I am building an N scale layout for a friend based on the C&O Brooke Avenue Yard in Norfolk, VA and I really need a copy of the drawings & photos of the Chessie carfloat and tugs that were published in the 1999 Mainline Modeler.  Do any of you have said drawings?  Would you be willing to burn me a copy?  I am willing to pay a reasonable price if necessary.  You can reply to this blog or e-mail me at g.spag@juno.com.  Please leave me a good contact phone number and I'll call you.  Thanks, Glen 

G'day folks

I am sure that just about everyone who has model railways (sorry - railroads) has at one time or another had or used a Bachmann 44 ton switcher.

With this tiny loco being the focal point of my layout currently under construction, and having used locomotives with DCC and sound, I am asking if anyone out there has installed or know of someone who has installed a sound chip and speaker into the tiny space of these locos?

Does anyone remember an article or sidebar in Model Railroad Planning or anywhere else within the last ten years that addresses the subject of staging within a helix?

I have been trying to make a locomotive hood using Evergreen styrene and Cannon parts.  My question is how to glue pieces to the .020" backing without getting warping?  It looks good when I finish a side then after it sits for a couple weeks (I don't have much modeling time) it is warped and bowed.  I am using Ambroid cement applied along the edges with a small brush.  Most of the warping happens when trying to laminate larger pieces like the clean air room to the backing.  In those areas I apply more glue with the brush in the bottle.  Is i