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I was waiting for the part of the story where the blue smoke magically appeared.:D

6:50 am... thats sleeping in for me. :rolleyes: or rather.. OH $#!% I SLEPT IN!!!! :D

Hey if anyone's interested and sees this in the next half hr. The History Channel is showing Trains on Modern Marvels at 10/9c tonight.. It looks like they're gonna show the interworkings of dispatching, tracking cars, servicing engines. Jake

I doubt they make a model of this one but here is the S.S. Badger that went across Lake Michigan for the Pere Marquette and later the C&O. Now it is strictly a carferry which is still pretty cool! http://www.ssbadger.com/badger/history.html

I love it. Keep em coming!!:thumb: :thumb:

I was heading down to Des Moines last night and I decided to check out the Kate-Shelly High bridge on the way. It is definately a beautiful site and no pictures can do justice for the view. On the southwest side a dirt road goes down a hill and under the bridge as you can see in the first...

There it is!! Fired up the ole laptop and pulled my Mike pic out.

hmmm, now where did i put that picture of my mike.... I'll be back ........

Pretty simple to do. I made up how to do one for a wye. All you need to do is make the whole loop isolated and apply the same principle as i did to my wye.

Well I live in Fort Dodge, IA (2.5-3hrs away) and my sister lives in Dubuque. There is a hobby shop in town but i havent been to it yet because whenever i'm in Dubuque we're there and gone before I know it. I did notice there's a club on the southern side of town. If you feel like going to...

I love how the shadow casts on the caboose part of the car.

Well guys, heres my latest and greatest revision of my plan. Enjoy.

no speed restrictions..... It'ssssss Suuupermaaan!!!!

Isn't that why they never changed the name through all the mergers:D Can't have those other road names tainting the UP heritage!:rolleyes:

Russ-- I'm assuming you meant on the left side of the room. In that case I dont need it to stay in the room because there is empty space on the other side of the wall. My thought is of possibly putting a small staging yard in. I think the focused lighting is a great idea for the diarama...

Yesterday I was cleaning out a room in the basement Sunday and I got that brainstorming while you're working kinda thing going on while I was in there. So I broke out the tape measure and checked the room out again. Then I went to one of the corners to figure out what kinda radii I could get...

whos loco was that anyway Bob? Hows things at the club going? I still have things all over the place in my new house and my trains are still packed up in boxes. I have plans for a layout in my basement however it might be helpful to add 33 sqft to the room. Tell everyone I said hi, Jacob

That sounds like a good idea! I never thought of testing a car or locomotives ability to handle a radius through a test track specifically made for this. Usually just see how well it navigates the club. In a few weeks though i'll be clubless:cry: :cry: Oh well i guess that just means i'll...

I got one to piggyback off the soupcan cut in half sideways..... How bout cutting the top and bottom off to create different sized grain bin or are the ribs too big?

I've used spackle/joint compound in conjunction with the woodland scenic's "paving tape." http://www.the-gauge.com/showthread.php?t=9418&highlight=wye