AI for Model Railroading Dispatching
I have an idea for creating an AI dispatcher for my model railroad. One I could call on a phone and get a voice response back. It doesn’t seem that …
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A Ghost Sign For Italian Swiss Colony
Here is another vintage painted sign for my model railroad, this time for a winery. It’s a paper decal that I sanded so that it was thin enough to show …
Floor to Ceiling Scenery
I grew up with my dad’s model railroad. It was classic. Tracks on a flat table, loops within loops. Neat but predictable. But when I was ten, I discovered John …
Growing Up With Model Trains
Grew up with trains. Not the real kind, though. Not at first. There’s a photo of me at age one, playing with a push train on the floor. Brio-style. Plastic …
Printed Backdrops
I print my own railroad backdrops from images that I google. Here I show roughly how I do it. My railroad is based on scenery in Northern California, so I …
From Beach to Model Railroad
One of my favorite pastimes is to go fishing early in the morning at the beach at Crissy Field. I try to go at least twice a week before work …
Well Worn Reefers
Railroad equipment rarely looks brand new in real life, so I like to weather my trains to give them that well worn look. In this video, my daughter and I …
Pumpkin Patch Restoration
Those annoying mice! A mouse ate all my HO-scale pumpkins, so I painted some more and fixed up the pumpkin patch. 3.5 minutes. Enjoy!