Around the time that you’re planning scenery, your mind may also be turning toward the subject of structures to populate…

Pan Am 52 you’re clear on runway two-zero-niner, excuse me, track 1. Yes, there IS a railroad called Pan Am,…

Welcome to the January issue of the SMARTT  Newsletter. Happy 2012, everyone! Now that the New Year is upon us,…

It is a fact the largest non-articulated steam locomotives in North America were the Union Pacific 9000 class, 4-12-2, also…

Veteran director Martin Scorsese takes a break from his usual reality-laden subject matter for his newest film, the fantasy “Hugo,”…

Almost every model railroad has villages and towns spotted across its landscape. What lends an air of reality to these…

nce the track has been laid and operation of the trains is confirmed, it’s time to consider scenery. Earlier we’d…

Welcome to the December issue of the SMARTT  Newsletter. As the holiday season approaches and people set up their holiday displays,…

The Clinchfield’s CSX Santa Claus Train   The Clinchfield Railroad traversed some of the most impoverished areas of the United…

Back in 1931 the PRR took delivery of what they thought would be the main electric locomotive for passenger service…