Deb and I saw this traveling through Lansing, Iowa a couple days ago on an outing:

This blog will be a record for a build of Tichy's 6 pack of USRA hopper cars.  

Dave

Well I was looking at the instructions for extreme load number three and noticed a little bit of humor. 

Look at the end of step 5

It really does look like one though..

I was just browsing around looking for some interesting railroad things and found this noteworthy one. I am not sure how many people have heard of TY scale (I am sure most have heard of T) but it is small following I will have photos comparing T and TY scale sadly none of them together but they will give you the idea of size.

The largest of these is 4"x7"

I am planning the 5th (hopefully the last as I am getting older each year) iteration of my switching layout for me and up to 5 operators. There is one thing I, and perhaps others, need help with - a suitable control panel for my Zypher, accessories power pack and all the buttons/switches etc. that need to be centralized. Most photos posted show these beautiful fascia single and double deck layouts with sweeping panoramas, extravagant lighting and people with walk-around throttles. I'm looking for the guts of an operation for smaller layouts.

I seem to be good at finding interesting Lego items and here is another. This is a Microscale Lego Timesaver Puzzle based on John Allen's Design.

An image--

Link to post on Eurobricks

​Link to Flickr Page

Dear MRH reader,

Just a quick message to let you know that I've made Carl's E-Books available on all Amazon stores, so you can easily purchase an e-book in your own currency (If there is an amazon store available in your country) and push the ebook to your Kindle device or Kindle app if you want... :)

With 2015 nearing its 4th quarter, I think it's time to take a brake and step back to get an overview of the expansion project I scheduled for 2015.

While starting operation on my layout mid 2014 I found that I had too few industries along the road and drew a plan to get at least some more coal industries in.

The layout room is starting to look presentable. I added n​ew flooring and skirts over the past few days.

see http://www.usmrr.blogspot.com/2015/09/dont-spill-paint-on-it.html for more info.