Recent content by Mountain Man

Passed in and out of Campbell briefly a couple of times, but went from Benning Airborne to Korea and back to Benning and then to 'Nam.

Interesting. I'm a member of the original 11th Air Assault Division that tested all of the concepts, equipment and tactics from 1963 - 1966, prior to the existence of the 101st, and former paratrooper with the 101st Airborne Division. I'm also one of the original recipients of this - the...

"No Media" :confused:

Are you the only two members left on this forum?

When are you installing your "Little River"? :cool:

Isn't that what they make little toggle switches for? My experience has always been that complexity begins in the mind of the builder - hence the KISS acronym...Keep It Simple, S..... :cool: Sounds like you're just a tad over-committed. It's supposed to be a hobby, not a job. :rolleyes...

Sorry - I was referring to your earlier problem with opening engine house doors. :cool: However, I recently read an article by a guy who powers his little locos with the vibrator motors from cellphones. :thumb:

Can you do it with a switch motor of some type?

These should get you started. The bottom one contains illustrations of how the overheads look. Just type "overhead caternary systems into any search engine. All of this info will be in any decent book on traction lines in your LHS, too. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overhead_lines...

What does "notiveable" mean? :confused:

Is "dirterize" anything like "smudgifying"? :rolleyes:

"Dirterized"? :rolleyes: Nice viaduct! :thumb:

Could be a lot worse...you could be working in N-ascale. :cool:

They are bringing out new articulateds and other locos - try the latest issue of N-Scale. I would love to have one, but it's too big and the wrong era for my layout.

If 3x3 = 9 sq inches, then 4x4 = 16 sq inches, and 6x6 = 36 sq inches, not 144 sq inches which is the area of your "sq foot" squares. :confused: I use 1/4 inch graph paper, one square initially equals 3 inches with four squares to the foot, enabling me to scale up or down as I see fit...