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Holy Smokes, Two Delaware Trains In One Day!
Drove over to Delmar, Delaware today for Delmarva Model Railroad Club’s open house, where the club’s HO, N, G, and three-rail O layouts were open to the public. Knowing I would be crossing multiple branches of the Delmarva Central, I packed my camera bag. My preparedness was rewarded not once,…
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Some Trains I Saw Around Washington in November
Earlier in November I was able to break away for some railfanning around Washington DC. My friend Daniel Speer accompanied me to several new-to-me photo spots around DC and Northern Virginia, and he proved to be an excellent guide to the area. It was a great day of train watching…
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What Lance Just Said: Great Modeling Ain’t About Rivet Counts Or Color Chip Matches
Lance Mindheim’s blog, and for that matter, his books and clinics at model railroad gatherings, are a reliable source of modeling insight and wisdom. Lance recently posted this nugget: As much as we all strive for prototypical accuracy, the lion’s share of visual impact is delivered by composition, color strategy,…
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Call It Done: Crooked Mountain Lines HO Box Car
I recently came across an old treasure in my stash of model railroad supplies, this National Model Railroad Association special-run Crooked Mountain Lines heritage box car. The Crooked Mountain Lines was the fictional home road of traction modeler Bob Hegge, who penned numerous articles in the 70s and 80s for…
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Further Up Dunes Junction 