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That is a real bummer! Does Northwest shortline have replacement parts you could use? Good luck with the repair. Tom

Blue on Blue. More doings on the Blue Ridge Stemwinder in On30. One of the nice things about Styrofoam is that construction proceeds rapidly. Here the blue foam pieces of the puzzle are coming together for the Layout Design Element (LDE) that I am calling Linville station. This LDE is 11 feet...

It's Labor Day and the painters and stencil man want to get the day off. The boss wanted some pictures of the newly labeled Hopper cars, so they hung around for some pictures. All three of the hoppers are now fully lettered for cars #1, #12, and# 18. This is the prettiest they will look as...

Good to hear from you Bill. Looking forward to seeing some piccies of the re gauged O scale Climax. Doc Tom

Lots going on in your RR room. Like the Gilroy Hotel. Is that new??? Doc Tom

Thanks Bill. It does make for neat support to the new layout.

Bench…….errrr…… shelf work for the" Blue Ridge Stemwinder”, an On30 homage to the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad. In my last two On30 mini layouts I made exclusive use of lightweight materials such as Styrofoam board and aluminum metal supports. There is no wood in either of...

I really like the hopper cars. They look good. I especially love the dramatic scene of the four cars on those very cool bridges. Good work ! Tom

Hi Bill. I did see the problems you were having with pictures. I started the benchwork err shelf work today for the new ET&WNC layout. pictures to follow soon. Tom

Good to see some of your pictures showing up. Looks like the new Zealot is causing some headaches with your photos. Maybe a moderator will come along to help out??? Doc Tom

Thanks Bill. It is good to hear from you. You got me started on the hopper cars with your beautiful scratchbuild. I am going to number it #1 the first of their wooden hoppers built in the Johnson City Tn shops in 1902 with wooden bolsters (subsequently changed to the twin I beam) and upgraded...

Ahhh, the joys of Prototype model railroading. I have completed three hopper cars to haul iron ore and coal on my planned On30 homage to the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad. I will be modeling the era 1920 – 1924 when the railroad was quite profitable and had beautiful narrow...

Very nice backdrops. Love all the bridgework as well. Tom

One of the fun parts of modeling in On30 is the "mini scenes" you can do with lots and lots of details. Well the steam locomotives need a lot of cut wood to do their work......so a mini scene on the mini logging layout. Thanks for looking. Doc Tom

To build this little layout I have been researching the heck out of the ET&WNC RR. Heck, I even joined the ET&WNC RR Historical Society.....a very nice group. At the end of May they had their annual convention in Johnson City Tennessee and I had a ball. Here we are playing with ET&WNC lokie...

WOW tough choices!! I know it will work out for you guys. I do like the plans you have drawn up. Very interesting. Tom

Hey Bill, I would also be interested in that show at Montgomery Bell State Park. I have two mini layout itching to travel. Let me know when you have some particulars. Will you take the DGCC& W layout with you when you downsize??? Doc Tom

Lots of progress!! Looks very good. Dr Tom

Thanks for looking Bill. The hopper car you donated to the cause (mucho thankyous) is finished and only needs paint and decals. I bought two laser kits of the ET &WNC Hopper thst are pretty nice. Could go for a totally scratched model in the future to build more. These hoppers were ubiquitous...

It is good to see you back at it! I was wondering what happened? Everything okay for you and your family? Your layout is coming along great. I really enjoy this recent set of pictures. Thanks once again for your donation of the ET and WNC RR Hopper car. I have completed it with full rigging...