For those of you who have noticed the "Adding Rust Piles to your Layout" entry, I have another tip which happens to be my personal favorite because it is absolutely free and offers the most bang for your anti-buck.

The largest bridge on my portion of the IAIS is the ballast deck girder bridge over the West Branch of the East Nishnabotna River, just west of Hancock, Iowa.  I've finally been making some progress on the model in recent days and thought I'd start an entry to chronicle its construction.

New MRH member.  I am specifically interested in the Southern Pacific articles in six parts.  I would like to know which back issues have the first two parts.

M Smith

I was in Osh Kosh Wisconsin a block away from the tracks right by where it crossed the old swing bridge (now replaced with a lift bridge) and had a train sitting there for hours because the bridge broke down.

The new Small Layout Scrapbook update is available!

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Have fun reading, and be inspired!

I have been absorbed with the idea of creating a tall steel trestle similar to one very near my home. While the original was straight and designed for a standard guage line, mine will be 30" guage (1:48) and on a curve. Here is the inspiration that came from a panoramic shot:

Taking a break from track work (!) I decided to install some working grade crossing signals. Looks like I'll have to scratch build the one for Highway 61 (as described elsewhere), but I had this one in a $15 Bag-O-Details I bought last year off flea-bay:

Can anyone help identify the switches here I can not figure it out myself and need to know for prices!