Use these links to visit the different pages at this site:

Housatonic Railroad-related pages:

 

Layout Construction Journal

Volumes:

One  Two  Three  Four

Five  Six  Seven  Eight

Operations Journal - NEW!

A seldom-modeled operating detail - Fusees

See the Wilson Point plan and documentation

Complete Layout Design and virtual tour 

Operations 101 - Surviving Your First Operating Session

Downshifting, or how to be happier with less

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Modeling pages:

My Home-made Vacuum Chamber

My Collapsible Paint Spray Booth - New!

Model Builder Software - A review

Modeling the South Norwalk Iron Works using molding and casting techniques

Transforming a 1900 Baldwin Ten-wheeler into an 1880's Rogers

Building and Casting a freight car - The Coal Gondola Project

Building and Casting a house car - The Caboose Project

Housatonic RR Freight Car Roster from the 1892 ORER

Locomotives in Service in 1892

About the Author

More on "Putting the Blobs on a Diet", Model Railroader's One Readers' Opinion article from the 9/98 magazine

A short History of the Housatonic Railroad

"You're modeling WHAT?" - Why I chose to model a railroad over 100 years old

Back to the Housatonic Railroad Home Page

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Layout Design, Construction and Operations articles:

Feature Layout Design Article: "The Ten Commandments of Model Railroad Yard Design"

Design Article: Just Say NO To The Timesaver -- Here's Why

Construction Article: "Roll Your Own Wood I-Beams for Model RR Benchwork"

2003 Update on Do-It-Yourself I-Beams

Layout Design Article: "All the World is Staging..."

Operations Article: "Passenger Train Operations -- A Neglected Opportunity"

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External Links: Cool Places to Visit

Links Page -- New!

Special Interest Groups

Operations Special Interest Group

Early Model Railroading Websites

The Golden Age of Railroading

Online resources for Early Modeling

Go to the US Library of Congress Panoramic Maps page

Thomas J Dodd Railroads Collection at UConn

Connecticut History Online

History of Redding, CT

1934 Aerial Survey of Connecticut (Requires Internet Explorer)

Other Model Railroading Resources

Byron Henderson's Model Rail Services

NMRA Home Page

Go to the World Cyberspace RR "Switch Track"

Go to Model Railroader Magazine's Web Page

Other Housatonic Railroad & New Haven Sites

The Unofficial Housatonic Railroad page

The New Haven Railroad Historical & Technical Association

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Commercial Sites (Plugs For the Good Guys)

Fast Tracks Turnout Jigs and Supplies 

Use discount code 106 on checkout at the above site for a 10% discount!

Alkem Scale Models - laser-cut and etched brass kits and details

CADRail -- Computer-aided layout design software for PC's

North Coast Engineering Digital Command Coltrol (DCC) products

Other stuff:

My Woodworking Site

(This is what the Flag of the United States of America looked like in 1892.)