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Steamin' good Books (AKA) O Winston Link’s "Last Steam Railroad in America"
Just bought an amazing second hand book on Amazon - “The last Steam Railroad in America”.
O Winston Link’s photo record of the last days of steam on the Norfolk and Western 1955-59 including the Abingdon Branch.
For those steam buffs among you I can highly recommend it - seems to be plenty of second hand versions about.
Question about Walthers HO 130 ft turntable and modern roundhouse
I plan to use the Walthers 130 ft turntable and modern Roundhouse (12 stalls worth) on the layout I am designing. I would like to know how far the roundhouse sits from the turntable given the 10 degree stall spacing of the roundhouse. From photos it looks like the roundhouse sits about only 4" away from the turntable?
Thanks.

Model Railroad Maxims
I have spent the morning going over every freight and passenger car on my railroad (30 or so and continuing) to replace any broken or missing parts, make sure they weigh the correct amount, the coupler height is correct and write the car road name and number on a master list. I have also re-acquainted myself with several important maxims about model railroading:

My H0 Part 4 Collection on Youtube
Hello Friends
I'm happy to publish my newest Youtube Movie called H0 Collection Part 4. It was again a great pleasure to give my best effort during the countless Photosessions. I hope you Guys like it. Please feel free to ask if you need any information.
HO Gas Meters and Electrical Service Weatherheads
I am detailing a contemporary Rix/Pikestuff metal building kit in HO. Recently I saw some castings of gas meters. Can't find them at LHS or Walthers or usual detail casting sources, and didn't bookmark the website. Anyone else see this?
Alternatively, any ideas on scratchbuilding the gas meter and electrical service weatherhead?
Thanks,
Dixon

Worn tender trucks
Hello everyone. I am rather new to this web site, but have been following it for over a year. I have really learned a considerable amount of model railroading tips and ideas. But to the point: I recently purchased an older Riverossi HO scale Big Boy at a local train meet. The seller did inform me that it had the wrong tender with it. The tender is a 6-wheel truck with the power strips on both trucks. I have other Riverossi locomotives that have the same wheel configuration as the one I purchased. Has anyone had any success repairing these trucks?
The Whole mess so far
Few weeks ago I just showed the upper deck layout plan...not much there has changed....but now I have a start on the Main and staging. Like I said before, It is a modified version of Pldvdk's N&W Pokey Division with his blessing. Im modeling the GTW, but freelanced....so no coal mines. The layout plan no where close to finished, but I really liked Paul's concept of the mainline so id like to try and keep it like it is.
Making Trees
Howdy Folks. I've been reviewing quite a few model Railroading video's and info on building layout scenery and trees trying to get back up to date on things again. I see a lot of excellent info on the subjects from a lot of great people with lots of great ideas. one of my winter projects is to try and make trees for my layout. The only problem is that store bought trees for model railroads are not cheap and they only come with a few in a bag.
rr car ends
I'm new at this. Please help. How do you determine which end of any type of railroad car is the A or B end? This may have been answered already, many times, so would appreciate direction to post.
Thank you,
RABrown
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