My problem has been that when i needed money, my trains were always the first things to go. Lost a lot of really neat things over the years to the...
I'm from Vernon, which is close to Showlow/Pinetop. There is , as you know, the Apache RR, but i also got to see a lot of the old RR that was...
Wow, all that Arizona interest from a guy who lives in New York! You may have heard of some of my towns i'll model: Superior and Globe/Miami for...
If you're a GEEP fan, you'll get a kick out of knowing this line i watch just got themselves a "new" GP10 with a black paint job lettered...
Since i can't do any actual layout building right now, i'm taking pictures and studying the shortline and it's customers that runs near where i...
I understand Boxcab. I am a big fan of foamboard, and have been working with it for about five years now. I make a glue sandwich of 2 layers of...
I'm confused-i thought "cookie cutter" meant you drew out the trackplan on a sheet of benchwork supported plywood, then cut the trackplan out with...
I'll be hanging around till then. I'll see how many different loco paint schemes i can capture. curt
I've got pictures a-plenty, just no way to get them posted here-tried the "free photo uploading" button and got told i was not allowed access....
I watch this little short line as much as i can here in Tennessee. I saw a new loco yesterday-a GP10, i'm told, from the Respondek Railroad,...
I admire you tenacity scratch building in N. The building looks good-and square[a big problem for me]. I'm experminting with that drywall mesh...
Okay, i was ready to put all this to rest and just decide what radius to run new Athearn cars on, however... Perhaps i need to look at my IHC cars...
If someone would be so kind as to measure the length of an Athearn "shorty" passenger car, i would greatly appreciate it. Thanks, curt
I decided to email Athearn on my subject, and got a very prompt and curteous reply. They suggest trying between 22" and 26"r. Someone said the...
Mike, your wisdom is truely great, both on the issue of what i think looks good being of ultimate importance and on using RPO type cars to test...
I got you both-you ease[ment] into the transition from straight to curve, no problem! I'm still worried about those cows looking over the fence,...
Thanks for the response Martyn. The curve radius limitations i'm talking about is based on a layout design that will allow several walk-in...
I'm in a bit of a quandry and would like some input from those of you who are using the "shorty" length passenger cars like Athearn makes. Due to...
I got the Digitrax Super Chief starter set. I have a 70'x16' mobile home that me and my RR live in-i plan on eventually having a layout that...
Finally got my DCC system! I took all the paperwork on vacation and spent some hours reading all about it-went from mildly terrified to pretty...
