New Year 2025 midnight horn blast

How the automatic lift bridge on the Hallberg & Pacific HO scale model railroad works

Close-up runby of Rapido B36-7s on a stack train

Two double-stack trains meet

Alex's B36-7 Rapido locomotives traverse the bridge over Blue Lake

Rapido CSX B36-7 Trio

Two loops around a very nice 7.5" railroad.

Alex's new "T.O.T.E. boats" handle a stack train down the helix

Mechanical reefer train above Blue Lake on the Hallberg & Pacific

Perishables train on the Hallberg & Pacific

Wales West Pumpkin Express scary train 10/18/24

Scale Trains Rivet Counter SD40T-2 Leads a grain train

CSX coal train with UP power on Eric's Hallberg & Pacific model railroad

Our pitbull mixed has a personal groomer!

Diagnosing a problem spot

Meet at Cornfield (but not a "cornfield meet" 🤯 😉 🤣)

Second stack train down the helix

Stack train descending the helix

Stack trains, upper and lower levels

Double-stack train passing the coal mine

Double-stack trains meet

Starting a double stack train in the helix

Double-stack train heads down the main line on the upper level.

Stack train past the grain elevator, May 6, 2023

Coal train down the helix, May 6, 2023

Stack train and coal train meet

A "drone shot" view of the tank train

Following the tank train

Chemical tank train following the Schnabel car move

Schnabel car move over the big trestle

Eric's layout view from the dispatchers position.

Tank car train on the big trestle

Ballast machine Part 4

Ballast machine Part 3

Ballast machine, part 2

Using a model railroad ballasting machine, Part 1

My daughter's dog slays a chew toy!

First train across the big trestle...with most of the bents removed!

Ghost in the machine? Gremlins?

July 29, 2020

Eric's Layout Update 5/29/2019

End of year tour, Eric Hallberg's HO scale layout Part 3

End of year tour, Eric Hallberg's HO scale layout Part 2

End of year tour, Eric Hallberg's HO scale layout Part 1

New coal train on Eric's layout

CSX Q571 Southbound through Atmore, AL Sept.8, 2017

CSX Q609-07 southbound through Atmore, AL 9-8-17

N437 through Atmore, AL 9-8-17

CSX N242, empty hopper train through Atmore, AL 9-8-17

Empty CSX Mobile hopper train N240-06 in Atmore,AL Sept 8, 2017

Coal hoppers down the helix---lots of problems

Alex's coal drag on Eric Hallberg's layout

Testing new schnabel car on Eric's layout

Layout Tour Preview Eric Hallberg's layout

Railfan Tape 43, Part 4, June 23 and 24, 1995

Railfan Tape 43 Part 3, May 19, 22, 26 and June 13, 1995

Railfan Tape 43 Part 2, 4 17 cont, plus 1st part of 4 28

Railfan Tape 43, Part 1, April 14 and part of 17, 1995

Railfan Tape 41 Part 4, December 3, 1994 concluded

Railfan Tape 41 Part 3 Oct 22 cont + 1st part of Dec 3, 1994