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Model Train Track Possibilities

Images to Help You With Model Train Track Possibilities
Wanting to add some visual examples of model trains, model train track layouts and foreground/background detail, I visited the Napa Valley Model Railroad Club.  They were kind enough to allow me to take pictures and videos and post them here on my site.
These photos are not meant [...]

Model Railroad Track Plans

Model Railroad Track Plans
Have you ever played that computer game Sim City or Civilization?  Yeah, that’s right, they’re games where you have to plan out and run a city (or nation in terms of Civilization) so that it grows and prospers.  It’s a very different kind of fun than the usual shoot-‘em-up, blow-‘em-up sort of [...]

Bachmann Model Trains

Bachmann Model Trains
How could you not have heard of Bachmann model trains!  You’ve heard of Lionel trains right?  Well what Lionel trains are to O scale model trains (trains that are 1/48 the size of real world locomotives) Bachmann is to HO scale and N scale (1/87th and 1/160th respectively).  And since these days HO [...]

Model Train Track

Model Train Track
So let’s talk model train track.  Where you going?  You don’t need any coffee, I’m not going to go all model train geek on you and start talking standard gauges and variations in track and all that.  You know I couldn’t do that even if I wanted to.  But we’d better get clear [...]

Model Steam Trains

Model Steam Trains
Alright, forget about those little tiny model trains with their little pieces and tiny brushes you use to detail them.  Forget about the little figure 8 set-up and puttering around in your attic or basement.  Let’s think big.  Really BIG!  What am I babbling about?  I’m talking “live steam.”  Yeah, LIVE STEAM!  What [...]

Model Train Scale

Model Train Scale
I know, it’s confusing isn’t it:  G scale, HO, N scale, O scale.  All this talk about model train scale almost makes you want to quit even before you begin.  Figuring it all out just seems like such a chore.  But don’t worry, I spent a little time working my way through model [...]