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Maritime Madness
After our disappointing visit to Searsport on Friday, it was very refreshing today to find the Maine Maritime Museum in Bath. The museum is a wealth of information on ship-building in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. I picked … Continue reading
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New Schooner for Searsport
While traveling from Bar Harbor down to Rockland, ME today, we rolled through Searsport, ME, and stopped at the home of Blue Jacket Shipcrafters. We picked out a nice model of a Friendship Sloop for our living room, and Donna … Continue reading
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On30 Freight Car Trucks and Coupler Selection
I received an interesting question via the site today from Tom Rose: I am learning about the differences in coupler height on the different Bachmann issue freight trucks. It seems like I can easily buy the center height shank coupler, but … Continue reading
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A Prototype Peek
This picture at railpictures.net shows the prototype Lake Placid yard. This shot was taken from what would be the station on my version of the yard, looking from the stub-end back towards the yard throat. Obviously, I’ve taken a few … Continue reading
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Prototype Example — Grade Crossings and Platforms
I’m in a little bit of a quandary regarding the construction of the platforms at the station — should the planks run parallel to, or perpendicular to the tracks? These two views of this station show all kinds of interesting … Continue reading
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