Well, the day has come recently for Peco to add Unifrog to the #6 turnouts of their code 83 line and the Electrofrog and Insulfrog versions are discontinued.  Shops are now stocking Unifrog only for #6, unless they have leftover stock of the other two versions.

I stockpile around seven of them but wish to find a few more Electrofrog code 83 #6 and am wondering if anyone know of shops I might contact to see if they have any left instock or on the shelves. 

The Missabe was in the midst of installing signals in my mid-1950s modeling time. I thought it would be fun to model a new installation in one place, and was thinking about showing the holes dug for the signal foundations, the concrete foundations sitting beside the holes, signal masts in pieces ready to install... something along those lines.

Questions arise... how were holes dug then? By hand? What kind of truck booms existed, presumably to drop the foundation in the hole.

Hi all,

A hopefully fun discussion question for us:

Rather than bare plywood staging, what do you all think about scenicking staging yards and treating them as the edge of an imagined-but-mostly-unmodeled marshalling yard (an "A/D yard", if you will)?

Some pros of the approach:

- No loss of illusion, compared to running into bare-benchwork staging at the end of the run (does this matter?)

Hi Ladies and Gents,

I'm looking for someone who can make some decals or has the old sheet(s) with the old style labelling for inflammables, acids, explosives etc.. The old labels were introduced before the U.N placards. They were orange in color and black number inside of the orange rectangular label. 

My H.O. layout is based on the transition period and I've looked on line for the information to have the decals made.