The Canadian Pacific Holiday Train came through Plattsburgh a couple days ago. You can see it here, and watch the video here. I wonder if anybody has made a model of it?

I'm looking for a tongue-in-cheek business name for my layout.

I've been collecting HO automobiles for quite some time and have a nice population on the layout.  Recently I've been careful to pick models that are older than 1970 or so to keep with my chosen era. However in the past I haven't been very diligent and have a dozen of so autos that are later than 1970.

What to do with them?  I envision a car sales business with the tag line "Why wait?  Buy your future car now!".

I was looking thru the internet for container cranes and found this rather interesting one. Its described as a Bachmann (European one I believe), 44-0009 Container Terminal Crane by Bachmann in OO scale. Pretty neat.

I was reading info on use of incandescent bulbs in short detection and found a thread in an old MRH issue that was very helpful. Then I went poking around on the net for sources for the bulbs and ended up finding another option, and posted it to the thread I'd been reading. I thought I was just resurrecting an old thread that would pop up here, but no. So here's a link to that old thread and then my post from the end of it: