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Benchwork
How to build model railroad benchwork that works.
Canadian Model Trains
A visit to Osborn Model Kits.
Christmas
My train underneath the Christmas tree
Clubs/Associations
Canadian Association of Railway Modellers (CARM), Ontario Central Chapter
Nottawasaga Model Railroad Club (NMRC)
Computers
Mini-Review of Trainz software
Electrical
General tips and techniques
Learning about DCC
DCC turnout frog wiring
Sound install in an Athearn diesel
Sound install in an Atlas RS3
Proto 2000 tender axle wipers improve electrical pickup
Decoder installation in an IHC/Mehano 0-8-0 switcher
LED turnout indicators for DCC layouts
Signal circuits and detection
DCC block occupancy detectors
Signal construction
Lighting effects for buildings and cities
G-Scale
My experience with G-scale
Brian Swanton's Kettle Valley Railway
Hockley Valley Railroad video clips
General and Adminstration
Intent of my website
Things to think about before you begin building
Glossary with brief explanation of terms used by model railroaders
Overview of track gauge and model railroad scales
My Utopia Northern freelanced HO layout
How to contact me by email
Privacy policy for my site
Modular Railroading
Overview and our Nottawasaga Model Railway Club
Experience building free-mo modules
Rolling stock carrying cases
Operations
Ideas for operating a model railroad
Using scale time
Ways to set up operations
Operations with Micro-Mark's car cards
Using the Ship-It software program
Staging addition to my Utopia Northern
Painting
Ideas to improve painting models
Using an airbrush
Weathering tips and techniques
Tips and Techniques from NFR Woodstock Turn 2009
Photography
Overview of my train photo pages
CPR, Alliston, Ontario
CNR's historic Craigleith depot
HCW Canadian steam train excursion
CP-Rail Christmas train stops near Barrie, Ontario
Revelstoke Museum and Archives
CPRail freight westbound through Toronto, Easter Sunday, 2009
NMRA-NER '07, Albany, NY
CARM '08, Holland Centre
Live steam with video, Lion's Head, Ontario
NMRA National '03, Ontario
CARM '08, Hamilton, Ontario
NMRA-NFR '08, Ottawa, Ontario
Gord Baverstock's HO railroad, Owen Sound, Ontario
Narrow gauge meet, '07, Schomberg, Ontario, Ontario
Access to a BBC video clip of a prototype scratchbuilt locomotive
Elgin County Railway Museum, Ontario
CARM '07, Palmerston, Ontario
Suncoast Model Railroad Club, Florida
Tobique Valley Railway (TVR) Flood and Abandonment
Barrie Train Show, 2009
CARM Copetown Train Show, 2009
Scarborough Model Railroaders Open House, February, 2009
Ontario Southland Railway GP7 Train Driving Lesson
Saturday layout tour at NFR Woodstock Turn 2009
Ontario Western layout at NFR Woodstock Turn 2009
Sunday layout tour & Train Show at NFR Woodstock Turn 2009
Midland, Ontario Train Show, 2009
Bracebridge, Ontario Train Show, 2009
CARM Fond du Lac operating session, August 2009
Muskoka Layout Tour, October 2009
Bill Bradford's Allandale Yard layout
Train snowblower action videos
Planning
Estimating the cost of building a model railroad
Prototype
Personal experience on a high-speed Eurostar train
Railfanning and Railroad Safety Tips
Rolling Stock
Some basic ideas and information
Tips and techniques
Installing and using Kadee couplers
Weighting cars to track better
Marker lamps lighting tips
Scenery
Follow me as I build a craftsmen CPR passenger station
Building Campbell Scale Models King's Cannery with wood, cardstock and corrugated aluminum
Methods for modeling roads and streets
Turning a mistake into a mini-scene
Ideas for making effective backdrops
Shaping terrain tips
Ideas for making trees
Suspended Layout
A suspended HO layout solves a space problem.
Tools
Tools to make life easier
Tool tips and techniques
Storage ideas
Trackwork
How to ballast track
Using Fast Track jigs and templates
My experience handlaying with Fast Track templates
Inexpensive manual turnout control
Tools to help make better trackwork
Track cleaning methods
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