Welcome to Jamestown Trains where “Special track is our speciality”. Do you need a special turnout/switch or crossing? Do you want handlaid or handmade turnouts but don’t have the time or experience? Need it now? Here’s your chance. Standard Gauge, Narrow Gauge, Full Dual Gauge or Mixed Gauge we have the solution you need! See [...]
I’ve added a few galleries with pictures I’ve taken at recent layout tours I’ve been on. Look for this page to be updated as I go on layout tours in the area. You can go to the Layout Tours page and see the galleries OR it is better to [...]
I realized that I have a Facebook page for Jamestown Trains but not told anyone here about it, or at least no one here has clicked “like” on it. If you are on Facebook please take a moment. Let me know if you have a page to like too.
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I started a new thread about working towards Master Model Railroader. The first post is up. The next one should be soon. It’s about getting my Golden Spike Award.
There’s quite a bit involved but I’m going to break it down step by step.
I’m testing a new feature for my blog. Hopefully, those that have signed up for my email newsletters will automatically get an email when I’ve posted more content. I haven’t posted much in the past but want it to be a little more active and encourage you to make comments as well.
I want [...]
I recently attended a layout open house and there’s one thing in particular I wanted to share about what I observed. It was an awesome layout filling a good portion of a small basement. I could go on about a number of cool things but the one thing I want to mention is that it [...]
This website was originally meant just as a place for my products for sale. My intent however, was to always have a section with tips and hints about model trains to help others with their own model railroad layout construction. At the right there are a couple links to outside sources available for purchase. If [...]
How did it get to be the end of the year already?!? Where did 2011 go? I’ve always said that the older I get the faster the years go by, and in a way they do. I’ll explain. Take for example my daughter who just turned 5. One year for her is 1/5, or 20% [...]
Now you can have hand made On30 Turnouts (Switches) for your model train Layout. On30 is becoming more popular. Why? I see a few reasons. Some who model in larger scales are seeing the benefit of choosing a smaller scale. The reason they wanted larger equipment was maybe to be able to have more detail. [...]
Do you have a spot where a turnout or switch almost fits? I had a spot where there was a slight curve in the exact spot I wanted to add one! A traditional straight with a #6 wouldn’t fit in so I “bent” it. Here’s what I did: In PhotoShop I took the file I [...]
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