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Here's the approach I used - with the RR running in a "cut" (trackage just out of sight at the bottom of the frame) and the city above. And as seen from just above tracklevel. Alternately, here's a portion of elevated rapid transit line in my city, which could just as easily carry...

I saw an interesting question posed recently on another forum that sort of ties in with this one. It asked the question of just what percentage of HO models (in particular, locomotives) go to folks in the following categories, a) those who are simply no-questions-asked collectors and will...

Anything more than can actually be used in one, two, or perhaps three operating sessions on the layout is honestly too much. It seems that many (most?) model railroaders are actually collectors at heart and end up with an absurb, never used, roster of equipment boxed away on shelves. CNJ999

Worth noting too is that the primary justfication for this design was that it burned culm, an anthracite waste product available on many coal-hauling roads at no cost. Thus, the financial savings was considerable. Those modelers unfamiliar with the background history of these engines will...

The color is my own mix and honestly, looks better in person than in the photo. Essentially, the paint is a mix of Floquil Concrete, Reefer White and just a little Foundation (tan). I find that this comes closer to the real thing than any commercially available paint. CNJ999

A lazy Sunday morning in Putney, NY, October 15, 1941. CNJ999

Kinda hard to say exactly, Kevin. That photo probably shows 50 trees and bushes made from Super Trees. I simply bought Scenic Express' $110 box of Super Trees 'bush' alone (i.e. not the kit with the flocking material/glue/etc., which I purchased separately because my scenery was to be of a...

Kevin - this is what you can get out of the Scenic Express Super Trees kits if you work carefully: Kinda tough to match using any of the craft store items. CNJ999

While craft stores do carry a number of dried plant/flower material that can be used to create tree armatures by creative hobbyists, none even come close to resembling the structure of those found in the Scenic Express Super Tree kits. Those come from some sort of imported Scandinavian bush-like...

While I'll certainly agree that there are probably no lack of submissions to the magazines (modelling or prototype), I would point out that there is a very wide gulf between those who are simply picture-takers and those who are worthy of the title "photographer". If one really wishes to get...

Kevin, without actually seeing the modeled scene firsthand, it is very difficult to offer much in the way of sound advice. A great deal matters regarding the placement of your bridge and how steep the sides of your river gorge are, as well as its width. I can tell you that, even for a fairly...

Actually, yes and no, Kevin. By far, the most impresive/super realistic model scene photos I've ever seen published in MR date from around 1960, taken by O-scale traction modeler Bill Clouser. These were so good and realistic looking that people actually wrote the magazine insisting that they...

Well...odds are that any point-and-shoot camera probably won't be capable of producing a publishable image. Until recently I believe that MR wanted a minimum of 5 or 7 megapixels for any submitted digital image. However, they don't seem to list any particular limits currently. Increasing the...

CSX - As someone who has had a number of photos published in MR and RMC over the years, let me offer some tips regarding your photos. First off, the publishers like shots that include (and have identified) a number of hobby products (vehicles, structures, unusual locomotives). Always list the...

Well, just prior to WWII Flyer, under A.C.Gilbert, had begun producing trains in S and HO gauge, after decades in O. But shortages of war-essential materials soon stopped all production. With the reappearance of toy trains in 1946, Flyer returned strongly to its production of S gauge. S scale...

Nope. Something that most hobbyists have long since forgotten (or never even knew) was that Flyer was the first to mass produce an affordable HO, RTR, road locomotive. At the time you could sometimes purchase (very limited runs) a RTR, factory painted, Mantua road engine and perhaps even an...

Indeed...the old Flyer (A.C.Gilbert) J-1a Hudsons, which first appeared in 1938(!) and were mainstay HO road engines on most layouts of the era, were all heavy die castings. By today's standards, I guess you'd call them somewhat primitive in appearance but back around the time of WWII, they...

Large urban industries dominate the skyline in this view from within the railroad cut carrying the Hudson Highlands trackage in Jacksboro, NY, circa 1941. CNJ999

Nice shots. I always wanted one of those for use on my Christmas layout but never could find an original (pre-war) one in good condition at a price I could afford. Yours looks in awfully good condition...did you have it rebabbed or something? CNJ999

Much would depend upon what supposed purpose the express reefer was serving. If it had highly perishable goods onboard, it would be essentially limited to the consist of some high speed, long distance passenger train. In the case of more common, longer-lived produce, if a standard reefer...