by Ken Edmier
Photos by Ken Edmier and Tim Frederick
GA-191 brake-end detail. Note horizontal brake beam and low-mounted brake cylinder.
GA-191 End Detail & Assembly
For the GA-191 class, the brake air tank is mounted on the left ...
I don't have a functioning layout so, at the moment, all my pleasure comes from buying junkers and getting them back into respectable operating condition.My current project started out with the purchase of a Mantua 4-6-2 from an acquaintance on a Facebook group of which I am a member. Here is what I...
As the country song goes, I get by with a little help from my frinds and in this case it is with the decisions about the layout and the response I got from my last blog. As my earlier blog stated, I had gotten burned out from working on a layout that wasn't matching what I had hoped to achieve and w...
I have been running around in my mind for five months the question of whether to get out of the hobby or not. When I first started this hobby it was because of a friend of mind who had built an HO scale layout with his son over the years and they were constantly inviting me over to see it operate. I...
Be sure to "get on board" when the Big Bend Model Railroad Association brings you the 26th Annual Tallahassee Model Railroad Show & Sale.
More Vendors, More Displays, More Tables and More Layouts than ever before!! We have increased our square footage to bring you the very best the area has to...
Santa Fe prototype and modeling presentations. Scheduled speakers:
• John Signor — The L.A. Terminal in the 1930s and '40s
• Keith Jordan — A roundtable discussion with several well-known former Santa Fe employees
• Bob Chaparro — Modeling the southern California citrus industry
• John Signor — ...
The 2016 Model Train Show is coming to Atlanta, Georgia at the Cobb Galleria. Saturday March 12th from 10am to 5pm, AND Sunday March 13th from 10am to 4pm. Cobb Galleria is at 2 Galleria Parkway, Atlanta, Georgia 30339. Adults - $10.00, Children under 12 - FREE
The 2016 DIXIE LINE DAYS is coming to Wartrace, Tennessee Saturday April 30th. It's a full day of dealer swap tables, operating model railroad layouts, how-to clinics, model and switching contests, door prizes, CSX mainline action within ground shaking distance, live bluegrass music, food, and more....
