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Walther's Bascule Bridge(s)
Walthers Bascule Bridge(s)
I'm considering placing two of these structures side by side for a double mainline to cross a river (my entrance way door). Something like this.....
Mid-Year Layout Update!
Here is the mid-year layout update video:
A bit of a flatcar diversion
One a work trip a couple of years ago I built this Tichy 40 foot flatcar during the evenings in my hotel room. CN rostered a siginficant fleet of these cars that were inherited from Canadian Northern, built in the 1912-1918 timeframe. I got the car painted CN red and set it aside until I could locate some appropriate decals and prototype photos.
Tariffs on Chinese goods—not going to dodge the bullet this time?
I happened to see a link to the latest proposed tariffs on Chinese goods and thought I’d see if we got caught in the net this time. This is what I found:
Not looking so good right now, but time will tell, I suppose.
Mike in CO
Aristo-Craft G Gauge motor bound up
Hello .. I have an Aristo-Craft G Gauge Santa Fe Steam Locomotive # 209 San Bernadino that has been in storage for about 15 years and we have gotten the setup out and find that the motor seems to be bound up. I have opened up the bottom of the engine case to expose the motor and it seems OK, and all connections are good but the armature through the motor won't turn. Any suggestions would be appreciated. TNX, Steve
New Life for Life-Like SD9s
In my earliest days as a rail fan, I was around a lot of C&O power in Huntington, WV. It was predestined as I was born in the C&O Hospital there. Huntington also afforded the opportunity was watch trains from the B&O and NW as they also came into town or nearby Ceredo Kenova. The N&W was mainly coal drags out of southern WV going to the barge loading docks of the Ohio River. Of note was the use of steam to switch the cars into the mid-late 50s. They could sometimes block access to the Dreamland Pool from the parking “field”. What a shame, right?
Forefront Buildings NW 35th Ave, Miami
Been a couple of months since I have posted, but I have been busy. As Lance Mindheim drew up the track plan the forefront and back ground had a lot of ground cover. This was consistent with what I told him, my modeling skills were modest. Ground cover is a lot easier than scratch building structures. But I felt it did not capture the feel of the prototype setting. I wanted to see trains running behind buildings. So I widened the bench work from the planned 18 in to 24 in and looked for buildings that I could scratch build in front of the track. 
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