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  • Home Shops x Rapido = Freelance Realized

    by Christopher Palmieri

    How a new partnership with Rapido expands what’s possible for freelance locomotives, freight cars, and world‑builders.

  • Blog - Why We Build Worlds

    by Christopher Palmieri
    Why We Build Worlds: The Creative Impulse Behind Freelance Railroading A reflection on imagination, identity, and the worlds we carry with u...

  • Phoenix Turnbow and Apache - A Club Railroad

    by Guest Author
    The Home Road of the Thunderbird Model Railroad Club is the Phoenix Turnbow and Apache!  This neat railroad is featured in the Home Shops release of Tangent Mini Hy-Cube boxcars.  Learn more about this railroad in this guest blog post my club member David Greenberg.
    Posted in Freelance Railroad

  • Arkansas Valley Auto Parts Boxcar Fleet

    by Guest Author
    © 2023 JOE LOGGANS - Guest Author The automotive industry has always been a big part of the Arkansas Valley. Serving both the GM and Ford pl...
    Posted in Freelance Railroad, Home Shops LLC

  • The Seaboard Central PS-5277 Boxcar

    by Christopher Palmieri
    © 2023 TIM GARLAND - Guest Author The history of the Seaboard Central began in January 1990 when it was incorporated to take over operations ...
    Posted in Freelance Railroad

  • Meet The Washington Northern

    by Guest Author
    © 2023 KEVIN KLETTKE - Guest Author In 1869, as the transcontinental railroad made its way west, Olympic Peninsula residents of Washington Sta...

  • An Introduction to the Maryland Southern Railway

    by Guest Author
    © 2023 DOUG CAREY - Guest Author My name is Doug Carey and I grew up in the Washington DC area.  I always was a fan of the Wild Mary,  a.k.a...

  • VIRGINIA AND ATLANTIC - A GREAT FREELANCE NAME!

    by Guest Author
    © 2023 HANK STEPHENS - Guest Author For any prototype-freelance model railroader, developing a railroad's identity constantly drives the d...

  • CRESCENT CITY MODEL RAILROAD CLUB FOUNDER'S FLEET 86' BOX CARS

    by Guest Author
    © 2023 Michael M. Palmieri - Guest Author CL 29001 – Louis H. “Lou” Schultz – 1940 to 2014 – age 73 CL 29012 – Andrew P. “Andy” Sperandeo III ...
    Posted in Crescent Lines

  • They Do Not Haul Just Auto Parts Inside Those Giant Boxes!

    by Guest Author
    © 2023 JOE BOHANNON - Guest Author True we know those 86’ boxcars made by Greenville, Pullman Standard and Thrall by a more eloquent term--the...
    Posted in Freelance Railroad

  • The VALUE is in the DETAILS!

    by Christopher Palmieri
    Insight found on Brian Banna's YouTube Channel Copper State Railway PS-4750's weathered by Butch Eyler and David Rodriguez on display at the 20...
    Posted in Freelance Railroad, PS-4750

  • T & S Extra Board Zoom Interview

    by Christopher Palmieri
    Ken Mason of the Crescent City Model Railroad Club extended an invitation to me to be a guest on his new T & S Extra Board zoom call.  He ...
    Posted in Home Shops
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