While railfanning recently I notice a small sign near the end of a passenger station platform for VIA,  at about engineers height that was on a yellow background with the notation  " 1 5/6  " . Does this have something to do as a guide for car placement on the platform?     

Steve

Maybe I can start a Holiday Tradition here by issuing a challenge. Maybe JoeF can help us keep score with some sort of way to vote.

Several of the members are very good in storytelling. They give us entertainment in our hobby with their fictitious tall tales. We had the opportunity to enjoy several recently. I think it would be great to encourage this style of storytelling, tall tales. Kind of have a place for tall tales for each holiday as we do for the weekly photo section.

http://formlabs.com/en/products/form-1-plus/

25 micron (.001") resolution.  Getting closer to a 3D printer that can produce decent quality prints for model railroad use.

Still needs a resolution of about half that to stand up to scrutiny, but impressive nonetheless... Not bad for $3200

-Tim

I see that the layouts of both Jim McNabb (IAIS Grimes Industrial Track) and Kevin Klettke (Washington Northern) appear in Great Model Railroads 2015. Way to go guys! Those are the two best articles in the issue and Jim's article is almost (not quite, but almost) enough to convince this curmudgeon that steam locomotives and cabooses aren't really necessary. Well, maybe I could do without steam, but cabooses are sacred and doing without would be sacrilege.

Mike

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