Burrlington Northern in HO

This blog is intended to document the progress of developing and operating my HO scale model of the Burlington Northern Railway, for the purposes of orienting new operators and for my own record of its design process. The layout is located in Seattle, WA and models the area from Tukwila in the south, Bellingham in the north and Skykomish in the east. The time frame of the model is approximately 1973, three years after the merger that created the BN from the GN, NP, SP&S and CB&Q.

Friday, December 29, 2023

Looking back at the goal: 1973 BN

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  I shot this photo almost accidentally one evening, enjoying the scene of two BN engines randomly lined up in Stacy St. yard. Examining it...
Friday, September 29, 2023

Improving N scale operating reliability

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N scale model railroading has evolved quite a bit over the years, and I've enjoyed having a living-room 4x8 foot layout since 1980. As I...
Sunday, August 27, 2023

Ballasting Argo yard - finally!

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  Model railroad track, to look realistic, needs to have ballast between the ties. It's basically that simple. Unfortunately, the job is...
Thursday, July 27, 2023

The new Universal Wireless Throttles (UWT) from TCS mated with WifiTrax and NCE

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Technology keeps evolving, and recently TCS released a line of "Universal Wifi Throttles" that would supposedly work with any DCC ...
Thursday, April 27, 2023

NCE's 2021 firmware upgrade & BN C636

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I just read in the May issue of the NMRA.org magazine that NCE released a chip with new firmware on it for their Powerhouse Pro (PHP) DCC co...
Wednesday, April 12, 2023

Upgrading the passenger E-unit fleet

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I've never been a big fan of the E-units for some reason. I think it is the three axle trucks with the center axle unpowered. It seems s...
Monday, February 20, 2023

A new crossover south of Argo yard

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  You can see a curved crossover in the lower part of this photo. The one with the flashlight shining on it is the one I finally just instal...
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Burr Stewart is a longtime model railroader who has dedicated his current modeling to the BN in its early years. He is a member of the NMRA, the OPSIG, the LDSIG, the SMMSIG and the FOBNR and has been a clinic presenter on ideas for easy ways to model the prototype. He also posts railroad-related videos of his layout and the prototype at https://www.youtube.com/c/burrstewart
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