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OK I am no electrician by any means and I understand that the signals will be pretty much fool proof. The thing I don't fully understand is the block detector. Could it be some kind of photo eye type gadget and if so how will this be installed on track that has already been glued down and...

Nice touch adding the re-railers inside of the gauge on the bridge.

"The term "shoving platform" has been around for quite awhile. Many of the older cabooses or way cars have had their windows plated over and in some cases the doors may be welded shut and thus only provides a platform for a trainman toride when making long shoves. CSX has even taken the term...

I had the same problem, terrain, I could never get it to look right. I finally built the N-scale High Sierra pre-formed layout from Terrain for Trains and plan on building their new "Smokey Hallow" layout later on this year. They also make an HO pre-formed layout...

I believe the Scenic Ridge layout is 3'x6'

You have a case of what we call "stringlining".

His highly impressive masterpiece is in the latest issue of N Scale Railroading. If I remember right, he is a member here in The Gauge. Excellent work Scott:thumb:

Katy Very nice layout with a Midwest feel to it.

I just saw a couple of newly listed C630's on E-Bay and if you page past those at least a day or two you can snag an LV Caboose. Narrow your search to just Atlas

http://www.enter.net/~lvrr/ http://www.lvrr.com http://www.frontiernet.net/~scottychaos/LVRR.html http://www.lvrrmodeler.net

I have not had to chance to run one and the only one I saw was on Amtrak. It is my understanding that they are battery operated and the small diesel engine is used to charge the batteries.

I have a few somewhat new GP-40's from Atlas (DRGW #3131 & DRGW #3141 and DRGW 3059) They came out a little over a year ago I believe and I have never had a problem with any of them. The light comes on then they should move without having to fiddle with them, If you have any concerns then...

Herc, spend a little extra cash for quality. http://www.4nscale.com I deal with these folks and they are about the best priced stuff you will find. I have and continue to steer clear of Bachmann and Life Like.

Nothing will scare the crap out of an engineer more than getting on a train at night and walking through a consist knocking off handbrakes and checking the inspection cards and stumbling across a rider sitting on the 3rd or 4th engine. :eek:

Not quite sure of the exact year the WP came to be, I believe it was a latecommer to the rail industry as compared to the other railroads already in existance. My guess would put it around the late 1890's to the early 1900's. For some reason the year 1900 sticks out. They operated all the way up...

Let us not forget a first hand witness. The engineer, it is something that will haunt him for the rest of his life.

I would easily pay more money than to give it to Walmart. When your local hobby shop goes out of business, no need to scratch your head and wonder why.

I just finished browsing 4nscale.com and the Atlas diesels seem to be right around $69.95 for non decoder locomotives. They just received a shipment of GP40/GP40-2's recently. I have a few of those from last years release. I have a small layout (The Terrain For Trains "High Sierra") and while I...

I am truely glad to hear that you have almost no problems. I am not familiar with Aristo so I cannot honestly comment on their products. It just seems that there is a pattern on various websites where folks, usually new to the hobby get a terrible eye opening experience involving Bachmann...

Actually Skip, I have about six bad experiences boxed away upstairs. All gifts from my relatives. I understand what your saying about parents not wanting to spend the money on quality for something they see as toy. I wonder how many hobby shops get these sets returned after the holidays because...