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Welcome back Tim Glad t' hear you were enjoyin' your self and not 'wrecked' I'll be lookin' for those stories. VGN [This message has been edited by Virginian (edited 06-04-2001).]

thanks everyone, Haven't spent much time on this problem lately.. Been workin'on the N at a fevered pitch...but will be adding all your suggestions to my data base. As I said, there's not much room...my first thought( and another P2k mallet owner's suggestion) was to add lead weight inside the...

Hi y'all I'm hoping for ideas of how to add weight to the LL proto 2k 2-8-8-2. There's not much room under the the boiler...not much room period ...if I add about 6 ounces sitting on top, she'll climb my club's steepest grade with about 20-25 cars... as is..10-12 is the max.. Any suggestions?? VGN

Hi George I'd love to be in Canada again...never been to Quebec...but...won't be back that way till late July at the earliest, or I'd swing north on my way to Virginia..:sad: Hope some 'gaugers' can make it. Take some pics... I appreciate the intent, good buddy. all the best, VGN

tiny lil Pinkertons runnin' 'round shootin' everythin' in sight...'ceptin' the tiny lil James Gang, who were riding off into...

Thanks for the laugh, shamus. VGN

G'day Woodie! Hey shamus, where'd the little waving smilie come from? Perfect VGN

Thanks for your reply T.K. any memory you have, foggy or clear is gratefully appreciated. I'm looking forward to more stories. VGN (fyi..my name is Lenny)

Hi woodie Smilie scratchin' his head. Now I get ..wait...there were only three of the lot, now, I just scrolled down, and three more, at first showing a little white box with red x...are now photos...maybe patience is the message here ??? ..let's see now..only the 2"name in twice" don't show..(...

Hi T.K. (It's Tim, idnit??) I'll bet it 'twas the same...can ya remember if the flat cars were comin' from the west?? I've been thinking it was some older Geeps pulling the coal, and that my grandad's was a "New" engine consist...his lead was undamaged, but the third was hit ( he almost got all...

Hi Woodie glad you checked out the site. The layout is a 'techie' marvel. lets see...almost thirty blocks, a staging level with main line, bypass and 8 or nine sidings, two yards operational, with seperate 'local' control cabs, which can be switched over to "main" control, computer control of...

hmmmm Well, all I get are white boxes with"Image hosted by Angelfire" and the aggelfire url. Is it my machine, should I log onto Angelfire or are you havin' problems similar to mine of some weeks back...the details of getting hosted images posted here. Lookin' forward to seeing your pics, one...

Hey LC Really sorry to here you missed the train. Hope your family situation is better real soon. I wish I could make a quick trip back east. Any chance that Mikado used to do service for the California Western? bye now VGN

Hi T.K. Thanks for your reply. I don't know if my granddaddy was called'Jay'...he was known as Bill to friends and family, but my grandmother called him 'Jaydubya' a lot, esp, when he was getting ready for a run. He would have been an engineer during your time, perhaps conductor during the...

Hi George , Woodie and all There's a good chance one set were dummies...or Mike was "jes showin' off" his new ones I didn't pick 'em up, nor did I ask if they were all powered...but at least the lead double was powered. Hey Woodie.. If one had the loco power, I suspect one could run close to...

Hi woodie The very experienced members of my club run loco consists all the time, diesel and steam...and from what I've been told, adjustments can be made to match speed, at least on the steamers.I would think the same is true for the better quality diesels, but I'm not sure.I do know one fella...

Hi there TK Any chance you ever heard of J.W.'Bill' Kesling, runnin' N&W by the time you started.He hauled coal out of southern W.Va., mostly to Roanoke as I recall. He retired in the late 60s or early 70s...he was still working in '67. He started with the Brotherhood of Firemen and Enginemen...

..XKE pullin' up on the right...Oops, sorry..I'm an ol' Jan and Dean Fan ..hey, it was on an Auto Transport Car, hooked in with a high ballin' time freight...but on with the story...

Country?USA Town? Santa Rosa, Ca. Nearest City?San Francisco, about 50 miles south of here Age?51 Usual supplier?Fulton Station Closest supplier? about 20 minutes drive, during light trafic times. Layout? yep..but just gettin' started layin' track at present Name of Layout? Bill Kesling Memorial...

..thesis,"The Minimum Necessary Curvature", rolled up, clutched in his left hand. Thick as it was, he didn't think it would be a very effective club, even though he'd used the concepts contained there in as an intellectual battering ram at 'The....(fill in the blank) Convention', held every...