The Sanborn Lumber Co. is built and positioned on the layout. It is located in my Ashland Ind. Area. I still need to do the signage, add the details, do the entry driveway & parking lot. It is a Walthers  "Walton & Sons Lumber Co." kit. The first three photos are shown below.

Our club has some unique railroadianna, and have been approached about selling our RF&P Headlight and number board (the one that goes below the cab) from a steam locomotive, don't recall the type.  I was wondering if anyone could suggest a place to look to determine what price we should ask for it.  The locomotive number is 304, in case someone knows something unique about that locomotive.

Thanks,

http://youtu.be/BRWbqgj72EY?list=UUi4O25TZLNcIJ_Un5Y1B-DQ

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As I proceed with building the Hudson Bay Railway Flin Flon Subdivision I have been formulating a rough operating scheme for the layout, essentially what to run on the layout to give it a purpose.  Running trains “just because” is fine but I am getting more involved with local layouts that are operations based and I find that aspect of the hobby very interesting. 

The walls are together, and mostly detailed -- there are still some signs to compose and print, and some delicate pipes that will have to wait almost until final assembly. Also, the east-end dock and canopy has to be built. I set it up with tape to determine the final position on the baseboard:

Well we have over 512 feet of track laid 37 turnouts build. I also give a tour of my Denver Union Station and my scratch build Grain Elevator that is over 51 inches long.

I hope this video inspires some of you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLFjPXHv520

Mike Deverell
 

Please calm down. It’s not torture or some HO Scale Guantanamo Bay. I’m just heating up the plastic people to re-bend the people to fit on my locos. My soldering iron provides the heat and the tweezers protect my fingers. I hold the person about an inch from the iron. It can take about 30 seconds to a minute or more depending on what you want to bend. An arm will bend a lot sooner than the waist. Patience is the key. The low heat also preserves the paint. I hold the crew on the locos with the waxy school stick glue. I can pop them off and it doesn’t affect the paint.

I took some photos of the last operating session at my place.  Let's see how things went...