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hey MM,i plan to get a buttload of pictures HOPEFULlY next week.ill post'em all here,as everyone will get a kick out of it as it fits every era! i wish you could see it in person,my crappy pics wont do it justice :mrgreen:.i am also sooooo glad though that ohio is finally getting a huge MRRing...

hey there cincinnatians,the new 10 million dollar G-scale 80,000 sqaure foot entertrainment junction is close to opening in west chester! i saw it earlier in construction when my brother in law was installing the water and sprinkler systems.the trainset itself is 27,000 square feet with a HUGE...

somebody on here will be able to help you better with this but i can help a little :mrgreen:.most flatcars that were built and used in the fifties are still used today.myself i never really saw a huge difference in FC of the 50's or 90's.id say with sherman tanks (since they were light anyway)...

wasnt that the mallard? im not sure which road it was from but i knew it was british.i had never heard of an american prototype going over 110. As for alot of CSX ads, i have seen ALOT more over the past few months,it kinda weirded me out as i havent seen one in forever,i even saw a UP ad on the...

the HABS/HAER archives have HUNDREDS of railroad related structures,most of which are american prototypes but some are of CP/CN prototypes.but even at that ,the thousands of industrial drawings thay have could help anyone out.--josh

were they ALL running or were just a few,as those F7's may have been geeting worked on or scrapped.or thay could have just had a build up of F7's at one end of the line and needed to send em all back.--josh

that looks great man :thumb:,i had just got done looking at som PS HAER drawings too for inspiration for my own layout. and heres something you may or may not know if you go to the HAER and HABS site they have hundreds of high qaulity photos and drawings.i found it great for just about...

you can also skewer furnace filter material and dip it in ground foam to make some quick and easy trees.i've used it before and i think its a little better than bottle brush but worse than making them out of wire and rope threads.--josh

i found that alot of manufacturers do not make the true C&O models as they were pretty much one of a kind.and unless its short production brass its not cost effective to build.the only real C&O only engines that are made are of the larger engines which usually are so expensive they become show...

if you have not contacted or are a part of the COHS then now is the time to ask them about cabooses in N scale.they helped me with ALOT of planning and getting drawings of the cars or structures was easy.they even have custom cars made for them so they might either know a place to buy the...

looks great glen :thumb:! i wish i could get my layout and mill looking this nice :mrgreen:.--josh

jawdropWHAT,a working tornado! im guessing it had to be a "vortex" machine. id be afraid of some ofthat 1/87th debris hurting my 1/1 self :mrgreen:.not to mention the terror you would instill into your peoples little minds :p.but,i ight try my idea on a diorama first.just to see if it "looks...

im gonna search the MRR home site for any info,i would have liked to have seen the pics.but the sanded clear plastic sounds like a good idea,and id never thought about that.maybe it would work idf i made the ground and scenery look wet and used the plastic just for taking photos when i want to...

do you remember which mags had thos photos? i'd love to see another persons attempt at natures fury :mrgreen: as for the tornadoes i done want to have my LPB's to be THAT scared.a little rain is all i (or my trains) needed :thumb:.--josh

the typical size for a small railroad today is 4 by 8,which after finishing it (although there are some VERY good and fun prototypical plans) a few months of running trains on that you WILL want something bigger (these basement empires gotta start somewhere :mrgreen: ) but for a starter id Say...

hey yall its good to be back...again...my computer at home had the magical puff of smoke come out the back so its shot and my computer at work has a phishing virus so its shut down until they find it.so I'm writing on my brothers computer and checking up on th place to see whats been going on...

WOW JOSHyou pul in quite a haul,im not a big modern deisel fan but they do look pretty sweet :thumb:.--josh

looks great glen :thumb:,i cant wait to see this puppy done,great job!--josh

is there a pere marquette historical society? if there is try them,its probably your best bet.the COHS has some pics of PM engines when the C&O acquired them.but not much before.--josh

there is a totally free rogram i use to turn real measurments into scale ones and 1:87 measuremens into 1:1 its called scalecalc ,google it.its totally free and works fine for me.--josh