Category Archives: Modeling

Memory lane – GDT ore car conversion

Posted on September 26, 2013 by narrowtracks

In addition to his GDT #4 shay locomotive, Darel Leedy built a fleet of Gilpin inspired ore cars.  Again, here are images and text provided by Darel in 2000. I use Grandt Line On2 Gilpin small( early ) ore cars … Continue reading →

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Memory lane – GDT #4 a shay

Posted on September 25, 2013 by narrowtracks

Most of us, modeling in Sn2, are inspired by Maine 2-Foot prototypes, but not all.  In 2000 Darel Leedy was building a Gilpin inspired Sn2 layout that he called the Gilpin District Tramway.  While the layout is gone, it need … Continue reading →

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Convert HO Tichy Archbars to Sn2

Posted on January 22, 2013 by narrowtracks

Several Sn2 modelers have converted HO Tichy Archbar trucks to get a Maine 2-Foot like truck.  It all started with Jeff Saxton.  The text and images below are interpretted from postings to the Sn2Trains yahoogroup. Jeff Saxton image and thought … Continue reading →

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Progress on SR&RL Strong Depot and Caboose…

Posted on January 16, 2012 by narrowtracks

Recently, Harry Downey has converted from HOn30 to Sn2. He has not yet started building a layout. He has started working no building models. Two of his first are a Banta SR&RL Strong Depot and a Mount Blue 556 Caboose.

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Sn2 WW&F Box Car Kits from Mount Blue Model Co.

Posted on July 3, 2011 by narrowtracks

The web site of Mount Blue Co. now indicates WW&F boxcars #303 and #309 can be ordered.  This is wonderful news… When asked if these cars were unique on the WW&F roster, some stated so. However, Frank Knight contributed the … Continue reading →

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A Sn2 SR&RL inspired boxcar – web article

Posted on May 25, 2011 by narrowtracks

  The Modelers Guild e-magazine has an article about scratch building a SR&RL inspired Sn2 Boxcar.  The image above was taken from that article. Checkout the article by following the link. http://modelersguild.com/e-magazine/follow-the-build/scratch-builds/212-a-sandy-river-a-rangeley-lakes-inspired-boxcar-in-sn2.html A few editorial comments from David Keith: Overall, … Continue reading →

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