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Need suggestions, expanded Mount Galena Mines
Greetings
Having recently been bit by the bug after several years, I found SCARM an began tinkering with it. I had also discovered an old copy of Iain Rice's 'Small Smart and Practical'. Therein was the gem of an idea, a 4x8 ripped lengthwise, but with curves in it to allow a turnaround. Just one problem.
18" radius curves.
Need info on coal tipples.....scratch building plans etc.
And yes I've googled! I've been able to find pictures of coal mine tipples, prototype and models, but not really much in the way of plans or articles. Anyone know any online sources for HO scale plans of coal tipples? Anybody make any downloadable card stock models of them? I know that tipples are pretty unique and have a lot of variation so there is probably no wrong way to model them but any sort of "been there done that" advice that could be found elsewhere or given here would be helpful.
Michael
HI Rail Ops
Being back in New England for a couple of weeks, I was able to attend the regularly scheduled ops sessions on my friends layout (If you live near Lake Champlain, and you are a member of opsig, you should check it out!).
Just as a quick reminder, this is an American Flyer S layout, designed purely for operations, and based on the New Haven.
My host was kind enough to offer me my choice of jobs, and I chose the road freights. I can get enough switching now at home, but I can't really run long trains.
insulate between feeders?
OK here's a slightly longwinded question for you guys' opinions:
<preamble> On my first layout, I started with DC block wiring, then converted to DCC leaving all the existing insulated rail joiners between the original blocks.
<the QUESTION> Now I’m starting to wire my new layout without blocks and I’m wondering, is it ok to wire feeders every few feet with no insulated joiners?
22 Stories Up - Barre Socialist Labor Party Hall
Looking for structures to help identify the area, I decided to start with the Socialist Labor Party Hall in Barre, Vermont.
For other threads on my Central Vermont RR's Barre Branch layout, see
Steamer wanna' be Diesel?
Found this while surfing for brass engines and their price.
Further surfing made for some interesting reading. 
Bernd
Finished the wood chip storage building - almost . . .
There are so many topics posted that spur me to start new projects, I decided I had to get at least one "in progress" off my workbench first. My pulp mill's wood chip storage building was the candidate. It is built the way all my structures have been: as cheaply as I can manage!
1999 Eastern Div Grande Pacific. HO Modular Layout
This 8 X 36 ft layout made appearance at NMRA national in 2000. I donated it to The Greater Baton Rouge Model RR Club. It now has a perment home and new operators.
Question for Joe F.
Using your "poor-man's jig" using CV turnouts, I ran into a problem, and it's due to laziness on my part. I broke one of my PC throwbars so that I don't really have enough to attach a wire for my Wolfgang-method operable switchstand.
ESPEE ghost
I went for a walk this morning to take a look around by the crossing by my house and then the gates dropped and the lights were flashing and all that wonderful stuff and so I guessed it was either a VIA or GEXR train coming through, so the locomotive was either going to be a F40 or a P42 (VIA) or GP38AC/SD40 lashup (GEXR) but instead it was an SD45-2T painted full southern pacific lettering! I thought I was seeing a ghost (a very lost one at that) where on earth did it come from? Sorry no pictures couldn't pick my jaw up in time
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