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I am building an N scale layout for a friend based on the C&O Brooke Avenue Yard in Norfolk, VA and I really need a copy of the drawings & photos of the Chessie carfloat and tugs that were published in the 1999 Mainline Modeler.  Do any of you have said drawings?  Would you be willing to burn me a copy?  I am willing to pay a reasonable price if necessary.  You can reply to this blog or e-mail me at g.spag@juno.com.  Please leave me a good contact phone number and I'll call you.  Thanks, Glen 

I finally got to work on the layout last night, added a siding where I wanted the wholesale fuel dealer to be at, and added some other scenic stuff, here are some pix of the progress.

Right after I added some scenic materials to enhance the area

From another angle.

I love MRH forums for the simple reason that people trying to Advertise here for free by starting a blog as a cover for their products last about 20 minutes and admin gets a dozen e-mails reporting them and then they are gone forever. I like that every member here looks out for the forums and as soon as some dork tries to place a hidden add on the forums they are reported and bam they are gone gone gone.

I've gotten tired of looking at glossy plastic, and decided it was time to learn how to weather rolling stock and locos. 

The book Done in a Day by Pelle Soeeborg was recommended to me as a good place to start, and I picked up a copy, only to be somewhat disapointed it was all on modern equipment. Still, the techniques seemed sound, so I thought I'd see if I could learn something.

This happened today in acworth GA. a small town just outside the Atlanta Metro area. Amaizing video caught as it happened. Gotta love these new cell phones, they are everywhere. Follow the link there are two videos there; one from before and one from ater the devastation.

http://www.wsbtv.com/video/22401099/index.html

Blog to show layout tours and layout operations during Pacific coast region  meets.

For those building HO scale blast furnace models, Alkem Scale Models now offers
a Goggle Valve detail kit. This laser cut multimedia kit is an HO scale model of
a 72 inch goggle vale. It is designed to fit the stock pipes of the Walthers HO
Scale Blast Furnace model. The detail kit provides all the parts to build a
detailed replica of these important components of a blast furnacel.

So I just got back from the Springfield MA train show - yup, it only closed a half hour ago, but we left closer to 2 pm, after a 9AM start.

The show seemed a bit smaller this year, but it's hard to say exactly why. At first attendance seemed down, most likely due to the 0 degree temperature, but the parking lot was very full when we departed (and the day had warmed up).

I was off to Moose Jaw today for a couple of things and took along my camera bag.  Turned out the battery was just about toast on the video camera so I only got a short clip.

We did manage to take some good still shots down by the yard.

Thought I would share my clip, shot in the frigid cold...