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Someone out there is reading my mind again :eek: Yesterday, while I was spending 7 hours of windshield time getting back to Council Bluffs from southern Missouri I got to thinking about "The Box" and wondering what has ever happened to "kettlestack" from Scotland, who was one of the great...

Also here in Omaha, both Saturday and Sunday, was the UPRR FEF 3, 4-8-4 #844, all decked out and ready to roll. I believe that the restoration on the 844 actually began as far back as 1992 and it has virtually been gutted and rebuilt. She's a beauty, just like she was when she was delivered to...

I am in the process now of trying to decide on a replacement for my very old first generation digital camera. Have my eye on a Kodak EasyShare 6490, which has a 10X zoom that I think would be great to have. I'm just not certain I have the PC with the power to support the software. I'm checking...

As we travel north from Florence to the Munich area we will go through Innsbruck. It will be 30 years since I was last there for the 1976 Winter Olympics. We lived in Munich at the time so it was a relatively short train ride to Innsbruck for us. We are actually going to spend a couple of days...

Thanks Jesper. I too think it will be a great trip. The other couples we travel withalso enjoy the train, so I had the opportunity to do some other train travel in New Zealand, Australia and the UK. I lived in Germany years ago and did a lot of train travel in those days too. I figure that...

Stuart; Thanks very much. Lots of good info on both sites. Bob

In Sep/Oct I will be traveling with my better half to Prague, Budapest, Croatia, Florence and Munich. All travel except getting there and home and the ferry trip across from Croatia to Italy will be by TRAIN!! Anything special I ought to be looking for regarding the trains, in the way of...

Son in law tells me he saw a couple of diesels in the KCS yard in Kansas City the other day maked for the Iowa, Chicago and Eastern. Can anyone shed any more light on this outfit? General route (please don't tell me Iowa, Chicago and east from there :D :D ) Thanks Bob

Good Day Leo; What fun to get your message because I was in NZ exactly 2 years ago right now. According to my log we were preparing to leave Queenstown for Christchurch and on to Melbourne on the 19th. We had a wonderful time in Kiwi Country. Landed in Auckland early in the morning and...

I thought about the wye after I posted before, but you would think they could figure out a way to do it with a passing track or out on the main line!! Bob

Does it just seem odd to me that the SW's are not aligned cab to cab? It would seem to me it would facilitate movement in either direction. Or put a cab on both ends. Just wondering. Bob

David, thanks for the reply. I'll be interested to hear what you feel the end result is after you complete your kittie repairs :) Bob

Has anyone used the Woodland Scenics foam putty? If so, what kind of results did you get? Was it what you wanted? How did you use it? Thanks very much Bob

I spent about 6 months, off and on, looking through MRR's etc, and finally decided on a plan out of 101 Track Plans (#56). I had basically overlooked it as not having enough of "what I wanted" whatever that means as I can't define it. I have a plan that a double loop, with several places...

Doc, excellent idea, except I have two problems. First of all the floor is carpeted and the second problem is that I have had to build the benchwork over some build in cabinets which means I have a set of legs shorter that the others. Moving them off the tops of the cabinets would surely cause a...

Oh, and with a few snow flurries yesterday and more predicted for Friday, corn planting is on hold :D :D Bob

Benchwork is completed except to apply the foam insulation which I will do this weekend. Having done all this once before helped a great deal in knowing what I could and couldn't do and have what I wanted as the end result. So far I am fairly well satisfied. Track laying for me is very time...

Thanks very much Jerry. All help appreciated. Bob

Val and Gary; Thanks very much. Since I am building toward the area where the turntable is to be located it is still some time off before I have to address the situation up close and personal. I do think I will contact Walthers and see what they have to say about it. Bob

I am just getting started (again) with a new layout and one of the items I intend to evenually purchase and make a show part of my layout is the new Walther's 130' turntable. I have in front of me the latest Walther's monthly flyer with the turntable advertised. In the ad it mentions that the...