A question for all:

Were there any practices used on any railroad for notifying customers when a car was set out (dropped off) on a customer siding. particularly if the siding was on a blind side of a building?

Was there a courtesy whistle or horn signal? I know of no such signal listed in operating rules that I've read, but was any signal given anyway? Did a brakeman or conductor knock on a door, for example?

Thanks ahead.

Best Regards,

Geoff Bunza

Now we come to one of those great challenges with modelling the turn of the century: colour. In particular, since we've been talking about track, what colour should the ties be? The ties on the Canada Atlantic were almost certainly untreated, as preservatives for ties were something of a research topic, and the CA enjoyed cheap timber. So, we can't just go down to the local tracks and check them out. We can't even look at quite old tracks and think they're going to match (can we?). So, this week, I made up some more test track and experimented with colour.

I started scratch building structures for my old version of the Georgetown & Allen Mountain Railroad. I would measure a spot on the layout, determine building size and type, make a sketch or drawing with pencil and paper, cut out walls with a hobby knife, paint, glue in mostly Grandt Line windows and doors, glue it all together, weather it and place it on the layout. Here's a not so good picture that I found that gives an example of what I'm talking about:

FOR ANTIQUE MODEL RAILROADER COLLECTORS

Found this while browsing an auctioneers web  site. I'm not interested but you may be. Many other model railroad auctions on the web site.

http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/19870369_american-flyer-o-gauge-9915...