Discusses how the author built a turntable track that stores freight car wheel sets. There is a lot of detail in this little project.

Provides a lot of detail about how to do overhead traction wiring, including the nomenclature. Includes prototype, detail, and model photos.

Using a plywood mold, build 1920's-looking bridge abutments from plaster. Includes how to build the abutment wings and piers using plaster also.

14 steps to building a working semaphore. Detailed photos accompany the text. Instructions support both upper quadrant and lower quadrant type of semaphores.

Building a small scene that might be used as a play area for city kids.

Scale drawings of CPR telltales circa 1919.

Build your own ground-throw, high-level switchstand. Includes construction photos and a diagram.

Using magic markers can make some scenery and structure painting jobs easier and quicker.

This article has many prototype photos and a full design diagram of what can be found at a diesel servicing facility.

Creating prairie grass using a refined felt grass method, with an airbrush.

Model the mounds of coal or ballast using pieces of foam insulation.

Prototype photos and scale drawings accompany this article on the manually-operated crossing gates, some of which still exist.

This article describes how the author builds HO-scale tight lock fences. Includes prototype photos and photos of the construction of the fence (including a jig).

Building a freelanced crossing signal intended for a turn-of-the-century layout.

Using Atlas telephone poles as the basis for a six-arm telegraph pole.

Photos of completed junk pile, pump-house, and abandoned site.

This installment covers the design and construction of the modern-day highway crossing gate. Detailed parts drawing, construction photos, and wiring diagrams are included.

This model was inspired by the discovery of a cannon beside the Boston & Maine Hillsboro branch.

Adding lots of left-over parts, fully painted and weathered, to the layout adds to the clutter that makes a scene more believable. The author describes how he uses paintbrush bristles for weeds.

The author followed the prototype information found in the "AT&SF Systems Standards" books for modeling a highway crossing. He used Northeastern stripwood. The articles covers installing wood crossings in curved track and in turnouts. In addition to staining and weathering information, the article also has HO-scale crossing signs. There is a diagram that lays out the locations of the various signs both for the road and the track.