Notes on Designing, Building, and Operating Model Railroads

Fowler Boxcar origins

Ray Breyer presented on the development of the Fowler box cars and single-sheathed box car designs at the RPM Naperville in October.

Bobbing around

It’s been a busy month with the Railroad Prototype Modeler Naperville event and a full weekend with kids and grandkids. I slipped back into modeling with a small caboose project.

Door details

*AC&F builder image from the Westerfield Models collection*

I’ve had a Funaro & Camerlengo HO scale Illinois Central automobile box car on the workbench for too many weeks. Over the last couple of days, I tackled some of the final details.

I attended the 2024 Mid Atlantic Railroad Prototype Modeler (MARPM) event in metro Baltimore recently. In addition to the model railroad activities, I found the Heavy Seas brewery tap room just a few minutes from the hotel. But I know you are here for the model railroad stuff, so off we go!.

RPM season!!

I don’t know if you realize this, but we have turned the corner and landed in Railroad Prototype Modeler (RPM) season!