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Todd Morris
Sep 11 min read
Clever, clever 2
Wanted to show what's possible to build with the Philly Modular flat kit (there are also some additions from other kits (like the loading...
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Todd Morris
Sep 13 min read
Re-motoring a brass RS2
I've always had a hankering to add a brass locomotive to my fleet. Before the age of injection molded plastics, most model railroading...
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Todd Morris
May 205 min read
Contest Time!
I subscribe to a pretty neat bulletin board dedicated to trains and model railroading called " BigBlueTrains.com ". The people on the...
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Todd Morris
Apr 56 min read
Bad weather again inspires me
We've been in the throws of continuous rainy days here in early April. Usually, I'd be outside for most of the evenings working on...
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Todd Morris
Jan 94 min read
Ballast and other tidbits
The completion of the area around the coal breaker means that 100% of the area between the tracks and the backdrop on Rainbows in the...
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Todd Morris
Jul 9, 202310 min read
The quest for coal
There is a branch line off of the LV mainline in the middle of the gorge at Penn Haven that has always been in my plans for my layout. ...
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Todd Morris
Jul 9, 20232 min read
Putting the Maintenance Building to Rest
There are a few areas still left to address between backdrop and track. The first is the LVRR Maintenance facility on the north end of...
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Todd Morris
Jul 2, 20231 min read
New layout video
After recently ballasting my track and having finished a lot more of the track-to-backdrop scenery, I figured it was a good time to push...
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Todd Morris
Nov 11, 20224 min read
Changes to my SD45s
I have two Bachmann SD45s - came with DCC encoders installed and they've been great performers for me since I bought them at least 10...
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Todd Morris
Jul 16, 20226 min read
And then there was Blue....
I model the rainbow years of Conrail - specifically the summer of 1976. If you know any of the history of this year, you'll know that...
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Todd Morris
Jul 4, 20223 min read
Independence Day - Bicentennial edition
I remember 1976. I turned 10 that year. The bicentennial was celebrated in a lot of ways, but I remember a certain pride in being part...
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Todd Morris
Jan 23, 20226 min read
The latest edition(s) to Delaware and Hudson (and Conrail) Power
The Delaware and Hudson Railroad has had an interesting history, and things got a little squirrely for the little D&H in 1976. The D&H...
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Todd Morris
Dec 18, 202110 min read
Fighting Freight Cars
I've been running quite a few trains lately - just coincidence that Christmas is coming - in order to assess some of the clearances...
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Todd Morris
Oct 30, 202124 min read
Let the hardscape begin!
Having mostly finished up the section of White Haven between the backdrop and the tracks, it was time to tackle the back corner of my...
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Todd Morris
Oct 28, 20211 min read
Clever, Clever
I'm sharing one of my kitbashing ideas with my friends at Clever Models. The pictures below are of my interstate bridge created from 2...
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Todd Morris
Oct 15, 20216 min read
From a simple fix....
A couple of years ago I bought a GE U25B in Erie Lackawanna livery. It was a Stewart Hobbies model and I'd always had good luck with...
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Todd Morris
Aug 23, 20213 min read
Building the Bug
If you've been paying attention to my blog entry on the town of White Haven you know I've said on several occasions that I need to have...
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Todd Morris
Jul 2, 20213 min read
The Robinson's Treehouse
As a kid, we built things. It runs in the family I suppose. My dad and all of his brothers were either part or full time carpenters. ...
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Todd Morris
Feb 23, 20212 min read
The Wilson's have moved in - there goes the neighborhood!
This is a short parallel to the "White Haven is taking shape" blog post. If you've been reading that one, you know I'm working on the...
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Todd Morris
Feb 20, 20215 min read
Turnout Chaos
I was running trains this weekend - specifically my partially weathered coal drag to see how some of my weathered coal hoppers looked. ...
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