I am contemplating building one of the "ironclads" that rode the rails in the American Civil War.  They were often armored with rails, but using them would be HEAVY and CO$TLY.  I would love to find something good enough that's cheaper and lighter; does anyone have any ideas?

I want to wish all the nice people here at MRH a great holiday season. Everyone is so nice and helpful.

I haven't posted anything on these forums about my current layout I'm working on. I'll post the link to the nscale.net thread I started this layout on as to see all previous updates. It is a simple double track main with a spur, small yard, and an engine depot. It is loosely based on the Gotthard or Lötschberg Route in Switzerland in the 90's. It is when the SBB had the gray paint scheme on the Eurocity passenger cars, along with the extensive ad campaigns on the Re460's.

I thought some might enjoy our latest video
In this video we take a look at Track Warrant Control for model railroading with real world video examples, graphics, illustrations and more.

With some much needed humor, we cover a variety of interesting topics related to Track Warrant Control. We look at the basic concept, talk about what it is, what it's for and how it can be taken from the real world and applied to model railroading to enhance layout operation.

Have a great holiday and Merry Christmas from Joey Ricard and family