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Same here, Andrew! Congratulations to you and your family!

Atlas has a webpage where they update the status of each announcement they make. They're pretty good about keeping it up to date too. Go to http://www.atlasrr.com/ and click on 'Order/Ship Dates' on the left hand side of the page.

Excellent photos! If you hadn't included a caption, you would have fooled me with both pictures. Do you have any more to share?

Ralph, I put the photos on the Railimages server and linked to them from here. The Gauge's computer doesn't have to use any hard drive space to store them, hence no size limits.

Going home We reached the 10-mile point shortly after the yellow light and the four of us walked back to the GP7 to begin the trip home. We were parked next to an old switcher belonging to Rock & Rail, which used to work a quarry nearby. They're supposed to start up again, but Mark...

Getting into things! More shots as we entered further in to the Royal Gorge: And here's the Royal Gorge bridge itself, over 1000 feet above the locotmotive. Coming up on the hanging bridge built 100+ years ago (another shot later on.) Some rafters coming down the Arkansas...

Let's start rolling! Climbing up into the cab of the F7, my father and I met Tyler, the engineer in training (pictured below) and were told that we were sitting on the brakman and fireman seats. The view was great and it offered several picture opportunities. This was the first thing I...

On Tuesday, I went on a ride with my family on the Royal Gorge Railroad in Canyon City, CO. My father and shelled out some extra bucks to take a cab ride rather than sit in the passenger cars. The CCRG (Canyon City & Royal Gorge) is a tourist line that runs a 20 mile round-trip run (10 out...

Well, as predicted by several retailers, Lifelike has announced that they will be making the GP60 in several roadnumbers. This is a long-anticipated locomotive for many people. Lifelike will also be using the Accurail (accumate) couplers instead of Rapidos (another first for them). No word...

Shamus - Sorry you have to leave us. Your layout(s) have been an inspiration to many of us and you've always had something of quality to add to our discussions. Best of luck to you and please pop in to say 'Hello' whenever it strikes you.

Nice picture. I always end up missing the UP specials mainly through bad timing and a dash of poor luck. Maybe next time...

Have you tried any of the Arizona Rock ballast? I know they make several different kinds of ballast. I'm using it, mainly because of the colors available and it's actual rock rather than colored nut shells. http://www.rrscenery.com/ A quick check of the website shows a CNW 'pink' and a...

This is David, a conductor at the Oklahoma Rail Museum. The shot was taken on an excursion train the museum runs about once a month. He's on the rear platform of the caboose as the train is running backwards towards the museum. He stands there and calls the whistle posts to the engineer in...

D&RGW GP60s? Can it be? That would be outstanding! I wish that Lifelike would start officially announcing all locomotives ahead of time, rather than the hit-or-miss method they usually employ.