Organizing the flat cars

It’s funny how jobs stack up. I needed to design the bolsters for the flat cars, which meant I needed to measure the truck bolsters, which meant that I had to find some trucks. These, along with most of my detail castings, live in one of the cabinets above the layout, and they’re a bit […]

Flatcar weight plan

The thing that makes flatcars challenging is surely how to make them heavy enough to stay on the track when they are empty. If it makes you feel any better, it looks like real railroads had the same problem back in the wood car era. They appear to have blocked empty flats near the back […]

The story of Canada Atlantic flat cars

I have been thainking that I need a side project while completing the heavy shop. Most nights, I’m not able to make progress on the woodworking as it’s too late to run the table saw. Casting about for a little diversion, I thought about making some flat cars. The first step is to get the […]