Up Dunes Junction

  Crossposted from my other blog, Sprue Pie With Frets

  Black Mr. Surfacer on the Grandt Line HOn3 (1/87 narrow gauge) gondola. Not the way most model railroaders paint things, but I’m not most ...

  Injection molded model railroad car kits—at least, kits that build up a out of a lot of separate injection molded parts—are far and few be...

GMC bus in Pacific Electric livery, 1/87 or HO scale. Just a little weathering to introduce depth and grime. For you non-model railroading s...

Big models of metre-gauge Rhätische Bahn (RhB, or Rhaetian Railway) rolling stock have been on my mind of late.  American and Swiss narrow g...

 Still makes me think of Bob Hegge’s Crooked Mountain Lines, but in the 21st century. Photo by Richard Pryke

Just like that, the Dunes Junction and the Old Line Corridor layouts are gone. Our house is getting a new family, renters with young childre...

We’re getting down to the wire on moving the Old Line Corridor out of the house. Lots of interest, no takers. I succeeded in finding a buyer...

A change in real estate circumstances has occasioned disposal of the ‘Old Line Corridor’, which is difficult in view of its recent feature i...

 It’s up for sale here:  https://www.ebay.com/itm/294146510618

Now it can be told: the Old Line Corridor is featured in the May 2021 issue of Railroad Model Craftsman ! The article has been in production...

Life throws curveballs, and the house where Dunes Junction layout lives will soon be the home of a new family. After much soul-searching, I’...

Look closely , and you’ll see where the Old Line Corridor has been for the past year or so...  

Interrupting our usual coverage of big ol’ electric railroads and their models: interesting story about the recent demise of Wingnut Wings,...

Railway Age story on Operation Lifesaver’s national Executive Director, Rachel Maleh, otherwise known as my spouse. Very proud of this awes...