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Electrifying a Boxcar

Posted by By Jim Hogenson April 6, 2024Posted inBirchwood & St. Croix, Garden RailroadsNo Comments
Electrify a what? You read that right. Why would you need track power pickups in a boxcar? To light it up as part of a Christmas train! If you have…
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Tower Line Design Guidelines

Tower Line Design Guidelines

Posted by By Darreck November 17, 2023Posted inCNW Tower Line Division, Garden RailroadsNo Comments
Since I started my design journey. I have collected the "must have", "nice to have", and the "hell no" items. Since then, I have estblished this guideline for myself to…
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CNW Power Roster

CNW Power Roster

Posted by By Darreck November 16, 2023Posted inCNW Tower Line Division, Garden RailroadsNo Comments
Each of my Locomotives will be customized to reflect CNW standard characteristics. To include the bell in the nose. This takes quite a bit of cutting, filing, and sanding. My…
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CNW Tower Line Division

CNW Tower Line Division

Posted by By Darreck November 15, 2023Posted inCNW Tower Line Division, Garden RailroadsNo Comments
Why model the Cheap and Nothing Wasted? (CNW) The Tower Line Division (TLD) is a manifistation of my childhood and the CNW route from Omaha to Duluth via Sioux City,…
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Log cabin for my layout

Posted by By Jim Hogenson November 14, 2023Posted inBirchwood & St. Croix, Garden RailroadsNo Comments
One of my winter projects is to build at least one more log cabin for the Old West portion of my layout. I scratch built one log cabin so far,…
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  • My First Arduino Adventure
  • Electrifying a Boxcar
  • Christmas Trains
  • Tower Line Design Guidelines
  • CNW Power Roster

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