Preorder now: https://www.scaletrains.com/product-category/museum-quality-gtel-8500-hp-big-blow-turbine/

I'm trying to find information (or better yet, actual photos) about how brake lines looked on early railroad passenger cars, probably circa 1860 - 1900. The kit I'm building simply has a thick line laid down the middle of the car body but doesn't take into account the elevation of running over the truck bolsters so I don't know how 'steep' the angle should be of the line between bolster and attaching to the middle of the car body.

Yesterday was the inaugural Red River RPM Meet in Fort Worth, Texas. It was a fun time and a better turnout than we'd hoped for. I got to meet a lot of new friends and see some old friends as well. It's hard to pick some photos to share, so here's the link to the entire gallery:

https://pbase.com/mecrharris/red_river_2021

Also, my phone doesn't do near as well as a camera so if you look around the usual spots (facebook, flikr, etc) I'm sure you can find far better photos of the event.

Found this online and thought it might be of interest to some here:

Home manufacturing tutorial for robot builders, model makers, and other hobbyists
https://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/gcnc/

Table of contents:
1. Introduction
2. Setting up a CNC mill
3. Mastering CAD and CAM
4. Resin casting and you
5. Essential parts for robot builders
6. Practical part geometries
7. Workshop safety topics
8. Closing notes