I envisioned the SLF to be an Italian model railroad with a bit of a Swiss influence. Due to the relative lack of good running Italian prototype models, my focus has had a tendency to be reversed. But I'm taking steps to remedy this.

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Background Materials
A few articles I have written about European Railways:

• Eras of Italian Railways (from NEM 814I)
• Prussian War Reparations Locomotives
• American-built Locomotives on the FS
• The DB's BR184 multi-current Locomotive
• The SBB's Swiss Express including Modeler's Notes
• Chart of TEE trains, equipment used, and the years of their existence
• Modeler's guide to Matching FS Paints.

Locomotives: Repowering, Detailing, and Installing Decoders

• E646 - Lo.Co. Decoder Install
• E424 - Lima and now Tibidabo
• E444.001~004 - Lima
• E444 (production series) - Rivarossi Decoder Install
• E626 - Tibidabo

• ALn556 (DelPrado) - GreenMax mechanism
• D345 (DelPrado) - TBD
• E428 (DelPrado) - Arnold DB E18 mechanism
• E645 (CIL) - TBD
• ETR250 "Arlecchino" (DelPrado) - Kato 'Fliegende Hamburger' mechanism
• Gr.691 (DelPrado) - TBD
• Gr.880 (CIL) - TBD

Reworking and Kitbashing Rolling Stock

• Installing Tomix Scharfenberg Couplers (with close-coupling) on Minitrix Swiss Express coaches
• A pair of Hcs boxcars (with diaphragms) built from Roco's wooden Gs boxcars
• Detailing Lima's Gs boxcar
• Improving Lima's articulated auto rack
• Lowering Ibertren's CIWL Type WL-P sleeping car
• Upgrading those 'shortie' Lima coaches to better represent UIC-Y rolling stock
• Adding a Snack Compartment to an Italian UIC-X Second-class Coach
• Building Italian UIC-X Coaches and Couchettes from Fleischman DB coaches
• Kitbashing a Corbelini coach from a Roco French commuter car

Faller Car System Projects

• Improving the Faller Car System Bus
• Installing the Faller Car System on an existing layout
• Building a Trailer for the Mercedes truck
• Modifying the Stadtbus into an Articulated Bus

Kitbashing and Scratchbuilding typical Italian Structures

• A Mediterranean look for Vollmer's #7609 three-track engine shed
• Stucco and a terra cotta roof for Kibri's small Freight Depot
• A new roof for Arnold's Water Tower
• Typical Italian detached Rest Room building for MKD's small Station
• Scratchbuilding those distinctive Italian Type M Catenary Poles
• Italian Movie Posters of the Seventies in N scale: Page 1; Page 2; Page 3