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Study is continuing. The commission has agreed upon a track plan in principle, and has delegated their report to various subcommittees for further development: The routing and engineering committee (R&EC) is responsible for draft and final track plans (for the main, anyway) Concurrent work...

Hey Rail, where in Ohio are you? I was up in Brakie's neighborhood last weekend and think I found his favorite train watching place. I'll be watching for the warrant discussion - I'd like to learn more. Don't let me down! :mrgreen: Matt

Shaun, Do you mean actually changing the assigned address, or simply toggling between two (or more) existing locos on the layout? Matt

Shay, as far as I know, this is still the case - everything from my oldest brass locomotive to the most modern (Trix Mike) still drive their wheels the good old fashioned way - via the siderods. Your comment has me curious though - are there any HO locomotives in which the siderods are simply...

St. Paulie Girl and Blue Moon (pizza not pictured...) :)

I've been putzing around with a new layout design for - literally - years. So as a surprise birthday gift, she arranged a layout design storming session to take place in my basement with my brother, father (both in design fields and railfans), pizza and beer. Dad and my brother arrived at the...

Leon, My assumption is that it would fine, as long as the metal was clean. However, I'm not really a paint guy - I'd suggest you start a new thread for this question. You have the right forum (technical), but questions easily get lost when they're appended to the end of existing threads. Matt.

Well, that would work for me. Chesticus, try XtrkCAD first! I'm already invested, so it's too late for me...

Squidbait: I was curious about it (XtrkCAD) as well after chiming in on this thread this past Saturday. I've only played with it briefly. re: 3D rendering, I think there is some value, if for no other reason than it makes it easy to spot track sections that have not had a elevation set...

I use CadRail 8.0 and have had it installed so long that I don't even recall what it cost. Given that amortization, it's been worth it from a monetary standpoint. Regarding using design programs in general, I like them for exactly the reasons stated above: keeping curves and grades honest...

Good idea doctorwayne and Masonjar. Most of my previous efforts have been with a non-hammer drill. I used a hammer drill in concrete a long while back, and now reminded of that it was much quicker. Unfortunately, all the tunnels will be on curves, so I have zero chance of avoiding a web...

The space for the layout I'm currently planning was slightly too tight for what I wanted to do, so I've decided to tunnel through my basement's concrete block central bearing wall in several places to eliminate some against-the-wall turnback loops and to gain access to more real estate. (This...

LOL! :D No doubt!

Thanks Nachoman. I think the smokebox front had me fooled.

Is the SP&S locomotive another USRA type Mikado? I.e. was it traded for parts? Agreed - my family and I stopped in Williams a couple years ago while traveling. Having a panting steam locomotive replaced by diesels is certainly a loss though. I recall a lot of families milling about the head...

Bob, I detail shots as well - corners, eve detail and entrance. I've not uploaded them but I think I kept them on my PC at home. I remember thinking "will I ever need / use this photo?", which means I may have deleted them as well... Nevertheless, if you're curious, I'll take a look for...

Run some thin CA into the gutters - it'll permeate the paper, and though it takes a while to set, the end result is nicely rigid.

Those locomotives, to my understanding, have been restored very well. I would think there would be a lot of tourist railroads that would have an interest in a well used, but well cared for locomotive (especially if they have had recent fluework). There sure are a boat load of running LS&I...

Why is this? Matt

Thanks for your thoughts pgandw! I currently own one Tsunami, and while I've been very happy with the sounds themselves, the auto chuff has been disappointing outside of a narrow speed range, in spite of a lot of experimenting. Where in the piston stroke the exhaust event triggers is...