Model Railroaders : Start Your Engines!

June 7, 2007

Have you ever wanted to enter your model trains, layouts or scenery into one of the many contests you have seen at various events? You know you have! And what’s stopped you? Never mind that part; let’s just get about getting you to enter your specialty in the next contest you go to. After all, [...]

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James River Flyer Model Railroaders 2007 Annual Convention

June 7, 2007

The National Model Railroaders Mid-Eastern Region will hold it’s 2007 Annual Convention in Lynchburg, Virginia on the days of October 18-21, 2007 at the Kirkley Hotel and Conference Center. Host for the event will be the MER’s James River Division.
The three days will feature a number of interesting displays, workshops and exhibits. Some of the [...]

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Model Railway Scales And Gauges Demystified

June 7, 2007

The art of scale modeling is recreating life-like objects in a smaller scale, or size. As such most modeling efforts, including railroad modeling are based on a ’scale’ model such as 1:10 in which every 10 inches equals 1 foot for example. In additional a ‘gauge’ or distance between tracks needs to be specified, and [...]

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What Scale Do You Prefer?

June 5, 2007

I’ve been working with HO scale for most of my model railroading life, mainly because there’s just so much available for it and it’s a reasonable trade off between detail and space required.
But once in a while, I wish I had the space to move to a larger scale. The detail of the equipment can [...]

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A Model of a Model

June 4, 2007

A German company called Handygames has just recently released a game called My Model Train that runs on some of the latest smartphones – cellular phones that can do much more than just make phone calls.
In My Model Train, players have to operate switches, signals and reverse tracks to solve logic problems as fast as [...]

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Tips For Cleaning Your Model Railroad Equipment

May 30, 2007

With most hobbies it’s easy to keep your prized possessions clean and safe – you simply place them into hermetically sealed containers and leave them there. But with model trains this can be a bit more difficult.
Ideally, preventing the settling of dust and dirt onto the surfaces of your scale models and trains is the [...]

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Is Model Railroading A Dying Hobby?

May 28, 2007

The Southern Oregon Mail Tribune had a story this morning about a model train store in Culver City that has recently been sold and downsized.
Allied Model Trains was one of the largest model train stores in the United States, housed in a half-block long replica of Union Station in Los Angeles.
The owner recently sold it [...]

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Pacific Rails 2007 Report

May 24, 2007

The Pacific Rails show was held this past weekend in Victoria, BC (Canada). It’s one of the bigger model railroading shows in the area, with a good number of layouts to see.
I love these kinds of shows where you can see some incredibly detailed layouts. On one hand, it makes me wish I had the [...]

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Creative Ideas for Making Model Railroad Scenery

May 22, 2007

There are plenty of places to buy ready-to-use models for your model railroad – building, scenery, etc. – but making your own is often a better way to go.
The "do-it-yourself" method gives you much more freedom to design exactly what you want. If you’re prototyping your favorite railway, in your favorite little town, it’s going [...]

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A Quick Update

May 20, 2007

Whew, what a few months it’s been. We’ve had a birth, a death and a wedding in our family over the last few months which is why the updates to the site have been few and far between.
Things are finally getting back to normal around here so I’ll be able to focus more time and [...]

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