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Roanoke RR Model

Model a disaster zone on your railroad?

The impact of Hurricane Irene on railroads throughout the Eastern United States has brought up the idea again about how to model (or if to model) a...
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Civil War Railroads have modeling potential

Sometimes it is hard to believe that it has been 150 years since the beginning of the Civil War, or the War between the States as it is referred to...
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Buildings set the time-period on your layout

Along with locomotives and rolling stock, the buildings alongthe trackscanhelp establish a "time-period" on your model layout.The photo...
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How close to the tracks?

Space is at a premium onmost of ourmodel railroads.Modelershavea tendency to "compress" the distances which can put houses right next to...
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Coal on the Norfolk & Western in 1974

If you are modeling the Norfolk & Western of the early 1970's how many coal cars should be on your layout?Of course, it is really a trick...
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Model Railroad Review: Learning about freight yards

Operations of railroad yards such as Schaffer's Crossing here in Roanoke on the Ex-Norfolk & Western mainline can be hard to understand to...
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101 More Track Plans has a place in every modelers bookcase

Model Railroader Books has come out with a long awaited 2nd volume following up on the legendary 101 Track Plans book which was first published in...
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Model Amtrak's F40PH

Amtrak will be celebrating their 40th Birthday on May 1, 2011 as "America's Railroad". While Amtrak has not served Roanoke directly...
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Selective compression on your model railroad

One of the challenges to designing a model railroad can be to learn the art of "selective compression". This is the reality that without...
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