Northstar Subdivision

The Northstar Subdivision is an HO scale model railroad that is modeling the Canadian Pacific Railway and BNSF Railway, as well as other railroads, from the Twin Cities up into the Dakotas. This blog will document the design, construction, and operation of my basement railroad.

Monday, March 29, 2021

Helix Resources

These are some other pages talking about different ways to build helixes on model railroads. Wilmington & Northern Branch Double Pinwhe...

Saturday, October 10, 2020

October 2020 Journal

October 9, 2020 We've been dealing with a mess at the house and model railroading has not been a priority. I hosted two operating sessi...

Friday, August 21, 2020

NMRA Achievement - Association Volunteer

My third NMRA Achievement Program certificate is the Association Volunteer certificate. I've been on the local division board as both an...

Friday, July 31, 2020

July 2020 Journal

Tracklaying One of my earliest projects was running track through my sump pump room to connect my staging yard with the rest of the railroad...

Tuesday, July 21, 2020

NMRA Achievement - Chief Dispatcher

My second NMRA Achievement Program certificate is the Chief Dispatcher certificate. This requires that you spend 60 hours in operating sessi...

Monday, June 8, 2020

June 2020 Journal

Trackwork 6/21/2020 - I installed the six Tortoise drives in sections U05-U06 after first prewiring them. I thought I was going to have to ...

Thursday, May 14, 2020

May 2020 Journal

Trackwork 5/14/2020 - I finally came up with a design for the industrial/switching district in section L5. After ordering a few more turn...

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