From 1945 to 1955 Lee Stokes Industries, located in new Oxford PA and later in Bel Air 2nd designed and manufactured scale model plaster cars with paint for train layouts. At their height, they were producing 5,000 cars weekly. I have seen some of these on eBay.Ihave the original molds and kits. Can anyone tell me if there is any interest in these?

Hi everyone, 

Just finished laying track on my 12’ x 2’ switching layout and getting ready to wire, weather and ballast the track.  Had to add an 8” section of track to cross the joint of the two 6’ modules and move the switch further forward.  Atlas #6 turnouts used for the entire layout.  I also decided to stretch the top industry track to the end on both sides of the modules.  I used two window latches to join the two sections, which worked out better than expected.  It will be part of a larger layout in the future.

I found this Sandflex block in my local hardware store, Burbank Paint and Hardware.  It comes in coarse, medium and fine.  I bought the fine.  It isn't nearly as scratchy as a Brightboy.  It doesn't make any of the "hard" scraping sounds my brightboy does.  The Sandflex whispers over the track, and in a few strokes the rail is shiny.  When I run my finger over it, the track feels smooth as well.