Rutland Railway

Bangor, New York

March 4, 2013 Phil

Progress has been made. The staging yards are now complete and work has begun on the main line. The Station is a Rutland Car Shops resin kit for the 16×40 plan station. This station isn’t […]

Started installing sections today. First the section over the freezer. Then this section attached to the freezer section. Legs are next and then the swing gate to connect the layout to the existing portion of […]

Blue is my favourite colour

January 6, 2013 Phil

Drywall sanding for all new layout areas is done. I’ll still have a bit to do when I rip out the drywall around the hydro panel and redo that. But at least most of the […]

Things change in 11 months

January 1, 2013 Phil

Eleven months ago, aka my last post on this site, I finished the staging yard on the layout. Now that layout is gone. Thanks to growing family needs (teenagers) a portion of my layout space […]

Staging Yard Complete

January 31, 2012 Phil

The track laying that is. From one track to 7, with a turn and in 50 inches. Not too shabby.

Caught on film

January 11, 2012 Phil

The section of the Rutland I model is the former Ogdensburg Sub or Ogdensburg and Lake Champlain (OLC). The only surviving section of this line is the 20 mile run from Norwood NY to Ogdensburg […]

Researching Operations

January 3, 2012 Phil

One of the challenges with modeling a prototype set in 1959 is that it’s 2012. I was born 15 years after the Rutland ceased operations and while I am close geographically to where I model, […]

Back at it – An update

October 16, 2011 Phil

So long story short, it’s been a while since I’ve posted anything on this blog. Very bad of me but I’ve been busy working on the layout. This is the current plan, or close to […]

So much for Lisbon

January 24, 2010 Phil

After mucking around with some scenery in Lisbon to make it “presentable” for photos for an article, I had already decided to clear everything off to be able to move Lisbon down this shelf. Once […]

Comparison Photos

January 13, 2010 Phil

Not completely accurate, but I was just playing around with the camera and a few models. Lisbon, New York – 1960 Same location, 199? with a borrowed Conrail B23-7.