
Even I have to admit that it’s a bit curious that my enjoyment of this hobby is derived from the…
