Fleet Weathering: Subtle Variation

Pennsylvania Railroad’s Sam Rea shops starting building the home-designed X58 boxcar in 1964 to satisfy the need for modern plug … More

9365 on Tonawanda Island

With the construction activity in my basement drawing to a close I finally had a chance to fire up the … More

Even I have to admit that it’s a bit curious that my enjoyment of this hobby is derived from the … More

My mom’s childhood best friend lived in Buffalo and was married to a guy named Bill who was a former … More

Scale Trains had their exciting new Pullman Standard PS-2CD 4785 cu ft covered hopper on display at the 2017 Chicagoland … More

Getting ready to apply decals to my N5B cabooses. It looks like I’ll be piecing together the lettering from two … More

Over the weekend, I made a great deal of progress on the three N5B cabin cars I’m building.

I decided to take a break from track work this evening and get started on a project that I’ve been … More

When Colin asked me in a recent post whether I had finished this project, I realized I hadn’t written an … More

As the ties are getting glued down to the benchwork on my switching layout, I’ve been thinking ahead to the … More