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Not the first time I've seen a Frisco U25B on Conrail. I guess they were among the many units they leased - like the BAR GPs that keep showing up in those photos. http://madisonrails.railfan.net/buser/mkr5303r_a.jpg Weird. Reminds me of the Black Mesa's only diesel - in fact, is this that unit?

Many layout wiring books, especially older ones, assume there are only two types of turnouts: Metal frog, no gaps. Must be fed from point end. Power routing. Must avoid short circuits, as "dead" route has both rails same polarity. Plastic frog, insulated. Can be fed from anywhere. Not...

I sometimes think I like late steam better. Then I realize I also like Atlantics, compound Mallets, at least the larger narrow gauge engines... and camelbacks. And I realize I can't make that generalization, as the exceptions are almost as numerous as the rule. I'm waiting to see this one assembled.

That rule's going to come back and hit you. N is about 5/9 of HO. 12" would be about equivalent to your HO radii.

Was that switcher (722?) running, or being towed?

What kind of information? Since you were mentioning rolling stock, http://www.steamfreightcars.com/

Dieselization was earlier than that in general. Except in the northeast and east-central regions, American railroads generally started eliminating steam right after the war. In those areas, new steam was purchased for a few years more. In the southeast and midwest, many roads retired their last...

If only, like Conrail, they'd managed one in blue...

I actually don't know. I was exposed to Model Railroader since... I don't know. My family probably had them before I could read, though I was the first child and my parents weren't railfans. So it would've been a gradual process, not a realization, and it occurred before I got my first...

This was the only Rock Island cab unit to receive "The ROCK" lettering, correct?

http://www.trainweb.org/tusp/21_cent.html mentions an attempt to design a better duplex. The picture is obviously not accurate, but a modern Photoshop attempt to recreate a description. The important part is:

And certainly one of the most impressive to find on a passenger train. Only 3985 runs. IIRC, 3977 is the only other Challenger surviving; no non-UP Challengers remain. I'm not sure. The Challengers were built coal-fired, but a number were converted to oil-firing. 3977 was one that was...

Nice to see the C32-8 finally taking shape.

Does either the Atlas GP9 or the Proto N GP18 have a frame that would accept the chopnose shell? I doubt it, but...

It took until the third photo to really realize what was odd about it... a highnose baby tunnel motor! Nice.

That's a standard SF modellers' technique (or was, back when movies used physical models). They called it "greebling".

Took me a moment to realize you were talking about a Kansas City Southern engine in the revived Southern Belle scheme.

But it won't have clearances for double-stacks and other very large equipment.

Now I recognize the shot. I remember seeing it on another site, with the caption that the F had recently been taken out of service. The photo was taken in early 2000. Or was it just another lookalike scene?

A C-19 could pull 4 cars up Marshall Pass, so this is realistic.