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I have about 15 locomotives and 25 cars on the layout. Of the 15 locomotives, I actively use 5. In addition to the cars on the layout, I have about another 50-60 unbuilt kits and no room for them on the layout. So I guess I need a bigger layout! Tom

I pretty much work on it year 'round. The biggest slack time for me is Oct.-Dec. I live in a neighborhood with lots of big trees. By the time the leaves are done its holiday time and I spend a lot of time on the road visiting family. By the time January rolls around, I'm definitely ready to...

Probably no pics from me this week. but I do have a question for TomPM. That camera of yours must work really fast to get a clear picture of each car as the train rolls by. :wave7: :drag1: Tom

Probably the wisest statement ever made in this forum. Another dinosaur here. My take on DCC and sound: For 25 years I had high pressure jobs in a very noisy factory, managing multiple priorities and basically being responsible that the factory worked. When I started back into trains I...

There are a number of ways to adjust coupler height. For most Athearn blue box, I found some brass #8s washers at a local hardware store that generally cures the low coupler height on the older Athearns. Kadee also makes fiber washers for the same purpose. I sometimes use small styrene shims...

If you want to download it for later use, simply right click on the link and select "save link as" if using Firefox or "save target as" if using Internet Explorer. Tom

The daily run to Adobe Flat leaves town as the local crew finishes some switching. Tom

sign1 I posted this pic on another forum and found I'm not the only one with these curtains. They've been there so long I don't even see them until someone comments on them. Tom PS I'm still a kid (at heart)

Last summer I ordered two Kadee PS2 hoppers. One was CNW and the other was Illinois Central. After some delays and hemming and hawing, the vendor said the CNW was not available. OK, says I. Can you substitute another road name (I don't recall what it was). Never heard from them about the...

Very nice work everyone. Here's a road I've been working on. Still have some finishing touches to put on it but at least trains can run again. Tom

When the local Critters went down for the count, a friendly neighbor loaned the town of Adobe Flats a couple of locos for a few days until the critters have been repaired. The local folks were rather surprised to see what was switching the local pet food plant. Tom

CNWman, that's a great idea. Unfortunately, Acme Corporation already has a lock on the "Purveyors of Everything Under the Sun" market. Tom

Hi, Gus The oil distributor is an old (from the '70s) AHM kit. I had to look to make sure (yeah, I've still got the instruction sheet) but it started out as a plastic factory. I'm using it as the bulk storage building. The modern brick build (a corner of which is visible in the photo) was...

Thanks to everyone. There are some good ideas presented. You've provided me with a lot to think about. Tom

The building in front is the oil distributor. Tom

I have a space about 16" X 32" that needs an industry. Rail service is already provided but can be altered somewhat. Here's a photo of the space available. What I'm looking for is maybe some kind of industrial complex that's not too tall. The main line out of town is immediately to the...

Thank you. I just pulled 10 cars up a 2% grade on a 22" radius curve. It can probably do 11 or 12 factory weighted cars. Tom

I have two of the MDC/Roundhouse Critters. They run very well (on DC) but occasionally stall on the frog of Atlas turnouts. I decided to double head them and semi-permanently couple and wire them together. Here's what I did. First, I slightly enlarged the hole for the mounting tabs for the...

Here's what I got for Christmas: Hailey is our first great grand daughter and this was our first opportunity to hold her. Tom

Congratulations, Ray! Looks really good. :thumb: Tom