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:oops: wrong day for the segment I added first. I'll be back on board again soon, I hope. VGN :cool:

"Would someone kindly tell me... HOW DO I GET OFF THIS CRAZY TRAIN??!!!"

Hi MCL and all Haven't been here in a good long while. .. long story...anyway...just where is this thread re: smoking?...I'd like to see what the question is all about...and without reading the context, I really can't add much to the dialogue... it's kinda like a "bookless" CD rom...

Note to Gary : As far as I know,NW stayed "Norfolk and Western Railway" 'til Southern Railway finally 'merged with the N&W a few years later...The NW scheme came at a time when a lot of companies, in all industries, were "designerizing". Now, there is the mega-railroad, NS...Norfolk Southern...

Hi Topo I model Virginian and N&W RYs, but my 'chosen era' ends in late '60s..just before NW scheme began. But,from photo essays I've seen,1971 seems right to me...can't quote a source, off hand... but search 'Norfolk and Western Historical Society", located in Roanoke,Va. (my hometown)..you...

Hey CSXfan How's it? the blue styrofoam is made by DOW...may be the most available..it is the Only one available in my County in No. Ca. Whatever you do, don't use ext.construction grade foam insulation. the stuff with the foil backing, yellow/tan color.Makes a terrible mess...bad dust...

Black and Silver..hmmmm... sounds like a good livery for a railroad to me...LOL. Glad you were able to get something out of the old amp. I had thought to suggest trying to trade it in for a newer model, but based on the market here, thought that was not a reasonable suggestion. You're...

Hi Y'all A tangent:...I don't really know re: current practice, but I remember my Grandaddy telling me that the 2nd diesel ( or 3rd, 4th, 5th, as needed were used for braking as well as pulling in the mountains of Va./W.Va. I've only seen one or two photos of a single trainmaster... and that...

I may switch scale!! Great model, Vic When I think of what I dream of doing with my layout, eventually, I know I've got to find an old airship hanger for rent:rolleyes: ...I just can't imagine getting such marvelous detail in N scale...it is amazing what you accomplished in HO!! By the way...

Good for you, N gauger Hey...have you asked Shamus if Susan is available?? I'll bet she can secretary all day and all night...and take care of coffee breaks too!! Who would Need doughnuts??!! :D vgn

Oh, one extra tidbit! I actually 'drove' one of those huge machines...about 1954-55..sittin' on my grandaddy's knee at the VGN Yards in Mullens WV. ...He took his hand off mine, which was on the throttle...for all of about 15 feet!!..Yardmaster musta been a real good friend of his as well as...

Hi kkj7, welcome aboard! I model the Virginian (surprise, ha ha!!) and The N&W...N scale and HO. my 2 N locos are Trainmaster models by Atlas.. Thanks to a friend at my train club, I have a fair amount of info on the Trainmaster.... Here's a bit taken from a Loco Newsmag. called "Extra 2200...

Hi Y'all A bit of info. re: Billk's "black rotten stinky Rdwd"...yep...you don't want to live with that smell....but Redwood doesn't rot by itself for a long, long time.... now"sinkers' ... logs that have lain on the bottom of the mill pond for a year or two, that's different... there's no...

Hi shamus I assume you're doing Coast Redwood...not much logging really of Giant sequoia of the Sierra Nevada... too brittle....As for Sequoia Sempervirons (Coast Redwood): The outer sap wood is almost white...a very pale yellowish tan color, and in large old groth trees, only the outer few...

Hi Y'all I'm researchin' for my proposed/in-progress layout of the VGN in southern West Virginia...right about the time of the merger with the N&W...late 50's early 60's. Of most interest are the Mullens/Elmore Yards and Engine Facilities and the town of Mullens itself. Earlier photos would be...

Hi Y'all...long time no type... Hey, can anyone give some info. on what might be the source of "Cancer causing materials" in my new Kato Caboose (a little N gauge Cupola...undecorated, standard Box car Brown/Red...I'm suspecting a pigment in the paint, or perhaps lead, or maybe it's a solvent...

Hi Soonerfan I've been away from the gauge for a few weeks...just read this series of replys to your question...I followed Shamus' advice...I finally found 'insulation board' , not Homasote...very expensive!...at Home Depot...they call it 'sound board', and it works great...comes in 4'x8'...

Hi Tyson Welcome to the gauge. ( I'm kinda slow, but I do awful pretty work!) Being from Virginia originally, I should be able to suggest some thing...but, I've been in California so long, I'd almost forgotten what tobacco looks like in the field...until I was in North Carolina a few years...

Hi y'all Let me add my bit to the 'uncoupler' stew. On the 4x8 in the garage, I have only one magnematic installed, so must 'break 'em up' by hand in many places...at my HO club, we use small wood meat skewers, about 5" long, to uncouple... Kadee #5s are the standard...works ok, once you get...

magnet fit experiment results Hi Cactus and all you fellow 'newbe' and 'master' MR experimenters! Here's what I did and how it worked: I took my section of Atlas 'snap-trac', a small, sharp chisel( with a long, flat bevel), gently tapped out the ties, laying the flat side as tight against...