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Fortune cookie
I recently had the perfect fortune cookie fortune for a model railroader who likes operations .
CP Rail's Newport & Lyndonville Subdivision
About a year ago I started a Facebook Group dedicated to construction of my layout and sharing photos as I went, but unfortunately I haven't been posting much on the MRH forum. I'd like to continue sharing the layout construction on the MRH website, a page dedicated solely to Model Railroading/Prototype Railroading. A little background, since my early teens, I’ve been fascinated by railroad operations along the Connecticut River in Vermont, locally known as the Conn River Line.

A Layout You Can Ride... Amazing Live Steam Layout!
In this video I visit the Adirondack Live Steamers. Never again will you be satisfied with mere HO scale layouts in your basement...
Enjoy...
locomotive parts
I am looking for parts for the Athearn/Roundhouse Old Time 2-8-0 or 4-4-0. Are parts available anywhere? So far, I am striking out.
I am also looking to pick up a used Athearn/Roundhouse Old Time 2-8-0, preferrably with DCC/sound. If anyone has one and is willing to part with it please let me know.
Thanks,
Jim Six

3D printed Shay, Engine design done and working
its about time, this took way longer than I thought it would, but it is done and working well. I still have a few details I am going to add (blowdown valves, oil cups, etc).
by the way, in case you did not know, the set of cylinders on a Shay is referred to as the "engine", just so there is no confusion.
Information about the Allegheny & South Side Railway
Several years ago, I bumped into this photo from the 1950s:
All I have been able to find about the A&SS and the locomotive is the following:
Tender Truck
Wonder if anyone can identify this truck that's for the long-haul tender of a Mantua 2-8-0 kit I'm assembling?
Comparing it with a photo of a Commonwealth 6-wheel, swing motion, straight equalizer truck (see below), I think it's probably a variation of that. The only difference seems to be the shape of the parts next to the pencil points. What think?
Regarding Patrick wanting design help: update
Several posts back a gentlemen named Patrick asked for help and received several good suggestions regarding designing a simple, shelf railroad. I was one of those who responded and along with others shared good information including some photos of another modelers railroad for clarification.
However, the railroad shown was not mine but one I posted from another, now forgotten site and I want to clarify that it was built by Nick Palette, an O gauge modeler for display/operations at British train shows/meets.
Barry

Source for ME weathered/stained wood ties?
I'm finally getting around to ordering track supplies for the new layout and realized that I'm not finding Micro Engineering HO Scale full-profile wood ties for sale anywhere. Does anyone have any tips on where I could find them in both standard and turnout lengths? I'd prefer weathered/stained, but unstained is okay in a pinch.
Thanks very much for any guidance you can offer.
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