I recently purchased the following products from walthers through a hobby shop in south africa

Glacier gravel co. 933-3062
Valley cement plant. 933-3098

I wish to know what era these buildings where built in as I wish to purchase shops and houses in the same period to make the scenery and future buildings people and vehicles
More realistic to that time period

I have looked up these items on the walthers website and the do not state a specific time period can any body help me in this matter

Thank you

It was recently suggested that I break down my blog entries by topic or location to make them easier to find, since my original blog on the Iowa Interstate's West End at http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/9031 is getting a bit large and cumbersome.  This post marks the beginning of my move in that direction.

The second part of this project was an Atlas AEM-7 factory painted for Septa that needed to have details added/corrected.  I was also simultaneously working on my own NJ Transit ALP44 correcting some of the detail discrepancies.  

Over the past couple of months I've been working on and off on a few detailing projects for myself and a friend of mine.  First up is a Walthers Horizon cab car factory painted for Septa that I detailed for my friend.

My continuing blog about building a small switching layout in a condo/loft space, this entry I begin with the production/construction process of my Ontario South Central Railroad. Previous entries including great help and responses from other MRH readers can be found here:

http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/15425 : Layout design/Planning

I have just purchased a used N scale Kato Mikado but the box is missing the parts sheet. I am about to install a decoder and would like to see the exploded view. It appears that Kato does not put them on line.   If anyone could provide me with a copy, I would be grateful.

Thanks C P  Doug

Found this little 1/43 Plymouth truck at Menards for $5.00!  After some modifications I have a pretty decent looking vehicle for my On30.  All I done was add a wood flatbed/rails, wood sideboards, scuffed up paint/weathered and add some junk in bed.  Not bad for five bucks and about an hours worth of time.