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Conrail, thanks for sharing your experience with this particular product. While I have no need buy a trestle it is nice to find people who are willing to give an honest product review so we can all make an educated decision on whether to purchase or not. JD

Well, you do live in the Highlands where the internet has yet to be discovered<g> FWIW I heard that Microsoft servers have been having issues lately and that may a problem for where you are located, but I have not had any problems reading The Gauge. JD

Odd thing is that I know of a particular forum where all of this could not be more true - not The Gauge of course. Sometimes you just have to sit back and laugh at it all<g> JD

Dick, it has been awhile since I railfanned the CFNR in Woodland/Davis. What is there schedule these days? JD

Bless you and your entire family for your recognition of a great shortline<g>. JD

Where is the picture of the empty pizza box and beer bottles?

The California Northern, Puget Sound and Pacific and the California Arizona are all former Park Sierra Company railroads now owned by Rail America group. Paint schemes are the same for the most part. JD

Thanks for the pictures. Helps motivate me to get off my back-side and get started with the important things in life - model railroading. JD

Russ, I am emulating the Gaylord Container facility here in Antioch or the Weyerhouser plant in, Elk Grove. My tracks will be stand-alones for all the world to see. Hmm, I better hone my track skills- that are non-existent. Oddly enough, the industrial park in Lodi, Ca has both jointed and...

If you have RTS 5.0 just stay with that. The RTS 7.0 release from what I can see has nothing of major difference. But, it is free! JD

I saw these on another list. How do you say: "ick" or for my Canadian friends: "ish" JD

Negative on handlaying because I do not know how. Also, I just walked a section of mainline track here in town that is old jointed rail. It was roughly 40ft sections, but I cannot guarantee that is what modern industrial spurs may use which is what I am trying to replicate in HO scale. I...

Good point. I guess I may need to drive to Lodi or Stockton and have my tape measure handy. What I am trying to do is have my track layed as close to scale at least on the industrial leads/spurs. The mainline I will be using flex track to simulate welded rail. JD QUOTE=Russ Bellinis]I'm...

Excellent work and I would be embarrassed to compare my skills to yours. JD

The reason I ask this is because I want to model a modern industrial complex and I want to build the jointed rail to modern day specs. From what I gather, it sounds as if the prototype jointed rail is basically 40 ft lengths which equates to five inches of track segments in HO scale...

What is the standard length or average length of a section of jointed rail? JD

I like the idea, but it raises a question. How do you deal with the granulated garlic when you apply a water/glue mix so the garlic adheres to the layout? Seems to me that the garlic would disolve. Other than that, the size and color should work. JD

Very nice. My FIL worked in the iron ore mines in Ely, Minnesota and I wish I had photos of their operations from a family members perspective. JD

Thanks for the update. That is a lot of big locomotive for a narrow-gauge railroad. I sure would hate to know the rail weight they are using<g> JD

Good point. I know my clubs specs work for our own operating sessions, but I also know that our modules would not combine with any other local clubs that I am familiar with because the standards are different than ours. JD