The Holiday season is upon us again and as usual CP rail is on the road with their Holiday train.This link will take you to a video of the activities. Of real interest is at the end of the video where there are links to great drone videos showing the build progress of the Belle Plaine Spur. Their site also shows where the train will appear and when. This is also a wonderful cause to help feed the needy.

Dave

So I saw the announcement of Bachmann's new release of a Lt Mikado 2-8-2 with its Sound Value decoder.  I'm still looking into how comparable the sound decoder is to the Tsunami. My bigger question and concern is the level of detail.  It doesn't appear this to be a Spectrum Model so is this more a low quality line item they are offering?

I built this N Scale CNW Crandall Cab about a year ago for a guy. I started out just like the CNW by using an E unit (Kato). 

Chuck Zieler prototype photo.

The Kato E8 that I started with.

Next to an HO Scale E8 for a little size comparison.

If you are like me, you probably have rolling stock that you made impulse buys on over the years, and now you can't find a prototype for it... Or it doesn't fit your area, etc... I found a fix for myself. I made an excel spreadsheet..  Hopefully it helps others.