Yes, I felt exactly the same way.... as I pressed the "page down" key, it seemed like the trains were rolling by! Great work! Harold
Thanks guys for the compliments. I guess you can tell I am a rail fan at heart. Since I can’t do the 1:1 fanning as much as I would like, I have to do it in HO. Bob The Water Tower Diorama is 36 inches long by 13 inches wide. The Passenger Station Diorama is a little shorter than the Water Tower Diorama but it is deeper. The Grain Elevator is about 24 inches long. Here are a few photos of them:
Better late than never. Hi, all, Thought you might like to see one of Mark Schutzer's latest HO creations: SP Cab Forward 4103, circa 1950. http://markschutzer.com This is from this past Sunday Dec 4 Coast Division, Pacific Coast Region, NMRA meet: http://home.comcast.net/~atsf_arizona_2/contest_Dec_2005.html Beauty, isn't it? (smile): (I'm the Model Contest chairperson for Coast Division, Pacific Coast Region, NMRA). [ December 07, 2005, 01:47 AM: Message edited by: atsf_arizona ]
There's a song that is played now & then on KHYI-FM (95.3, The Range) whose name escapes me, but I remember the refrain: "Before the big trucks and the highway, The world came down the tracks in my day. Life was much easier in my prime, Back before they tore up the railroad line." I can listen to this station on the 'Net (www.khyi.com), and I'll have to call the station & request the song. And kudos to the man who brought us "Alice's Restaurant". It's good to know he's lending a hand to his fellow artists.
"Railroad Line" is by the Gibson Borthers and the CD title is "Bona Fide". I love the Range. Any station that plays a mandatory train song when one rolls by the station is definately high on the coolness scale. And it doesn't hurt that they only play both kinds of music: country and western.
