Sometimes a person has to go a very long distance out of his way to come back a short distance correctly. - Edward Albee, "Zoo Story"

Yes, it's been quiet around here. Summer included a lot of travel -- since the beginning of August we've been away more than we've been home -- and not a whole lot got done in the basement.

What 1:1 locomotives do you want to see produced (RTR/kit) ?

[EDIT] manufacturer names removed

STEAM LOCOMOTIVES ARE WELCOME!

Several "big names" in the model model railroading industry are MRH sponsors, so it might provide them some persuasion

Things to include would be:

I am at the point that I need to think about embedding the tracks inside of the Palmer building and need your advice as I've never done this before.  I want just the rail heads to be visible and look like they are set in the concrete floor.  I've heard of people coating the tracks with plaster or Sculptamold and then rolling a junk car through it while still wet to provide wheel flange clearance.  I've also heard that instead of rolling a car through the wet material that spacers (styrene?) are first put in and then removed just before the material hardens. 

Like most people, I began an interest in trains at an early age. I received an AHM train set in Junior High, and played with it through high school, but I put it away when I went to college. Shortly after I got married, I picked a copy of the June 1981 MR, and read the article on 4 x 8 Track Planning. The Arkansas Southern was something I could build, so I did. Then I expanded it, then I converted my cars to KD couplers. Through graduate school and jobs I always had at least a 4x8 layout, with an emphasis on operating.