A layout in N Scale and other railroad stuff
These RDC-2s were some of the last trains I bought 20 years ago before I packed up the first layout. Kato released several versions of the Budd RDCs for several different rail lines, and because Alaska Railroad tends to be a bit rare in N Scale (at least compared to UP or some of the…
When I built my first layout about 20 years ago I purchased a lot of Kato’s Japanese high speed trains with a few European ones thrown into the mix. At the time the Acela Express had only been in service with Amtrak for a few years but that was the limit of US high speed…
The Centreville Railroad Museum is a big supporter of high-speed rail both in the US and around the globe. So this week the Japan National Railways 100 Series Grand Hikari shinkansen train is visiting the layout. The rivet counters may complain that a Japanese shinkansen can’t run on a North American railroad – especially one…
A few photos from around the layout today – specifically from the Centreville West Station. Keep an eye out for a few views of the newly installed passenger foot bridge. The footbridge is another card stock model from Metcalfe. While this one was still fairly easy to assemble there were a few points that were…