Hopefully you will get to do some fun railroading today...either real or model ( that does NOT include tearing out the Siskiyou ! ). Enjoy the day !

Michael

I had just purchased two of the new Atlas S2's in the FJ&G paint scheme, which I figured would be a natural paint scheme progression for my Moosehead Western. As I was beginning to remove the lettering and start the decaling process for the Moosehead, I decided to look into the FJ&G. Seems this is a fascinating short Short Line with a very rich history. Beautiful locomotives and the Brill Bullet Interurbans. 4-4-0 locomotives and small 0-8-0 and 0-6-0's that pulled their hearts out moving freight.

I have run across Tempera paint again in my local Hobby Lobby...it is very inexpensive...about $1.25 for 16 oz. I have read all about powdered tempera, even saw Joe use it and his formula in one or two of his videos, but I am curious if anyone has ever used it in this liquid form ? I searched the MRH forum and came up again with uses of the powdered form...but nothing on the liquid.

I have noticed that there is now a USB charged fly swatter. Has anyone yet tried to convert this as a static grass applicator ? My experience with the old fly swatter conversions were less than stellar, They worked, but not as good as the Noch. I like the idea of it being USB charged ( no more batteries ) and it could be always ready to go...but to what extent ? I am willing to give the fly swatter one more chance and build one more...but was hoping someone has beat me to it.

Michael

Ahhh...another year has come and gone...and MRH and TMTV has gotten better and better. Thank you Joe for another great year...and of course...another Birthday ! Hope you enjoy today with something special !

Michael

I am hoping all of you will join with me in congratulating Joe on his birthday tomorrow...May 18th !

Thank you Joe...for you dedication not only to the hobby...but allowing the rest of us to enjoy MRH and Trainmasters...and this great forum for us all to participate. Looking forward to many more.

Hope you have a great day...and celebrate accordingly !

Michael

NYC Library just release a LARGE group of photos. There are many different types here, menu's, stereoscopes, music sheets, etc.....but there are also a large selection of maps, railroad posters, railroad buildings, yards...well you get the idea. AND they are not all from New York. After digging around for over an hour, I found a Pioneer Zephyr poster and downloaded it....at full size ! They give you many options for downloading...so please take a look ! However....allow yourself some time.

http://publicdomain.nypl.org/pd-visualization/

Michael

Thanks to Bill Brillinger and his excellent decal work, I now have my own logo and lettering for my Moosehead Western home road. So for the past few months I have been painting my loco's in preparation for the decals. However, this has now caused me to think about how I am going to number my locomotives. Let's just deal with the steam locomotives right now ( my first love ) and then deal with my first generation diesels later.

I chose NCE when I first went to DCC, 1st for the way their controller felt and worked, 2nd because of the expandability and accessories available, and of course, because they were an advertiser in MRH. I bought the PowerCab because I was still learning DCC, and this got me into it inexpensively. It worked well, was easy to use and program, and eased my transition into DCC. It performed so flawlessly, that I bought a ProCab system, but continued to use the PowerCab at my work bench to do addressing and test loco's.