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Overheard during an operating session on The Hills Line... Crew: "So the yard report lists cars from East to West, but the railroad runs South to North, right?" Me: "Correct." Crew: "That doesn't really make sense." Me: "Well... you see... uhmm..." Crew: "You would think the prototype would want those two items to match?" They … Continue reading Directional Awareness
Back to the ol' Hills Line Mailbag... "Hey brother if you ever need any mural/graffiti etc...I can do that for you man!!" Thank you, random person on the internet, for your generous offer. I'm fully aware that my car fleet is woefully behind others when it comes to detailing and weathering. But before that, I … Continue reading Fleet Tuneup
The earliest article in the hobby press I read that I can distinctly remember reading was Modeling Hansen Storage by Gordon Odegard in the March 1992 edition of Model Railroader. Looking back, I'm confident the reason I have such strong memories of the article was the fact that I thought that extending the track beyond … Continue reading Hansen Revisited
Confession time. As long as I've been involved in model railroading, I've never used static grass. That's not entirely true. For many years I've used the Farm Pasture Blend from Scenic Express as my base scenery layer, both on the IAIS Grimes Line and now on The Hills Line. To my eye, the blend does … Continue reading In The Weeds
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