In creating their miniature worlds, certain model railroaders strive for the most realistic representation of the big world as possible. For others, the idea of
Author: ACTIONroad
I'm a model-builder with pretensions of being an author. Here's where I will write the stuff that will never make it into a book or magazine...
1994
(Just fixed the formatting corruption. Thanks, WordPress…) Some years are just special. Opportunities present themselves in abundance. Unexpected challenges emerge. Enormous amounts of film are
Trip: Pilgrimage to Helper, 2001
A Look Back on an Iconic Railfan Excursion For a period just before and after the turn of the millennium, the small railroad town of
Solo Trip: The Borderlands
For the photos that accompany this trip, click here (opens in new window). The routes of the former D&RGW pass through a number of remote, all-but-inaccessible,
From My Little World…
Although still green as grass in this area, I’ve stumbled around enough to have a couple of observations and even a suggestion or two.
Ski Train Hunting
For about sixty years, the Rio Grande railroad and its corporate successors (i.e. Ansco) operated a ski train between Denver and the Winter Park resort
Action Road 