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Model Railroading in Small Spaces
My focus is on building small and portable model railroads, usually in N scale. Come explore some of my recent projects.
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Kato NW2 Locomotives…Good and Bad?
A look at the two Kato NW2 locomotives that just arrived. One runs amazing and one is very loud. What is going on? Apparently something...
Stephen Strum
Jan 7, 20251 min read
Broadway Limited Conrail SW7 — A Great Running Small N Scale Diesel
This Broadway Limited SW7 with a Paragon 4 DCC board is a great small N scale locomotive that runs better than others thanks to an...
Stephen Strum
Dec 12, 20231 min read
Layouts That Have Inspired Me
A look at some of the layouts that have inspired me during my modeling career. While these are all great layouts, this isn't a list of the best layouts or anything like that, just a list of layouts that have influenced my modeling in one way or another. These are the layouts: Malcom Furlow’s HOn3 Scale San Juan Central: https://www.trains.com Lou Sassi’s HO Scale Contoocook: https://amzn.to/3Rt6EQR Dave Vollmer’s N Scale Juanita Division: http://www.thevollmerfamily.com/Penns
Stephen Strum
Oct 3, 20231 min read
Progress Update on the 2x4 N Scale Layout
I’ve made progress on the 2x4 N Scale Layout project and have worked on partially building 13 additional structures for the layout. It is...
Stephen Strum
Aug 1, 20231 min read
2x4 Foot N Scale Layout: Building the Benchwork
In this post I’ll go over the construction of the benchwork for the 2x4 N Scale project layout I’m working on in early 2023. First off, here is a material list for what I used to build all the layout benchwork. You can watch the YouTube video version at the end of the blog post. By the way, if you appreciate the weekly YouTube videos and blog posts I’ve even doing for the past 2-3 months, consider buying me a cup of coffee so I can keep running on five hours of sleep a night
Stephen Strum
Feb 17, 202311 min read
Kato Pocket Line Tram on 4.5” Radius Curves
A look at the Kato Pocket Line Tram and how it runs on the 4 5/8” radius curves that I will have on the top level of my new project...
Stephen Strum
Jan 25, 20231 min read
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