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A well stocked pet store may have inexpensive artificial aquarium plants that that could work as a starting point for the typical densly-packed sugarcane field.

I never would have imagined a train being stopped by a tumbleweed-drift.

I voted for flat car, but to be more specific, Centerbeam flat.

Good looking build there, Josh:thumb:

Check out the video of these puppies Herzog - Cartopper Material Handler

It might be hard to find a lot of into on that locomotive type outside France, but if you're into it, go for it. Here's a similar incident, captured in a famous photo by Fletcher Swan, and a link Map - Philippe the Original Restaurant - Los Angeles with another angle and a description of the...

Nope, I can't say that I was. But when I saw the pics, they definitely stuck in my mind:thumb:

Another member here posted a link to the club he's a member at in Florida a few days ago, and their club has a great looking HO model of the San Bernardino station Scale Rails of SW Florida Trainroom

I'd love to stop by and visit. It'll take some time to settle in and get everything situated with new house and job, but I'm really looking forward to being able to get out and explore - it's like a great new adventure. Driving out to Ft. Meyers sounds like a nice way to spend a Saturday - I'll...

That model of the San Bernardino station is spot-on - very nice. I'm moving down to west Miami in about 3 weeks, so soon there'll be another western prototype modeler in your midst.

nkp174 mentioned Google, and I agree, sometimes it's really useful to take a step back from the railroad picture sites & look at a wider picture. I don't know if you're modelling steam or diesel, but there's a tone of info & pics out there. Whenever I buy a prepainted / numbered model (and I do...

Depends on the state of the railroad you're running - the more efficiently things are running, the emptier the yards should be; trains come in, cars are sorted, trains go out as quickly as possible. There needs to be plenty of 'breathing room' - the yardmaster is probably happiest when the yard...

As much as I'd enjoy helping you out with this, I just don't have the time right now, but I'd like to throw a related question out there as well - any of you other 'track planning junkies' draw your plans in AutoCAD instead of one of the track-planning softwares?

Maybe making room for a parking lot....

Unfortunately, I'm not the one building them - Check out these pics if in-progress and finished work by Joe Enriquez; absolutely astounding detail, right down to scratchbuilt tires with proper tread patterns Model Makers--Joe Enriquez Also, there are a lot of other amazing non-model RR...

Life-Like Proto 1000 has the NY R17

Great tutorial, Bernhard, and thanks for posting! I am always interested in learning new techniques for such fine detailing. I do, however, have a question / idea for a follow-up tutorial; what is your technique for bending such small eyelets in hard steel wire for the turnbuckle and clevis...

Circuitron sells several sizes through Walthers www.walthers.com -- search page There are a lot of sources on the net too - here's one I found, maybe worth trying: Fiber Optic Lighting -Chris

There's another light that's good to add - the running light over the lead truck - these illuminate the roadbed so the engineer can see if the locomotive is moving at night.

I don't have any photos, but I've devised a way to make these quick, easy, and functional! If you want to try my technique, here's how: First, purchase a pack of the Details West step lights for use as a size reference, and a pack of plastic fiber optic cable - I'm not sure what diameter I used...