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That's what NS crews call CFE crews because most were removed from a Class 1 at one time. ~BS

Alright, folks, it's time to straighten this out. I am friends with Yakuza members. My photos are on the site, and indeed, photos of me are on the site. I am not the mysterious blogger, however. I do use said blogger's web space because I'm too cheap to pay for my own hosting, don't like the...

And now it's the Currently Fired Employees! (Or at least that's what NS calls them.) ~BS

Here's a photo of my layout base before construction took off. It rests atop two tall bookcases and is removable for messy work. Otherwise I can do most everything I need to from the step stool. ~BS

When has anybody ever used logic on any Internet forum, much less The Forum Formerly Known As The Gauge?

Why are you trying to maximize your layout size? You started this thread complaining about growing layout sized. I'm in the process of building three smaller layouts instead of one large one. I might suggest you take my small layout challenge to heart and do the same. ~BS

It's entirely possible to build an around-the-room layout without fastening it to the wall. If you can build a table that sets in the middle of the room why can't you build one that fits against a wall, or two, or three? One of my layouts is perched atop a six foot bookcase and I use a step...

For the record, it will be a little more involved than drawing a plan and posting it as an attachment. I'll want some text to go with it explaining operations and design philosophy. There will also be a couple limitations to make it, shall we say, "interesting." It shouldn't be anything more...

Are any members interested in a small layout design challenge? There seem to be many more requests for plans around here than people posting them. I'll draft the prompt if there are any interested in taking part. ~BS

I don't understand what's so difficult about coming up with one's own layout design. I, too, have a number of layout plan books, but I tend to combine ideas and elements into my own designs. I don't believe in my fifteen years of model railroading I've ever built a layout plan as published. The...

Neat stuff indeed. I've looked in to traction modeling before but until modern North American light rail vehicles or streetcars are available I guess I'll save my money. ~BS

Me too! Everything loads so much faster without them, even on DSL. ~BS

Most times they just take up too much space, just like an avatar. If it's more than one line people really ought to think about starting their own web page. ~BS

Morning Sun has some great books for modelers. I've got a couple dozen in my library. I am slowly collecting all the color guides that cover the late 1970s, the era I model.

I've got three layouts I'm currently working on and ideas for dozens more in my head. So long as you actually make progress on them as time goes by what's wrong with having a couple irons in the fire?

Oh, so now you make it to Marion... ~BS

The bigger question is if your local zoning laws would allow that...

Dave for the WIN!

Larry brings up a great subject that is generally ignored by modelers. This is largely a transition era phenomenon. Today's modern railroads don't operate with the same rigidity of the earlier era and are much more flexible because of it. (What they do with that flexibility is another discussion...

Yay! I get to argue with Triplex again. Once again, brakie is right. Towers could be located anywhere there was an interlocked junction. This might be at a diamond (though there were diamonds out there with no sort of interlocking mechanism), crossovers, yard, or simple siding. The term...