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Call It Done: Peco Parkside O Gauge Fruit Van
I travel overseas from time to time with my spouse, and last month we visited the United Kingdom for a rail safety conference, which I wrote about for Trains.com. I often return from my overseas trips with model trains, so it was inevitable that some model train stuff might would…
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My Rail Safety Story on Trains.com
I traveled to the United Kingdom in June, and while I was there, I covered the back-to-back International Level Crossing and Trespassing Awareness Day (ILCAD and TRESPAD) conferences for Trains.com. The conferences were held in the National Rail Museum, a fitting place for a gathering of rail industry professionals. (Photos…
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Call It Done: Tichy HO 40’ USRA Single-Sheath Box Car
I followed up the ore cars with another Tichy offering, something a little more utilitarian and usable in a variety of operational and layout situations: a bog-standard composite (wood and steel) 40-foot box car. The build was in some ways simpler than the ore cars, and in other ways, a…
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Trainspotting in the UK, June 2025
My spouse and I recently spent a week in the UK, partly for business, and partly for pleasure. We attended a rail safety conference in York, which took place in UK’s National Railway Museum. Here are some photos from the museum, and also from a field technical visit hosted by…
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