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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

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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Posted in: Archived / Past Projects or Posts, El Portal, Track Planning, 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

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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Posted in: Archived / Past Projects or Posts, Proto:48, Tools in the Workshop, Uncategorized, Workshop, 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

Patience Pays Off

December 4, 2019 jkdummler Leave a comment

Hunting for materials and models is part of the fun of prototype modeling.  While we’re now entering the early winter…

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Posted in: Proto:48, Research, Yosemite Valley Railroad

Playing With Operation Planning – Initial Thoughts

November 21, 2019 jkdummler Leave a comment

Size of freight car fleets gets quite a lot of attention from people.  Some railroads require more than others, numbering…

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Posted in: Operations Paperwork, Research, Yosemite Valley Railroad

The Ice House – Part 3

November 15, 2019 jkdummler Leave a comment

In part 2 of this series, I said it was now time to get building.  So, let’s get a start!…

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Posted in: Merced Ice & Cold Storage, Proto:48, Uncategorized, Yosemite Valley Railroad

The Ice House – Part 2

November 6, 2019 jkdummler Leave a comment

In Part one of “The Ice House” we looked at some of the history associated with the small ice plant…

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

The Ice House – Part 1

October 31, 2019 jkdummler Leave a comment

With another RPM Chicagoland in the books it’s time to settle in for some winter projects.  The first snow hit…

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Posted in: Merced Ice & Cold Storage, Research, Yosemite Valley Railroad

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