Trust a Canuck to go the extra mile/1.62 km! (I used to live in Seattle and collaborated occasionally on SAR training with folks from Vancouver...
"Space, the final frontier." Or is that "demon arbiter of project scope"? I forget which. :-) For the time being, I'm planning a somewhat...
Thanks again to all for their encouragement and suggestions. I've posted a status report on my small progress, on the N Scale forum at...
Hello all. That piece of iron in my avatar is Alaska Central Railway Co. No. 1. A rough ride awaits her, I'm afraid. Her proud new owners will be...
As a matter of fact, that issue arrived here yesterday. :) It was the June 1996 issue, and it contains this (amusing to me) passage: "The Seward...
Thanks for your encouragement.
Thanks, I have actually chewed over the idea of hiding a return loop, for the very reasons you cite. The mountainous terrain lends itself to that...
The whole point of the diorama is to emphasize the challenge presented by the terrain, as a representation of how different Alaska is from things...
Well, the Loop was built even before they went into receivership, much less the bankruptcy – http://tinyurl.com/hdcb55m And yes, I am that...
There's lots more material in those archives and in archives at the University of Washington. The Alaska Central Ry. Co. brought in equipment and...
Hello. My name is Charlie and I am a lunatic. Well, not full time. I have been overcome by a desire to build a working diorama of the Alaska...
