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Thursday, October 10, 2013

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New Britain Station

A site to chronicle my research, construction, and operation of my HO scale layout of New Britain, CT c1946-54 and related subjects.

Clinics on YouTube

  • My Journey into Prototype Modeling
  • NH Steam: Detail Study for Modelers
  • Handouts for Steam Clinic
  • Designing Operations
  • Designing Operations Part II (starts at 2:15:55)

Resources

  • Along the Line Magazines
  • CT Aerial Photos
  • CT City Directories
  • Industrial Directory of CT, 1947
  • New Britain Phone Books
  • New Britain Sanborn Maps
  • New Britain Valuation Maps
  • NH RR Videos
  • Railway Age 1870-2016

1% Waybill Analyses

  • 1948
  • 1949
  • 1950
  • 1951
  • 1952
  • 1953
  • 1951-3 Canada and Mexico

Locomotives

  • Switcher Paint Schemes
  • 44-tonner Part I
  • 44-tonner Part II
  • 44-tonner Part III
  • RS-2 (P1k) Part I
  • RS-2 (P1k) Part II
  • RS-2 (P1k) Part III
  • RS-2 (P1k) Part IV
  • RS-2 (P1k) Part V
  • RS-2 (P1k) Part VI
  • RS-2 (P1k) Part VII
  • RS-2 (P1k) Part VIII
  • S-1 (P2k) Part I

Freight Cars

  • Prototypical Freight Car Models
  • 1932 ARA Box Cars (Atlas)
  • Flat Car Models
  • Flat Car (Tichy) Intro
  • Flat Car (Tichy) I
  • Flat Car (Tichy) II
  • Flat Car (Tichy) III
  • Flat Car (Tichy) IV
  • Flat Car (Tichy) V
  • Flat Car (Tichy) VI
  • Hopper Models
  • USRA SS Box Car (Rapido)

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