I am looking for people in the Lomabrd Illinois area (could be companies hobbyshops volunteers etc.) that could help sponsor and build a layout for a model railroad club that may begin next school year I have not gone to the principal about it but last year he said it could be possible if I can find a teacher to do it. If you can help please put it in the comments or PM thanks.

The Little Trees and Surfside recently acquired a new loco, a Bachman 0-6-0 side tank Porter. The LT&S is a tourist/logging railroad set in the present day, but operates vintage steam equipment for excursions and such. The current roster is a Climax, a Heisler, and a couple of diesels. (A Shay is in the shops for restoration). The ruling grade on the mainline (all 7 actual feet of it) is 4.5%. What does such an operation want with a rod loco? Well, an occasional visitor to the layout room is a seven year old lady.

A full operations session.  Operating an interchange yard on a model railroad.

Hi all,

I'm currently using an NCE PowerCab system to run (what will eventually be) a small modular/shelf layout, and I'd like to purchase an NCE Cab06 engineer throttle for use as my primary throttle due to the latter's compact size and more minimal design. On the NCE throttles there are two control knob options: a potentiometer with physical stops at the minimum and maximum rotation of the knob, and a digital encoder that turns freely with no physical stops. I'm hoping the MRH community can offer some buying advice to help me choose between the two.