Hi, Tim ! Am gonna have to (gladly) do some diggin' through my stuff. Just off the top of my head...Sterling Varnish at Haysville is defunct,...
An interesting plan, Tim...I ran (and spent a lot of time waiting) on those very rails from 1974 to 2007...how big a kid are you now ? Like your...
JD...so glad to see you back & well ! Haven't been here often, of late myself...but, got a note on your post from TB. Looking forward to the...
The guys up here say it's a special (shipped wrapped in blue tarps) http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=407208&nseq=4 ...Secret paint...
Condolences to Wolfgang's family and the friends he made and inspired, here and wherever he went. Clear track, Wolfie...we'll all hopefully see...
Just a quick search & a guess or two...try this link : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7-B7j4uB8M ...or this one (tagged to Pennsylvania):...
Chlorine flat car (1967?): http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=68667 ...guess to ship Highly hazardous gas in small discrete...
Welcome to Trainboard, Matt. I'm a retired engineer from Western Pa. - on the ex-PRR lines between Pittsburgh and Harrisburg - Bituminous coal...
I don't think Lambert is in business, not sure but http://www.memorytrains.com/results.asp?M=907 shows Lambert track (as I thought I remembered)...
...OR their home (above the layout?) with danger of injury or loss of life - to have a cool loco? A tad alarmist, perhaps...but the potential is...
The potential is dandy...but it ain't new...as Mike C. (hello, Columbus !), 'twas done 20 or 30 years past - HO F-7s, as I remember, across a...
Hey, if you like a building, but the signage is wrong...locate an image of a more appropriate sign, size it to cover the inappropriate billboard,...
I understand your doubts, but...from a master in N-scale, Dave Volmer, a 36" x 80" double track layout, as inspiration and demonstration of what...
N-scale on a "door" format...fine. The following are only questions & my opinions...you have a LOT of track for the space. That means very limited...
Retired PC/CR/NS says +1, sometimes alternately referred to as a "Jumper Cable", one would actually be used between each unit in a multiple engine...
Congrats on 46 well done...and lookin' for a long happy trip ahead ! Guess they don't give you yer B'day OFF - w/PAY ( PC and early Conrail -...
Yes, Candy ...we are here...but often, not as often (my case). When I made this one of my early "Joins" several years ago, I remember a lot more...
Absolutely...for tie fires started by sticking/sparking brakes or (in steam days) hot ash dropped by locos. "Hot-box" fires would be...
Would this help some - am an old PC/CR/NS Pittsburgh Division guy - so got some different lights to look at (NORAC):...
Glad you're all in one piece, Jer...It's not just a job...it's an adventure ! Bob C.