Hello

I'm looking for advice on a particular locomotive detail part. I want to retrofit a pair of Norfolk and Western RS-11s to be more accurate for their paint scheme. This means replacing the horn with a proper 5-chime and adding a detail part over the existing carbody filters. Here is a photo for reference: http://rr-fallenflags.org/nw/nw327ads.jpg

I also want to kitbash a T-6 using an S-4 as the base for the project. These locomotives also had similar carbody filters as the RS-11 and here's a photo link: http://rr-fallenflags.org/nw/nw48ags.jpg

It's been far too long since my last update. While work on the layout has been moving at an absolutely glaical pace for the past several months, this last week I've been working feverishly to get some work done. The main thing I've accomplished since the last post was the completion of the trackwork. 

I just posted 4 pic but they only seem to come up on my comment page (?)

This is a layout animation idea I came up that requires no motors and actually uses the trains momentum to power it. The idea I came up with uses a flat gear (rack) on the track and a gear sticking out from below the car. When the car passes over the rack gear it would move the animation. With varied rack length and teeth on the pinion (round gear) you could have almost limitless possibilities. I would try this myself but have two problems:

1. No available gears

2. I do not have a car to "butcher" and cut a hole in the bottom of.