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I use what was called a "X section" a lot. Sample: at a passing siding, the siding and main between the turnouts make 2 blocks that can be selected by cabs. The turnouts are connected to whichever block the turnout is pointed at, and a distance behind the turnout as well. This lets you select...

Railfanning - the mouse The boys are up railfanning on Robin's Road. When they heard that the Lily Belle was bringing a train up, they loaded everything they had on the RV. Then the work train came through. Finally Emily brought her train through. (Paradox: the scenery in the first shot is OO...

Trains magazine tried to adopt a reformed Whyte system a while back that would give extra information. I think -(6)- indicated 6 drivers that swivelled. Someone seemed to think it important to know if the front set was on a pivot or securely fastened to the main fame (e.g. PRR T1). I don't...

Nit pick: 2816 is not a Royal Hudson but a common or garden-variety Hudson. Despite the CPR's calling it the Empress.

Because of the several fora that I deal with, I sometimes click the "preview post" button instead of "submit" in error. The post appears to me, but then is lost when I retreat out of the thread.

Josh: is your new layout a limited one or are you going all out? You might consider a small themed one and just convert the cars and locos required.

I put my track on Homasote sheets with the intention of cutting it away to make roadbed. This never happened. I built my extension to the continuous run with WS foam on Insulating foam on top of spline sub-roadbed. If I was starting over it would be WS on top of Homasote -- need soething to...

OT I once flew back from England with a transistor throttle - open case - in the top of my carry on. Nothing was said about it and I didn't want to make any sort of fuss!

I had a railway magazine many years ago that had an article that I thought was "Where there's Railways there's Parsons Marooned". I didn't quite connect all of it until a few years later I realized that Marooned was a separate article about floods. And don't forget that it was enough of a...

Josh: if you're just starting and haven't bought too much stock, go for it. My stock is too large and much of it too olde to convert. Besides, if I converted, I'd go to the OO version, S4 or P4. Much the same reasons that I don't go DCC. If you'll be buying/building just for this layout, it's a...

I was looking for railfans in the figures section of the LHS. Closest I got was a set of ex-railfans wearing black-and-white stripes.

Ah, but those other shows won't have me squirting glue on bits of cardboard! sign1

http://www.antiquetoys.ca/index.html?page=trainshows Toronto Christmas Train Show Nov 22, 23 2008 I'll be working at the Platelayers booth. Anyone interested in meeting up?

Rob: I don't know about the top of the L-girders, but I think that your arm held in front of you should clear at least all your rolling stock, probably the buildings near the front of the layout, and maybe all the telegraph poles with wire strung between them. You don't have to clear the...

How easy it comes up depends on how well you glued it down. And after you get it up you can have fun knocking th old ballast off. sign1

Mikey: add my wishes to the pile. And you're still a spring chicken.

To pick another nit, isn't the number for a Mountain?

Boomers' Auction in Harriston tomorrow. I'm going to miss it (as I have for the last 30 years) because we're going in the same direction Sunday to my wife's sister's; anyway it's going to be raining. Check your furnaces before heating season starts. We replaced ours, along with the air...

Lester: instead of helixes, why not put one whole side on a grade? (Some call this the No-lix) You could have the gentlest of grades for 48 feet -- 2% would give you about 11.5" climb. Push it a bit and you could have a flat area for a station or yard. Put the grade all the way around and you...

Matt: I have the privilege of operation on this layout: http://www.theplatelayers.org/coupling/lostock.htm The major station is a model of Windermere in the Lake District. I suspect it's been shortened a bit* and the engine shed area is much larger than the original and moved. We do have all...