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Seattle & North Coast F7A #101: Update 5

milepost15 wrote 1 day ago: SNCT #101 mostly completed. Well, it has certainly been quite awhile since I last posted any updates … more →

Tags: Proto:87, Locomotives, 101, F7A, SNCT Proto:87

Blog Update

railroadman wrote 3 weeks ago: Hello everyone.  It has been too long since I did regular updates to the blog.  Too much work and ti … more →

Tags: Buildings and Scenery, Layout Construction, Trackwork

Weekend Ops Setup

dkmecik wrote 4 weeks ago: This past weekend (October 17th and 18th 2009) I was part of a small operations setup that that our … more →

Tags: Hobbies

A Model Trains Guidebook for Folks Brand New to The Worlds Greatest Pastime

stanleyayala1251 wrote 1 month ago: If you’ve ever been curious about the hobby of model railroads, read on through this useful st … more →

Tags: model railroad, Model Railroader, Model Railway, Model Trains

Editorial: May 2009

New Irish Lines wrote 1 month ago: Alan O’Rourke   It is now ten years since I took over the post of editor of New Irish Lines, a … more →

Tags: Editorial, 2009, alan o'rourke, May, model railroad, Model Railway, Model Railways, Railway, Railway Modelling

A Pair of CDR 'Twins'

New Irish Lines wrote 1 month ago: Paul Titmuss   The "twins:" the van on the left is from Ninelines, that on the right (and … more →

Tags: Modelling, alphagraphix, card, CDR, CDRJC, Ireland, Irish, irish railway, Irish Railways

Some Irish Conversions

New Irish Lines wrote 1 month ago: Denis Grimshaw   Whilst these models are not built to fine-scale standards, and certainly not to a p … more →

Tags: Modelling, cie, Conversion, conversions, coras iompar eireann, denis grimshaw, GnR, GNR(I), Great Northern Railway

A Rake of Coaches: Or How Solving One Problem Leads to Another

New Irish Lines wrote 1 month ago: John Mayne   It started out simply enough early in 2004. I saw the listing for a laminate brake stan … more →

Tags: Modelling, coras iompar eireann, Etch, etched, irish railway, Irish Railways, john mayne, Kit, Laminate

Hints on Putting Together Etched Brass Coach Kits

New Irish Lines wrote 1 month ago: Jeremy Fletcher   Brass etch kits, or etching sets, provide a useful way to produce good quality mod … more →

Tags: Modelling, brass, Etch, etched, Jeremy Fletcher, model railroad, Model Railway, Model Railways, Railway Modelling

Converting the Murphy-Bachmann 141 Class Diesel to 21mm Gauge

New Irish Lines wrote 1 month ago: Denis Bates   The General Motors 141 Class diesel of CIE was introduced in 1962, and for over 40 yea … more →

Tags: Modelling, 14.1", , 21mm, Bachmann, cie, coras iompar eireann, Denis Bates, iarnród Éireann

Something New; Something Old

New Irish Lines wrote 1 month ago: David Malone   Several modellers have had a go at fitting sound chips into the Bachmann-Murphy 141 a … more →

Tags: Modelling, 14.1", , 21mm, coras iompar eireann, David Malone, finescale, Great Southern Railway, GSR

GNR Butter Van

New Irish Lines wrote 1 month ago: Alan O’Rourke   In the days when everything went by rail, some companies found it worth while … more →

Tags: Prototype, Scale drawings, alan o'rourke, butter, butter van, GnR, GNR(I), Great Northern Railway, Ireland

Norwich to... Cultra?

New Irish Lines wrote 1 month ago: Steve Rafferty   Of all the numerous visits to model railway exhibitions I have made, only once have … more →

Tags: Modelling, Railway, Irish, Ireland, irish railway, Railway Modelling, Model Railway, model railroad, Irish Railways

Something a Bit Bigger...

New Irish Lines wrote 1 month ago:   I am grateful to Neil Ramsay for these photos of his wonderful 15mm scale model of CDR  six-wheel … more →

Tags: Modelling, Railway, Irish, Ireland, irish railway, Railway Modelling, Model Railway, model railroad, Irish Railways

The UTA's Finest Train

New Irish Lines wrote 1 month ago: Colm Flanagan   My story of this train goes back to late 1966, when I was a boarding pupil at Colera … more →

Tags: Modelling, irish railway, Railway Modelling, Model Railway, model railroad, Northern Ireland Railways, NIR, Ulster Transport Authority, Irish Railways

Building a Worsley Works CIE G Class

New Irish Lines wrote 1 month ago: Jeremy Fletcher   I put together a Worsley Works 4mm etch set of the CIE G-class 0-4-0 diesel for Ji … more →

Tags: Modelling, Railway Modelling, Model Railway, model railroad, cie, Jeremy Fletcher, worsley works, Model Railways, G-Class

Locomotive Portrait

New Irish Lines wrote 1 month ago: SL&NCR 0-6-4T 'Lissadell' in 7mm scale Sligo, Leitrim & Northern Counties Railway 0- … more →

Tags: Modelling, Railway, Railway Modelling, Model Railway, model railroad, Model Railways, Sligo, Leitrim, northern counties

News & Views

New Irish Lines wrote 1 month ago: Despite the recent increase in our subscription rates, several members included donations with their … more →

Tags: News and Views, Irish, irish railway, Railway Modelling, Model Railway, model railroad, Irish Railways, Irish Rail, Model Railways

NEW LHS! White Rose Hobbies Retail Store Coming soon to York, PA

aealbright wrote 2 months ago: York, Pa will have a new hobby shop very soon! We have leased a storefront at 1501 Mt. Rose Ave. We … more →

Tags: hobby retail, Hobby Shop, Model Trains, train store, York PA


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