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    High Bridge, KY (Tallest bridge over water in the world at time of construction)

    I have a project I'm thinking of attempting but not sure if I can find the space for it. It's the 'High Bridge' over the Kentucky River. I need to make a drawing of it first. Lots of pics are available on it. No drawings as far as I know. The deck is 275 feet above the water and the bridge...
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    Need to print my own Decals

    Ok.. I really want to get into making some C&O models. Having decided on the decade and local to a degree. I've found some good pics of some International Wide Vision C&O cabooses. Athearn is apparently coming out with some this coming Feb.. But from the looks of them they have quite a few...
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    Researching the Prototype

    Ok so I've been getting my feet wet working on a design for a layout. Time: 1959 => Early 60's Railline: Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Local: Russell KY to Elkhorn City KY (Big Sandy Subdivision) Steam is still present but is being phased out as first Gen diesels are coming in. Still...
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    Am I getting to old?

    When I first got into modeling I was all about modern technology. Locomotives with LCD screens instead of analog gauges. Super elevated curves and trains full of by level containers pulling into mega ports to be unloaded by some of the largest machines man has ever built. Now that I'm older...