On my travels I came across the Texas Air Museum just north of Slaton Texas. I think this would make a neat scene on a modern model layout for anyone wishing to display military aircraft models. To my surprise there was an FA18A just off FM400.  The aircraft types could be selected to represent any era that would fit the railroad being modeled. The museum theme would allow a mix of different aircraft.

The Steam Locomotive Cyclopedia states that switch engines were required to have footboards rather than pilots, and goes on to describe the required dimensions for them.  I'm thinking about my Porter 2-6-0 project, and I can't help thinking that I would really like to have a nice road pilot on there.  However, since it's intended to be an engine owned and operated by an industry (or maybe a consortium of local industries, I haven't decided yet), I suspect that it would be required to have footboards.

I've googled for pictures and haven't come up with anything useful. Can anybody point me in the right direction. I'm also looking at converting my crane to diesel. I'm also going to DCC and motorize the crane per the MRH article.

Bernd

I was mainly looking for prototype examples of Canadian Pacific Cranes, but here is some of what I found.  Unfortunately some of the links I just saved images and did not keep the link.  If I find more, I will post links here.

It's been a very productive couple of days. Once again, I've added a new post over at Motor City Rollercoaster, my blog about modeling a modern day version of the Detroit Terminal Railroad. In this installment, I take a detailed look at the relatively short but operationally challenging Highland Park Industrial Track.

I hope you enjoy it.

Rich