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I will be a 30 year member of the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers as of May 1, 2020. This story appeared in the latest issue of the Boilermaker Reporter, the publication of the union. It gives a little background info on the rebuilding process that it went through and the roles some...

This is a switching layout plan I found on Trainboard that was posted by txronharris. I really like the basics of it and want to see if anybody has some suggestions that I might use to modify it before I get beyond the insulation board stage. It's 2x8 feet and would be fairly easy to...

Hi, everyone, I haven't been on here for a couple of months of more even. Summer and motorcycles go together and model RR takes a back seat. Enough of that! Got my October issue of MR and was going through it when I came across an article with pictures of a blacksmith shop by Ray Howard...

Here is a model that would be the focal point of ANY HO layout! No more wimpy little mine tipples with a short load out track! This will dwarf all but the biggest buildings! And this was a mobile piece of equipment! Only problem.........the price may well be close to $7000 or more...

I was riding my new (to me) motorcycle yesterday when the crossing lights started flashing and the gates started lowering as I came around the curve before the BNSF crossing. There was a train consisting of two Union Pacific GE six axle units pulling a maroon smooth side passenger car lettered...

Has anyone got any experience with MRC's Decoder Doctor? If it's as easy as they claim, it could be the poor man's JMRI. http://www.modelrec.com/train-controls/decoderdr.asp

Hey, Rodney!!! Clear some space so you can get a private message.:p

This video was actually shot as a TV show for RFD TV and is full of very high quality modeling with some very good ideas that many could use. It is an N scale layout but this isn't the usual video of running trains but rather a useful explanation of how the scenes were achieved with some very...

Not model railroad related but still GREAT! My wife and I went to our son and daughter-in-law's house for our family Christmas get together today with our daughter, son-in-law and two granddaughters. Well, our first present was a really nice frame for three photos. From where I was I could...

Running along side the BNSF mainline in New Mexico. Beautiful scenery!

Watch this video and see how things could be. Kudos to the NS Police for the way they handled this. Not what I expected. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KS_FYbd4GQs

Taken today in Adair, Illinois. Empty oil tanker train headed towards Galesburg. Taken with my cell phone in the morning sun. Didn't turn out too bad.

Kato's new F-2's are listed on E-Bay today at a pretty good price. http://www.ebay.com/itm/KATO-COMBO-1060202-N-EMD-F2A-F2A-2-Locomotive-Set-CB-Q-106-0202-NEW-/121352663568?pt=Model_RR_Trains&hash=item1c412eb210 I.........MUST.........HAVE!!!!!!!!!! Wonder how long before they are available...

Due to the lack of a timetable for Atlas Code 55 turnouts, I'm considering making my own using Fast Tracks jigs. A quick look at their website shows that the jigs are recommended to use MicroEngineering track. I want to know what the difference between Atlas and ME code 55 track is. Would it...

Coming home from Rock Falls Saturday morning I saw one of the NS Heritage units. It was the Virginian unit being used as a DPU on the rear of an oil train with two NS units on the head end. It was on the Adair siding headed towards Beardstown from Galesburg, IL on the BNSF. About a month ago...

The BNSF finished installing remote turnouts at Adair Siding on the Beardstown Sub last fall. There are boxes labeled "shunt" and they are on the sides of both tracks at both ends of the siding. Anybody know what these are for?

Great short movie/commercial from Coke with an old time flavor (the movie, not the drink). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2mU6jVcv4w

This is one of the coolest videos I've ever seen of something none of us will probably ever see. Truly a little bit of a bye gone era! I'll just post a link to the Youtube video so I don't step on anyone's copyrights. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3r_cI3kYYhM

Does anyone know if all of the older Atlas/Kato N scale units will operate on Atlas code 55 track properly? I'm considering buying an older unit but not if there is a problem with oversize flanges. Thanks, Bob.

Luckily, it appears that no one was killed. http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57586201/massive-missouri-train-collision-takes-down-highway-overpass/