Author Archives: John Wark

St. Louis RPM Meet

Posted on August 14, 2011 by John Wark

The St. Louis RPM meet was last weekend in Collinsville, IL.  I drove up on Friday morning with fellow NC&StL modeler Mitch to join in the festivities.  It was a great RPM meet.  Lots of good clinics, tables full of … Continue reading →

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NC&StL’s two home-built streamlined steam engines

Posted on July 26, 2011 by John Wark

The NC&StL had two streamlined (or semi-streamlined) steam locomotives.  Both were home-built – the NC was a frugal railroad.  However, the NC did feel the need to stay up with the times and other railroads were introducing streamlined passenger equipment … Continue reading →

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Switching from Gleason to Dresden

Posted on June 5, 2011 by John Wark

In a previous post I mentioned that I had designed a new track plan that I feel more comfortable with than my prior track planning efforts.  The new track plan has the potential to be a multi-level plan or a … Continue reading →

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NCPS Reunion 2011, Tullahoma TN

Posted on May 30, 2011 by John Wark

The NC&StL Preservation Society had its annual reunion last weekend (May 21 – 23) in Tullahoma, TN.  Tullahoma is more or less mid-way between Nashville and Chattanooga on the NC&StL’s old Chattanooga Division.  Tullahoma is also where the NC’s Sparta … Continue reading →

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Railroading progress report

Posted on April 14, 2011 by John Wark

Been a while since I’ve posted anything about my model railroading efforts.  I got more than a bit buried in teaching this past two months or so.  I teach entrepreneurship (on a part-time basis) at a local university and had … Continue reading →

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A New NC&StL Caboose Kit?

Posted on February 3, 2011 by John Wark

A friend passed along this message posted on an L&N Yahoo discussion group: From: Steven Johnson <tenncentralrwy AT comcast.net> Subject: [EllenN Railroad Modelers] Possibility of a new HO resin NC&StL/L&N caboose kit To: ellennrailroadmodelers AT yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, February 2, … Continue reading →

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NC Interchanges with the IC and GM&O

Posted on December 13, 2010 by John Wark

So how much interchange traffic did the NC really have with the IC at Martin and the GM&O at Union City?  That has been a big research question over the past couple of years and is also something that Rhett … Continue reading →

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Layout Planning Update

Posted on December 12, 2010 by John Wark

Over the past month or so I have made quite a few iterations trying to land on an acceptable overall track plan for my layout.  Nothing has quite panned out although several of the plans have aspects that I like.  … Continue reading →

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NC&StL’s Caboose Fleet

Posted on November 13, 2010 by John Wark

One of the challenges in modeling the NC&StL is that their entire fleet of cabooses was home-built in the NC’s Nashville shops.  By the post-war era the most common cabooses on the NC all shared a common look – nominally … Continue reading →

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Hello world!

Posted on October 2, 2010 by John Wark

Welcome to WordPress.com.  This post is a marker showing where I moved my blog from Typepad to WordPress.  No complaints about Typepad – it just is time for something completely different.

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