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Is that blue as in Bluegrass? Go Cats!

Ha Val, Looks like the trucks are hitting the weight, mabye you can do a little cutting on it to get some more clearance?

I thought the same thing about some old box cars, so I removed the steel weight, put the car back together and sawed the middle two roof sections out with a 15" Hitachi mitersaw. The high speed of the blade leaves a super smooth/flat cut. The roof seams and door frame hide the cut when...

Ha 73, Here's a link to Freds thread on posting pics. hthhttp://www.the-gauge.com/showthread.php?t=9568

Ha Cap. have you taken one apart to see why there so heavy? sound like you could remove some of the weight.

Ha Bob, standard thickness of Plexiglass is about 1/8". BTW welcome to the Gauge

The skewers are about 8" long x 1/8" thick. There for cooking kabobs. Any thin, pointy tool will work. Stick the point into one the couplers at the U shape and twist the stick in the direction that will open the "hook"

Just pokin' a little fun there, psocks. The bamboo skewers that Andrews' talking about work good, 100 for 99cents at the big chain groceries. I've also been using them to experiment with scratchbuilding wood pile trestles in HO

Ha Ralph, Speaking of Sal's salvage- I haven't received last months check. :p

I really like the barn Robin, is that all cereal board?

Ha 2010, You must have a really high ceiling in your layout room? :eek:

I can't think of any way to uncouple a car while it's moving, at least not on purpose.

Ha Rick, What Val said. Welcome to the Gauge.

Hang in there csx, this is suppossed to be fun, if it's not just let it go for awhile. BTW It's not that unusual for two lines to parrallel or cross over each other.

Ha Conner, Lauan plywood is used mostly as underlayment for vinyl flooring. As underlayment it only needs to be flat not strong. The 2" foam board is much stiffer than 1/4" lauan or even 3/8".

Ha Pat, Tie plates go between the rail and ties, they hold the spikes and distribute the load so the rail won't "dig" into the tie.

Ha emt, I can't see them either, you could try posting larger images -640x480 is the max size allowed.

Rebar on a budget! :D

Ha Fred, I read somewhere, sometime, that rail scraps were added to the concrete to add extra weight, Ever heard that?

Gotta have room for that Geosites Popup! :mad: