By my count (of the posters) seven different N-Trak clubs got together to build the N-Trak layout at the National Train Show. I think they had over a hundred modules as part of the layout.

Have any of you received your Grandt Line order made during the final months/weeks surge once Grandt Line announced their retirement?

As yet, I have not received my $100+ order that was placed in April, I believe.

EDIT: Order placed and confirmed via email from Grandt Line on March 16.

Andre

I want to model some wood wharf pilings before they are driven into the ground. The area I model can have the height of the tides up to 11 to 53 feet.

How far would the piling have to go into the ground? I'm trying to figure out the overall length of them and have them brought in by rail.

Would there have been flat cars long enough to deliver pilings this long in the late nineteen-fifties? Or would they most likely be brought in by truck? Would they be already prepped with something so they would last in water and mud?

I have 4x6 cards for each train that runs during my operating sessions with terse instructions about that train's switching duties. Most switching involves picking up cars that have completed being loaded or unloaded and setting out cars that are to be delivered.

For years I have for called the “pickup” cars “outbound cars” since they are leaving that particular switching area and heading for the main yard.  Likewise, I called cars coming from the main yard to the switching area “inbound cars”.