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Custom RS18u
Has anyone out there ever done a RS18u in any road name I'm starting a cp rail PAC man scheme so far I have worked on the under frame but want to start the shell this weekend should be an interesting one just wanted to see others work.
Switch stand
Would a railroad's switch stand be seen on a private track or would it be different.
I'm modeling a small factory that has two turnouts on its property with three spurs - unloading track under a gantry crane, loading track alonside the factory, and a off-spot storage track as seen here:
Lone wolf modelers
A post on another topic talks about "lone wolf" modelers. I figure this means people who build on their own, don't choose to have other people over to visit much, and maybe live in areas where there are few to no other model railroaders.
I remember a great layout a friend built with his son. After the son grew up, no one ever saw it because his wife wouldn't tolerate visitors to the house -- I saw it while she was away on family matters.
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A prototype for everything.
It. Is surely the only one of its kind, but it exists nonetheless. On the Discover Live Steam website, there is listed for sale a standard gauge 56.5" steam speeder. Approximately the size of a Fairmont speeder, it has an oil-fired vertical boiler and a two-cylinder vertical steam engine. For a mere $95,000 it can grace a set-off near you.
http://www.discoverlivesteam.com/discoverforsale/forsale/1_allan3/index....
Small railroad prototype
Because the subject of small layouts is recycled so often, here's an example I ran across today:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_railway
For Musicians Only
This is not meant to be a serious discussion...
Am I the only one who wants to shoot himself every time he sees a model railroad video with a bluegrass music soundtrack? Does every train really require a banjo to be played while it is running? LOL!
I'm starting to puke too when another current trend - jazz combo, medium tempo swing tune - music is played. I mean, trains are big powerful monstrosities yet we put the most benign uninvolving music behind them. I know trains are the most important thing but can't we put some time into choice of sound track too? :-)
Kitbash 2-6-6-0
Been looking for a brass Denver and Great Salt Lake 2-6-6-0 for a while now. Most I've seen cost a small fortune. Going to build mallet from scratch with the article that John Swanson did in RMC back in 1985. He used a Manuta 2-6-6-2 drive with a Manuta Mikado boiler. Anyone else here ever build one using the article?
Richlawn RR V2 - Roll-o-Styrene
Today my styrene arrived on my front porch from Piedmont Plastics. I'm planning on using Charlie Comstock's method of coving the corners of my layout room using styrene. I am now the proud owner of two sheets of 2' x 8' x .060 white. I have about 5 feet above my my layout benchwork and I want to cove it all of the way to the ceiling. More later!
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