Mile Posts on the prototype railroads serve many important purposes. On model railroads they can serve equally important jobs if installed carefully.

Of these jobs, mile posts can tell a train crews where they are and help them determine how fast they're going.

The other day at was at my local Lowes. I picked up some material for a fascia. This is 6" wide and 4' long. It is made from aspen wood and has very nice grain to it. It is 1/4 thick. I plan on using a clear satin finish to it. My problem is toggle switches. The ones I have do not have a long enough mounting shaft.I would like to use the ones I have instead of new. A little search around the web showed lots of switches but no info on the length of the shaft. I could use a short piece of thin masonite for mounting but I really like the look of the aspen wood.

just ordered a 4 band rubber stamp with 0 to 9 digits and a pad with quick drying white ink.

With so much rolling stock to number I thought I'd give it a go, see how it works out, total investment about $25.

The stamp looks a bit like this, digit height is 1/8", will post pictures when I get the stamp.

cheers, Leo