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Some photo links: http://davesrailpix.com/odds/on/htm/osh15.htm http://davesrailpix.com/odds/on/htm/osh22.htm http://davesrailpix.com/odds/on/htm/osh09.htm http://davesrailpix.com/odds/on/htm/osh01.htm

If anyone is looking for a prototype electric line to connect with their mainline steam / diesel railroad line the Oshawa Railway may interest you. It was a reminant of a system that once operated streetcars as well as steeple cab electrics. There was street running into the 60s...

Another photo from the second camera showing the streetcars.

There are at least two traction magazines: Trolley Talk http://www.trolleyville.com/trolleytalk/index.shtml Scale Model Traction & Trolleys Quarterly http://my.execpc.com/~mgrutsch/ I got the latest copy of Trolley Talk last week. Some vendors like Customtraxx will not sell to hobby...

This may be what you are looking for. From Mile High Trolleys on the Denver and Northwestern Railway incorporated in 1901: "The was built west and north to Arvada, then headed northwest to the mines at Leyden. The line was 42 inches wide, the Traways gauge. The company realized the possiblity...

There were narrow gauge streetcars at Denver until 1950. There was also the Denver and Intermountain which had interurbans and some freight interchange. http://davesrailpix.com/odds/co/htm/dim08.htm http://davesrailpix.com/odds/co/htm/dim19.htm...

Another supplier for the heavy traction guys. Model Memories has catenary poles, catenary bridges, 3rd rail hanger kits and photos of heavy electric layouts, and city details like light poles, fire escapes and venetian blinds. http://www.info-4u.com/modelmemories/INDEX.HTM

It is a small world. I'm in touch with Dave Morgan and Andy Douglas pretty well every month.

Model Memories offers HO scale light poles. http://www.info-4u.com/modelmemories/lightpole.htm http://www.info-4u.com/modelmemories/INDEX.HTM

On30 Your solution may be something like On30. It's not perfectly suited to your Sacramento Northern prototype, but it is suited to modern space and eye sight limitations. Basically you have O scale car bodies that run on HO trucks and track. There is a discussion group for this on Yahoo where...

Once upon a time the TTC had nice neat overhead. Not any more. This is Russell yard on Queen Street east in 2004.

Pittsburgh has some of most overbuilt overhead I've ever seen: http://world.nycsubway.org/perl/show?36353 http://world.nycsubway.org/perl/show?37370 http://world.nycsubway.org/perl/show?49947 http://world.nycsubway.org/perl/show?49941

Thanks Chris. I've passed on word of this forum to a couple of other traction fans who are building layouts or planning layouts. Now for a shameless plug. I have a Toronto Traction discussion group on Yahoo. http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Toronto_traction/ I'm surprised myself how...

My understanding is that most of the overhead hangers available today are actually O scale. This is why overhead frequently looks oversized. But have you seen any modern prototype overhead lately?

Every month Trolleyville features an online newsletter with lots of info and photos: http://www.trolleyville.com/tv/times/current/index.shtml Back issues of Trolleyville Times: http://www.trolleyville.com/tv/times/current/index.shtml Bill

Yes. It's the 1950s. I have several Bowser PCCs which were painted and decaled by Customtraxx. With these PCCs the timeline could be anytime from 1947 to today as several of the prototype Philadelphia cars that the Bowser PCC is based on now run in San Francisco on the F line. The single...

There are just as many stalls with two rail operation as there are with overhead. The cleaniness of the tracks are a major issue on many model railroad layouts. For reliable operation it takes alot of time and effort to keep the rails clean. And if your rails aren't clean then you will probably...

I'm building a 30" by 60" layout in the living room of my condo. It's a one-way loop along city streets with a line crossing. I will have overhead, but I'm not that stage yet. I have soldered my rails and I'm started paving the streets. Here's three older photos from last year when I was...

I will post some photos soon. I have a small 30" x 60" layout under construction.

Here's another couple of sources: KND offers kits and detail parts: http://www.pknd.com/ Labelle Woodworking offers HO and O interurban body kits: http://www.labellemodels.com/...