The Alcos owned by BN were like hens teeth, even way back when they started. Likely all have been gone for decades.
I once thought about going to N but decided that time would leave me glad I didn't. That time has come, and I am truly glad I never went...
I always thought that all you had to have between the two curves, was a straight section the length of your longest set of diesel trucks, the...
If you think it is a touch too light, just add a drop or 3 of Sante Fe Blue. Play with your colors, but remember.................you can't get...
Why on earth would you have an 80 scale foot loco on a 6 and a half foot shelf layout? Use a switch loco, and leave some room for a very short...
Your request brings me back to a long time ago when my daughter was about 11. She wanted something fun to do, so I gave her a box of about 50...
I will try to figure out how to put photos on the web. Trains, I can do, Computers, well, lets just say I'm just a greenhorn. Thanks to all for...
I was bouncing around in the CB&Q blog forum, (I don't know what to call them, cuz I am not a blogger guy. I am just a modeler, history buff, and...
Forgot to mention. Part of my family still lives in Greybull; well,,,,,,,,the few that are still alive. I lived just 10 miles South, in Basin...
I was just a kid, but I heard that someone made a stupid mistake in Wyoming, (some politician or something) and the refineries were all moved to...
Try finding a web site for librarians, or booksellers, or historians and see if you could post an advertisement requesting leads to such a book....
You know what? It should be illegal to paint out ANY fallen flag railcar. If it was born Santa FE, it should die Santa Fe. Or whatever. This...
I had a terrific message for you, but the computer would not let me publish it cuz I had not logged in to my Hotmail address. I don't know...
Your entire layout appears to be extremely well detailed, and everything seems to be in the correct proportion, junk among the weeds, rusty stuff...
I agree, your work is very good, was a pleasure to look at it.
The GT car really looks groady. Perfect. I like my stuff to look like it is almost ready for the scrapper. You are doing great.
Beautiful job. I think the bearings are incredible details. I continue to be amazed at different hobbies and their evolution. We have sound,...
thats true, YoHo. But by having to go to larger scale, you are again putting on SIZE restrictions on the layout. Bigger trains, smaller area to...
I wish something like that were possible in HO, but NOT for the reasons you might think. If the tracks were not powered, then the layout could be...
I suspect it stuck to your wrist or the heel of a hand, then you moved and it dropped off somewhere far away from where it was inadvertently...