This technique can be very effective, even in 1:1 scale. The best example I've ever seen of forced perspective at work is...You aren't going to...
A big part of the problem is that Amtrak is critically short on rolling stock due to a series of derailments. The damaged cars are beingstored at...
Happened recently to a club I used to belong to. This stuff happens. In our case, the owner sold the building and the layout went in the...
They're a little late for my era, but one of those sure would be fun for railfanning!
Oops, my bad! [img]
Welcome aboard, Steve, DPU's (Distributed power Units) are the units in the middle or back of the train. They are controlled by radio from the...
One more errant thought. Maybe a lockable fiberglass case for travelling. I've never had to do it, but I don't know of a good way to take a...
Interesting concept there. I'm not sure how valuable my input might be as it doesn't directly answer your questions, but here it is... I...
Only 31 hours late? Amtrak should take lessons from these guys.
Thats what the citizens in Californai said! [img]
Atlas did the C425 in a single number (SP&S 315) in the original run, but has never done the C424 in SP&S. I'm looking forward to getting a pair...
I'll have to go back through my pictured, but I remember a 2-6-6-2T from Weyerhauser and a little 2-8-2T. I believe he has at least one other,...
It was in Shelton a week ago. Saw it there on Thursday, 7-24. Glad I could help. Maybe I'll make it down to see the beast this year.
We saw a trio of them at Interbay last Thursday ahnd they didn't look too bad. THeir coat of armour yellow is clean anyway, though I can't say...
He does indeed own a MRS1, along with several steamers. and I believe an S4. They're more on the order of a private collection than anything...
Get ahold of Pete Replinger in Shelton WA, he owns one and I think has some ALCO expierience.
Some of the people in our G scale group at the museum were using link and pin couplers and after much frustration ended up taping them together...
That shield design goes way back before this country was even around. It comes from at least the English Heraldry and perhaps even further back....
Whoa there partner! Did you say Willamette? Now this means that I haven't seen every surviving Willamemete out there. I guess I'll have to go...
All the 70Ms should be in the 4000 series, I guess that narroes it down to only a hundred possbilities. The flared radiators narrow it down...
