Just got home from the Western Pacific Railroad Museum and a wonderful hour of running a F7A locomotive. After a quick discussion of the controls in the cockpit, when and how to use the bell and whistle, I was released to take the locomotive out on the rails. I was rather surprised by how well the brakes worked and how smooth was the process of stopping. One question I forgot to ask was why the controls were on the right side of the locomotive. Perhaps someone here will have an answer for me.

Here are a couple of pictures for you to see.

Hi all,

  I have been trying to find the site for Easy Model Railroad Inventory and it seems it is no longer available. No matter what I try, I can't reach the site:  easy-­model-­railroad-­inventory.­rclsoftware.­com/­index.­htm that everywhere I read tells me this is the site for the software. Any help would be appreciated

Al

Sorry for yet another question!  How are you/would you handle staging on a N Scale layout?  I am currently looking at an 12" - 18" deep shelf with staging 7" below connected via helixes.  Am I better off going to 24" deep and putting staging behind a removable backdrop?  I am not sure of the height, but I am thinking of around 37" (sit and run height), so standing up would allow easy access to the staging area.  One drawback that I can think of is that there will be less overall staging on just one deck.

Just thinking out loud tonight, as I sit in the hotel waiting for my train back home.  I haven't seen many models of rail trains, and I'm curious why.  There are two distinct types which we handle on NS with some regularity.