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viperman: I believe you are thinking of the Airbus A380 aka. the aluminum cloud. Much too large to fit on a railroad car. Boeing uses rail for their 737 and until recently, the 757. They also ship components for the 747 in special cars from Southern CA.

The one problem that I have always had with carpet is trying to find small parts that I drop on the floor. I keep listening for the "click' of the part when it hits the floor but it never comes.

Welcome to The Gauge. When I was in the country of Turkmenistan (part of the former soviet union) in the mid 1990's, I met a couple of model railroaders. There were/or are Russian made model trains.

Yes, there is the possibility of designing your own. Some basic research on minimum curve radii for the scale you want to work with plus establishing the area that you have to put your layout will get you started. There's a 28" X 94", HO layout shown in the April 2008 MR magazine which could be...

I worked on the end product in the Renton/Seattle area. They used to arrive with occasional bullet holes from some midwest farm lad or drunk redneck doing target practice. My son-in-law who works for MRL told me of one fuselage that suffered from a shifted rail while going through a tunnel...

I guess my one forum (The Gauge) familiarity limits my comments. Hope you folks work out your problem.

Welcome to The Gauge. Man, I havent heard of those things in years. Good luck.

I went with the fourth option. Our club layout is unheated and its too cold until about April here in MT to do any work. Also the museum where we are located is open during during the summer so there is layout maintenance to be done. I am working on my On30 module at home during the winter.

Mike: I had noticed your absence. I trust that you are on the mend. good to hear from you again.

Our club is in the process of replacing all of the atlas switches on our layout with PECO. The operation of the PECO's is so much better. I am using PECO flex track and switches on an On30 module that I'm building at home and so far , everything is going great.

Welcome to The Gauge, Paul. I'm sorry to hear about your affliction/obsession. Sometimes things like that happen when you spend too much time in hobby shops. :thumb:

As usual, I have more questions for you than answers. Is it a new locomotive? Had it been running OK prior to this episode? How many cars are you pulling? As mentioned above, is something hanging up on the rails? Now for the comments. I don't think you can get "too much power". Spit on the track...

I'll go with all of the other "bad back, bad heart" folks. You're the guy who is working on it and operating it. I've seen pictures of layouts built for wheelchair access and other conditions. Possibly the only exception would be modules which by their nature must match another module.

Dave: If you are interested in mainline railroads in the Northwestern US, the Northern Pacific was the first major railroad in this area, followed by the Union Pacific in Oregon and Washington, the Great Northern along the northern most line through North Dakota, Montana, Idaho and Washington...

There used to be an old saying, "you could make a steam engine go as fast as your nerve allowed."

I will suggest some off layout practice. A piece of scrap track, some rail joiners, some scrap wire, your articles on soldering. Get the basics down first then attack the layout. You have probably come across the type of solder and flux to use with rail and wire. Also check the threads here...

Dave: Which Pacific NW railroad are you speaking of? Is there one in Scotland?

Either the cork or foam roadbed is a method of simulating the roadbed on most mainline railroads. If you were to do the roadbed with scale ballast it would require a lot of ballast and work. I have used several types of adhesive to attach the roadbed to foam insulation board. Liquid nails...

As an amatuer with limited experience in weathering, I'll say your work looks very good. You have the aged brick down pretty good. I do notice a bit of shine on some of the brick but that could be due to the photo lighting. Dullcote should reduce that when you are finished. The reason I'm...

Go to walthers.com, advanced search and type in Milwaukee style station. Basic dimensions 25 5/32X 8 13/32. Definitely a big building.