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My dad sent me this today. It is my older brother and me at Bellevue, OH in 1984. The 765 and 611 double headed that day, on their way to an NRHS convention. Now, I'm far more likely to foam from the mouth rather than the eyes when in sight of steam. I was terrified of the low water alarm...

I prefer an era approximately 100 years prior to my birth. It isn't the technology side for me, but rather that I find it to be such an interesting period. The 1870s-90s were filled with all sorts of experiments and interesting story lines. There are the railroad barons fighting their wars...

My only experience with them was outstanding. I'd definitely do business with them again.

Better yet, time cop on rails! They can cruise around to various time periods...a shootout on the Silverton train of 1890 one week, a stolen boxcar on the BNSF the next, and then Japanese saboteurs on the Alaskan RR during WW2 the next!

A mix of Code 70 and Code 83. Sidings can be Code 55 and even Code 40. If you want the most accurate, you'll end up going the route of highly detailed kits...such as the aforementioned Central Valley. The nice thing about Fast Tracks is that it allows a beginner to access hand laid turnouts...

I tend to believe that trainsets around christmas trees became popular due to the relative cost of a trainset. It would have been a major Christmas gift, and very likely would have been assembled around the tree rather than packaged up. The kid would come running into the living room on...

But my trains need POWER!!!! I learned that in the last power outage. sign1

Nice work bringing an old car up to modern standards. Some of the older models can really shine with a little work (although I do have my doubts with the paper sided cars).

It sounds to me like you power it with the AC terminal on the transformer, but the variable dc terminal controls it. The sound will vary based off of the variable dc...which is what you attach to the track. The reason it sucks AC power is probably to prevent it from stealing the variable DC...

To give the hint of longer train operation, you can either have an interchange at the edge of the layout, a double track passing through one corner, or have a track that is on the surface in the front of the layout but drops down below the scenery behind...so that longer freights can parade onto...

Carl, if you pay close attention to many of the jumbo layouts in model railroader, you'll find that in some cases, less than half of their layout actually exists! There was one magnificent 60'x40' layout, but only around a third of it existed anywhere but on paper (of course MR didn't really...

I did pause on that...'cause I know what you mean...it doesn't make 5 laps and have two branchlines like some plans :p What I meant was that there sure seems to be a lot of track for the size of the layout. If there is one industry per siding, then it should be ok. I can think of a few...

I'm looking to get an unabridged copy of the Pictorial Supplement to Mac Poor's Denver South Park & Pacific (my current is an abridged reissue), the 1879 and 1888 Car Builder's Dictionary, John White's American Railroad Freight Car, and a couple current books: Sundance's Colorado Central book...

I don't know the local state laws, but... In Ohio, you can look up properties on the auditor's website for each county. For instance... http://www.hamiltoncountyauditor.org/realestate/rover30.asp -select to search by owner...enter Lewis Marvin, and you can see his home in Indian Hill! Carson...

It seems kind of spaghetti bowl like to me. I think it would benefit, scenically, from simplifying the track plan. That is a yards on the lower left, and industries on the other sidings, correct? And there will be buildings blocking the view in between? (which of course, 50% or more of...

Very frequently, the people selling On3 stuff have no clue what they are selling. I usually try to send them a message if it is really mislabeled (to prevent honest mistakes). A week ago, there was an On3 car listed as an S scale car. Frequently, someone dies and a local modeler friend will...

Shamus did a magnificent job of exploiting the advantages of his modeling mediums. He is the only logging modeler whom has ever made me seriously think about logging or On30. He was a tremendous modeler. I'm glad that he and his family had a chance to prepare. I'm thankful that he chose to...

In O scale, you definitely can get away with stuff that is impossible in smaller scales. I usually drill out the holes for my NBWs and have made my own NBWs in a few special circumstances. I don't see how I could have created the QPs on my paycar in HO short of 100% brass construction. I'm...

Right! My old HO layout had less than 30% of the main & branchlines on roadbed. The rest was on OSB and plywood.

Roadbed isn't essential (unless you're hand laying). Go ahead and skip it if you feel like it.