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Great. I need a small fleet of those truss-rod reefers, undecorated, to serve a 1912 era Tofu packing plant. (Don't ask.) Wayne

The Centralia Area Historical Society probably would be your best first-stop for info. Their museum has a lot of ICRR stuff. http://www.centraliamuseum.org/ You might also try contacting the Illinois Central Railroad Historical Society: http://icrrhistorical.org/ Wayne

Make that 4. My layout is loosly based in the 1912-1919 range but there are some 50' Overland coaches in NYC colors being pulled through the mountains. I hear the future iron mine may have an old American or two pulling some ore cars around also. Wayne

Details in this thread at the New Products Forum: http://www.the-gauge.com/showthread.php?t=12698 Or go straight to my website at muddycreekrr.com Wayne

That is clever. While it is readable, in my opinion it does slow you down since the same thought processes that read a paragraph by scanning a group of words must now be focused on each individual word. Unfortunately a lot of common misspellings don't usually consist of the correct letters of...

Gorgeous pictures. I've seen them up here in the Adirondacks, but usually they look like milky white curtains. Our local Public Radio station sometimes broadcasts "Northern Lights" alerts when a listener calls one in. Wayne

Another statistic: A Google search for this joke shows 151,000 websites repeating it. "There are three types of lies: Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics." ~ Benjamin Disraeli (Often attributed to Mark Twain.) Wayne

I've never seen WS polyfiber but I suspect it is probably identical to the polyfiber that I've been "recycling" from an old pillow with good results. If an old pillow can be spared, go to a dollar store or a crafts store and for a couple of dollars you will have enough to make acres of trees...

Kids seem to have a definite eye-hand co-ordination gift. The last time I built a house, I arrived onsite to see the excavator digging the foundation hole into the hillside. Making good progress, too. When I got closer, I saw that his 7 year-old daughter was sitting on his lap working the...

I'd like to see Hobby Shop Dude masking the tops of the rails before painting. Cutting endless wafer-thin strips of tape and trying to get it on evenly isn't the answer. It's obvious he's never done this. Try this on a piece of scrap track: Try putting some light oil on a rag or Q-tip...

What a great project. One that has an immediate result of keeping kids productive and away from trouble for a part of their time and one that may kindle a life-long interest. Can you use some Atlas Custom-line NS switches? I have some that have never been used, saved for an HO...

I like the 0-4-0's on the floor in the bottom photo. That means you have a switching crew available for the mill detail. Wayne

Glad it's ok. Chris. Thanks for the safety reminder at your expense. Wayne

Good looking fence, Joe. Lots of toothpicks get usedon the Muddy Creek RR & I'm sure we'll be needing some fence posts soon. Wayne

Yep, one of those spots would work as I said in the post above. Was typing it as you posted your reply. Wayne

Yeah, I'd rather see the station off a siding and on the mainline also, where trains stop briefly and then leave easily. A railroad would want to eliminate switching moves when it can, especially in their passenger service where time is critical and profits are iffy. Passenger trains could also...

I use white glue a lot on foam. Never glued foam to homosote, but it should worrk as well or better than foam to foam, as I use it now. Often I use an acrylic latex caulk for foam and also for gluing the track to the roadbed. Make sure it is spread very thin and even. I use a few track spikes to...

What's great about this is that a week ago this was a loop of track on the bedroom floor. Now it's a permanent hobby location filled with possibilities. Wayne

Cool. Does he have any other daughters?;) Wayne

Hi cyb0rg, Good to see you here at The Gauge, I have a couple of suggestions to an otherwise well-thought plan. I'd think about changing the location of the Passenger Depot on the siding to face the mainline at the upper right. This might make passenger operations easier as you...