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El Portal: New Information on the Baryte Mines

April 23, 2020 jkdummler Leave a comment

After my last post about starting to refine El Portal, I received some additional information and had some fascinating conversation…

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Posted in: Archived / Past Projects or Posts, El Portal, Research, Track Planning, Yosemite Valley Railroad

El Portal Industries: Information to Refine the Track Plan and Adjust Freight Car Construction

April 14, 2020 jkdummler Leave a comment

I’ve written before about operating at Merced, or at least some of the beginning thoughts I had about operating a…

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El Portal First Plans

March 25, 2020 jkdummler Leave a comment

Last year on Model Railroader Video Plus, a series on how to track plan, and the process that goes into…

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Scaling Expectations: A fresh look at what I’m modeling on the YV

March 13, 2020 jkdummler Leave a comment

If you’ve read any of my past posts on track planning for the Yosemite Valley, you might have noticed that…

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Posted in: Archived / Past Projects or Posts, El Portal, Proto:48, Research, Track Planning, Yosemite Valley Railroad

Workshop and Model Builds Update

March 6, 2020 jkdummler Leave a comment

It’s been a while since my last post.  Almost a year on from changing scale, I ran out of steam…

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Birch Creek in the Birch State

March 7, 2019 jkdummler Leave a comment

Have you ever had the feeling that you’re close to the right idea, the right ‘thing’ but you’re just missing…

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Following Birch Creek

February 11, 2019 jkdummler Leave a comment

With Cincinnati on the N&W planned, I turned my attention to planning structures for the HOn3 upper deck of my…

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WKRP We’re in Cincinnati

February 10, 2019 jkdummler Leave a comment

Let’s walk through my track plan for the Norfolk & Western in Cincinnati, OH.  The research on the industries found…

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A Little Progress All Around

February 8, 2019 jkdummler Leave a comment

I don’t have a huge update this week, it’s been rough recovering from the polar vortex that hit the Midwest…

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And now for something completely different…..

January 30, 2019 jkdummler Leave a comment

10 or so years ago, my friend Dennis and I were driving from the Sacramento area to Reno for a…

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