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Clyde Iron Works McGiffert Loader was used in the logging industry quite often. The Timber Times had an article on scratchbuilding one of these (or similar) a few years back. Check the Timber Times back issues for which issue's you would need to order at www.timbertimes.com

Beauty TC.................you should get bored more often :D Sorry it took so long to get back in here, i was indisposed at the hospital undergoing surgery. Thats a builder in my humble opinion,and a dman fine one at that!! :thumb:

Steve mentioned it but i'll mention it again. Outdoor RR may be a real invitation to vandals.Jr high kids may get a little upset with the kids having some fun with trains or some drunk high schoolers even.I would hate to see thier spirits get crushed due to a couple busy brats who spoil it for...

I wish all the best for you Robin and am hopeful you weather this storm like many who have gone before you.You and yours have been added to the prayer register !! Niki and I went through this ourselves back a few years and her father has fought it for over 20 years.He's 80 years old and now...

We have a Wizard in our midst ;) Welcome aboard Raistlin, Dragonlance is classic fantasy and one of my few diversions from reality( other than model RRing) !! :)

Grades have become much easier for the uninitiated since the advent of Woodland scenics foam risers and grade system.:)

OK, as to the coming soon part, hurry up, i'm drooling already :D :D :D

A through yard design would be more functional and provide for better operating design. I like the clowns initial plan but if you raise the outside trackwork and run the yard underneath through the curve, you can end up with a very nice through yard of adequate length for good sized trains, and...

Well , in voting i can only relate this to my N scale endeavors. In the new scale which #1 i can see better , and #2 i will not need near as many pieces of rolling stock I plan to kitbuild and kitbash with added detail and superdetail as time and money permits.Locomotives will get detailed...

Thanks Steve, Habit i guess from critiquing Tile products on another forum :) Kadee emailed me back this afternoon. They are sending me out a couple of new springs and apologized for any inconvenience. Now thats fast first class business. Thanks to them I may get back to these sooner than I...

Spent some time working on a couple logging cars (see Smokey Mountain in logging forum) It wasnt pretty!! :(

Well Steve, I started in on these kits and ive got to say that I am really quite dissapointed. These kits were initially designed as On3 kits and all that was changed was the wheel sets and couplers. Now, in changing the coupler to a #5 Kadee the coupler pocket requires trimming away...