details – Notes on Designing, Building, and Operating Model Railroads

Lumber loads

As I prepped the layout for a recent operating session, I realized there were only a couple of loads on hand for the gondolas. I wanted more variety and remembered I had a neat kit in the stash. I checked a few boxes and found it.

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.

Layout Lighting

Several months ago, I started setting up my HO scale Wheeling Freight Terminal layout for an operating session. That’s when I found a problem in the main yard. There wasn’t enough light.

At the B&O Railroad Museum

My Sweetie recently attended a conference in Baltimore, so I tagged along. I spent most of a Monday wandering around the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum.

Resin ladders

Summer projects and tasks have kept me away from the workbench but I found time to make progress on a Westerfield Models HO scale Baltimore & Ohio M-15b box car kit. There are four ladders to install and they are cast onto a resin sheet with other details. Here’s my preparation process.