The majority of the trains that are on the layout have some personal connection. Either their the trains that ran (or run) somewhere I’ve lived, trains that I’ve ridden on in some form or another. It has made for an eclectic layout – and it’s why the setting for the layout is the home of…
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Rapido MetroNorth and CDOT Comet Cars and Cabs
I just removed these from the layout – I wanted to love these cars, but in the end I got too frustrated with them to keep them on the line. While the layout isn’t necessarily intended to model the New York Tri-State area, it’s also very hard to find anything in N Scale other than…
PA1 At Centreville West Station
New York Central Alco PA1 4202 sits at Centreville West Station. This is a Kato Alco PA1 that is paired with Alco PB1 4302 which you can see below. I installed Digitrax DN163K0A decoders in both and have consisted them together. The install was my first ever DCC decoder installation and while successful it wasn’t…
Welcome to the Centreville Railroad
The Centreville Railroad is an N Scale model railroad layout placed in the fictional town of Centreville which is the home of the fictional Centreville Railroad Museum. Being based around a railroad museum means that a wide variety of trains can be seen in the various train yards on the layout but also operating on…