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Avoiding Decal Disaster

September 9, 2020 jkdummler Leave a comment

Did you spot it in the photo of the SP gondola I posted last week?  As soon as I posted…

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Posted in: Proto:48, Research

Things I’m Thinking About

September 4, 2020 jkdummler Leave a comment

Years ago I used to read the sportswriter, Peter King’s, Monday column online after the Sunday football games.  I remember…

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Posted in: Archived / Past Projects or Posts, Proto:48, Research, Track Planning, Uncategorized, YV29

Back at it: Project Updates For August 7, 2020

August 7, 2020 jkdummler Leave a comment

After my last post, I made the decision to eliminate the really heavy piece of benchwork/module that I had built,…

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Posted in: Archived / Past Projects or Posts, Benchwork, Organization, Proto:48, Research, Uncategorized, Workshop

YV29 after the YV

May 12, 2020 jkdummler Leave a comment

After the YV shut down and the equipment was liquidated, YV 29 was sold to a railroad operating in the…

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Posted in: Archived / Past Projects or Posts, Research, Yosemite Valley Railroad, YV29

It’s 1928 in El Portal, not 1920-1928ish

May 7, 2020 jkdummler Leave a comment

Modeling a month, and a year, provides absolute context.  That’s one of the reasons I chose to model August of…

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

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

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

The Ice House – Part 4

January 8, 2020 jkdummler Leave a comment

I have made a couple of adjustments to plans for 2020 that will affect which projects that are started, and…

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Posted in: Merced Ice & Cold Storage, Proto:48, Research, Track Planning, Yosemite Valley Railroad

Thinking Things Out

December 9, 2019 jkdummler Leave a comment

Tony Koester’s recent first installment in Model Railroader about his Proto48 layout has inspired some interesting review and rethinking of…

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Posted in: Benchwork, Proto:48, Research

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