End loading ramp taken from "Easy To Build Model Railroad Structures"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B53INf4Dbhc&list=PLx-jZQjqAhL9EzIZHVO_cS...

When you open the play list start with Ramp 01 and proceed up the list

This was a result of trying to find a suitable building for a triangular site on my layout formed by a main road, side street and a siding. Checking through my kit stock and doing a net search, the Walthers Grocery Distributor seemed to be about the right size and could be fiddled with using a cut here and there. I came up an arrangement I was happy with. Then it was time to cut some walls, one thing led to another and here is the result. My take on a Smart and Final Wholesale Grocery of the 1950s (an actual company with a long Californian history).

This blog is somewhat self promotional but I think that the information shared will be both informative and entertaining.  My intention is to present techniques that I use when building models using a video format.

I recently finished a 3 car set of Sylvan Scale Models CN 57' Automobile Transporter cars.  I modified the underframe based on prototype photos I took of several cars that are still in service on the Hudson Bay Railway in northern Manitoba.  I'm quite happy with how they have turned out. 

Welcome to the Union Railroad of Oregon HO scale Micro Layout. The layout measures 12”x30” and features a single operator turnout and one out of service turnout. The single industry on the layout in the Union Oregon Builders Co-op which receives building supplies, occasionally fuel and coal. The layout is operated by a single Plymouth, which made up the entire prototype fleet of the real Union RR of Oregon. I set my modeling I nOctober of 1968. The layout is around 95% complete at this point needing only fascia and some other small details. 
 

I have a Bachmann Spectrum tender.  How to I get it open.  The exploded diagram shows that the rear shell is hooked under the bottom.  How do I release the front end?

I put up a new Facebook page, so I can keep my model railroad stuff separate from my personal stuff - 

My Finger Lakes Railway Layout | Facebook

Custom signs help make your model railroad unique - See how I do it. In depth tutorial, with step-by-step screen captures. Take a pic of your favorite restaurant, store, street sign, whatever - and put it on your layout!

MAKE YOUR OWN CUSTOM MODEL RAILROAD SIGNS - FROM PHOTOS!