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Do-it-yourself photo backdrops
Kitbash a rail bus • A Ford Model A rail stake-bed truck served as the starting point for this On30 model
ANIMATE A GARAGE DOOR • Use DCC and a microcontroller to bring a scene to life
Transition to operations • Adding an operating scheme to the Cascade Division
FROM CHICAGO TO CHAMPAIGN • This 25 x 40-foot HO scale layout depicts the Illinois Central Gulf in October 1976
From plywood to Colorado • Part 3: Creating scenery, installing structures, and adding details to our Colorado Plains T-Trak layout
REALISTIC WOOD PALLETS • Stripwood and printed paper make the process easy and inexpensive
Electric staff systems
Trackside Photos
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Looking under the hood