Last night, with my daughter as engineer and myself as brakeman, we logged the first two operating sessions on Prince Street and I thought I’d write down some observations from these first two tries. Scenario We ran Prince Street as… Read More ›
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Prince Street: Building a micro layout in N
I’m a week into this one and I figured things are far enough along to share this fun development: that I have a little micro layout underway. I’ve been trying to get a little done on this every day, even… Read More ›
A small shelf layout and packing it away
Last night I shared my sketch and ideas for a TTn3.5 layout based on the Prince Edward Island Railway and it’s operations at Midgell. This morning my mind is occasionally driifting back into how I would actually build it. I’m… Read More ›
PEIR Midgell 1916 – layout planning
In 1916 the Prince Edward Island government built a dredge to dig mussel mud from St. Peter’s Bay. It also built a large wharf out into the bay to accept railway cars and by incorporating railroad haulage into the grand… Read More ›
Horizontally sheathed boxcar model
I’m really good at starting things but not as good at finishing them. I had been rummaging around in my boxes of model train things when I found the model I’d started to help me to visualize a PEIR-built horizontally… Read More ›
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