I've soldered before, mainly on track and PC boards, but I haven't in a while. I'm getting ready to solder feeder wires and took some time last night to watch some videos on soldering on model railroads. Everywhere from Youtube, to TrainmastersTV, MR, MR+, and few self hosted.

I'd always run under the adage that you need to heat both the iron and the part you are soldering. The part you are soldering needs to be hot and that's why you can melt your ties if you aren't careful (or some people use something for a heat sink.)

I just watched the current episode featuring Jim Dufour's layout - and I wanted to say "Well done!" to both Jim and Barry for bringing such a great layout to the show. I really enjoyed the segment. I loved hearing about the prep for the open house and it was great to see the connection between railfan George Corey's vintage photos and how Jim has reproduced the scenes on the layout.

Great stuff: Please, bring us more layouts like this one!

Fir those of you who read my "gang car to steeple cab" forum may have noted I planned to undertake more trolleys using similar techniques. Well, this place is where I'll be writing that. Fir those interested in the steeple cab forum who haven't read it, here's the link: http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/21641

Well the Point of rocks Station Project is done. I have had been asked to give some detail about the project so here it is.I was commitioned to build the Point of Rocks Station but with some changes. the Station had to fit between two tracks that were 4 inches apart, so the back side of the station would be cut off flat with the building and the space for the length was much longer than the real Station so it was stretched out.