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After thinking about this, I wouldn't call this Spam. You stated that you used the product and it strikes me that he was just telling you of another source for the product. I noted in another post elsewhere that you promptly deleted his entry in your guest book. I think that is overkill. But...

A matter of perception. As you describe it, the old one was 'finished' and yes, you have a new layout. :-)

And that makes the case no matter whether it 'holds water' or not doesn't it. :-) In the mind of the builder, the railroad needed to take another direction and the only answer was to tear down and start over. IE. the railroad is not 'finished' until the builder is... I will offer another...

If you intend to operate the railroad, it is never done. I only know of one man who 'finished' his railroad. He had filled a car and a half garage with an HO layout. The day he 'finished' it, he stopped operating it and would just come out to the garage once or twice a week, turn on the light...

I built a 4x8 in two 4x4 sections years ago for my kids using a 1x4 frame with a plywood and homosote top and was very pleased with my ability to move it and store it. If it may need to be stored, the 4x4 sections are great. Of course today you might well use foam for the top, but that depends...

On October 9, 2004, I traveled to Lafayette Indiana for the dedication of the Monon Memorial at 18th and McDoel Avenue. The Memorial honors of the men and women who worked at the shops and is at the site of the old entrance to the Monon Shops. The shops did everything from locomotive repair to...

Decals were put on wood for many years. First paint or coat the wood to seal it and then apply the decal. As for your ink jet, as I understand it, you coat the paper with dullcote and then print. You may have to select a different type of paper from your printer selections other than regular...

Unfortunately, in my experience, many of the shops with 'e-mail' just do not read their e-mail. One local shop owner with e-mail just became a member of our division board. I asked him if he checked his e-mail. The answer was, "No." I suggested that he might want to start doing that since he was...

I have been busily adding more pages and photos to my Railroads of Madison County web site. Some of the more delightful pages have concerned a little known short line, the Central Indiana Railway. It's gone now and someone else (CIW) now operates the last remaining 10 or 12 miles, but I have...

Nothing on Family Lines, but here is: Seaboard http://www.thedieselshop.us/SBD.html L&N http://www.thedieselshop.us/L&Nroster.HTML

Meander, you are looking to build a large layout that takes several people to operate with the Dispatcher in an area that cannot see the layout? Might I suggest that you find and read the book(s) by John Armstrong. I would also suggest that you build a small layout first just to find out what is...

Meander, don't you have any hobby shops near you? How about individual modelers or clubs? If you buy from the Internet without seeing the merchandise, you can get BIG surprises. You need to have seen some of these choices first. You don't say where you are. If you drop me an e-mail, maybe I...

For construciton tips and other beginner info, you might want to take a look at the NMRA's 'Introduction to Model Railroading' page at: http://www.nmra.org/beginner/ Find a good model train hobby shop near you if you can for equipment and parts. Also, there may be NMRA division meets nearby...

I understand. Thanks. :-)

Love the photo/postcard. Can you e-mail me a larger version for the Big Four Memories pages of the RRsofMadCty? Need your name for the credit and the approximate year of the card.

I have just added a gem to the Memory pages of the Railroads of Madison County. It is the memories of a woman who used to ride the NYC passenger trains (and others) frequently in her youth. I broke it down into several pages to make it easier to read. Here is the 'teaser'. Karen Dinsmore's...

Well, Paul's time as the current Webmaster's Choice (30 days) was up today... However, it has been moved to the archive pages and I will tell you from my own expeience, that the hits just keep on coming even after a couple of years. And, yes, Paul deserved it. He is a great modeler and the web...

No I hadn't. The first map I pulled up looks an awful lot like the map in the Hammond's 1912 Atlas. All railroads and no highways. :-)

I have just put up the scanned pages of the C.C.C. & St. L. 1895 Passenger Timetable owned by Lawrence Baggerly. For the Big Four fan, there is a wealth of information in these pages ranging from the mileage of the various lines and branches to a population code giving the size of cities and...

Avon Yard will get you arrested if you do not have permission. The same is true of Beech Grove. I was able to tour Avon Yard with permission and some of what I saw is on my Railroads of Madison County web site at: http://madisonrails.railfan.net/ If you can get permission, it is a great trip...