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Yea, sucks that the Bond was voted down, they were planning on upgrading it to a full monorail system that would encompass more of the city. Guess those seattle people pretty uninformed, either that or they love their Gas Guzzlers a hell of alot.

Try here: http://www.seattlemonorail.com/ Or here: http://www.elevated.org/

Now that's funny!

My MDC 3 Truck shay was pulling 40 36' cars with no drop in speed on a flat surface (I ran out of room and cars to fully test it's full power).

I'm sorry, I have no pictures of myself in service, they were all lost :( . So anyways, For those Serving, May you come Home safe, for Those of Us that Have served, Raise a Glass for those still serving.

Go N-scale unless you really like to lug your layout around in a suitcase (or breifcase), which is what Z-scale is best suited for.

What was her name? she does good work! ;)

Ok, let's try, it looks really nice, but could you make it bigger! :D ;)

Ditto on the "new Posts" thing, i just skim the topics and read the ones that catch my eye, half the time I never know what forum I'm in unless it's obvious (like a "I need a N-Scale Geep!" type thing).

You stop to eat at a Burger King and they have a REAL Caboose attached to the building's play room. they took the trucks off and painted it red, but you can tell it's real, left the grab irons, and hand brake on it.

if the mountain is right up against the backdrop, you can leave the mountain open on the backside and use the caster idea to access the inside of the mountain as needed.

Most towns in the southwest were founded on railways, but as time went on they were slowly dismantled for more efficent routes.

How about a Carneval themed layout, use a Loco painted with the "Make a Wish" colors and logo on it, passenger cars with Children in them, a caboose heralding the "make a Wish" Logo. Sratch build (or buy) Rides and Booths. make it feel like the kids are going there as part of the Program.

Hmm....and that would have been my choice :cry:

I ended up as "the American Orient Express". Interesting site, thanks for the link.

Sommerfeldt Makes some nice European cantary items: http://www.eurorailhobbies.com/erh/sommerfeldt.asp they also make a book on how to create a realistic looking cantary system. As for cleaning, it's not a real problem, get a track cleaning car like the CMX Clean Machine that tony's carries...

Bah, no big deal, Mine's always missed :(

what do you mean down? I've been using it forever now and haven't seen it down yet. must be a connection issue on your end.

Don't feel so bad, I flew in last night, had to run the cothes to the quicky cleaners, fell asleep in the recliner. tomorrow I have to get out and mow the yard, trim the trees, clean the gutters, ect. Monday is spent filling out the paperwork from last week, packing and going to bed early so i...

I've got afew them packed away right now as well. course this is due to being on the road alot and no time for the layout. :eek: Try finding an HO scale Roundhouse oldtime car and use it as the template for your construction.