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All but one of my family worked at one time or another in our home town fire department, including me, so I guess it's natural I should find it important to have a fire department on my layouts to protect my little plastic citizens. There's not much out there in N scale, particularly older fire...

It's great getting bqack into the swing of things!:mrgreen: I started this project nearly 3 years ago but came to a screeching halt after most of the cosmetic work was done because hot wiring the centipede tender to get enough juice to run it stumped me. A suggestion from another board member...

In spite of missing the traveling we've done for two years, it is good to be back railroading.. I decided to take a little break from layout wiring, and get back to scratch-building. This station was inspired by (but not an exact copy for want of measurements and more than one photo) a turn of...

Help! After two years away from MRR-ing while we toured the country in our motor home, we've semi-settled down in a new home and I have started a new layout. I'm installing an older Heljan turntable (possibly the same big one Walthers markets now) and can't remember the wiring. There are the two...

While we were traveling, my model railroading consisted mainly of reading, building a few kits, and buying equipment. Now that we've bought a house and have once again settled down a little, I've been trying out my new "stuff". I purchased three of the Athearn express milk reefers and have...

After two years of living the life of a nomad, wandering around this big, beautiful country, we have decided to buy a house, settle down, and do our RV-ing parttime. Therefore, it's layout time, again! When we sold our house two years ago, I had to tear down my 4th "major" layout, a 10' x 8' x...

I have an Arnold Swiss Crocodile loco and need a couple questions answered: On the model, is there a way to put the pantographs down and have them stay down? (as with the Rivarossi GG1) On the prototype, did they operate with one pantograph up or both up or either one or both? Thanks...

I was at the roundhouse the other day and watched as they brought in a piece of antique rolling stock for inspection and it took my mind back to the early days of the Danville and Rigby Junction RR, way back to the mid-70's! One thing I have constantly been on guard to avoid is taking myself...

I finally got my hands on some Dullcoat and finished my B&M cabeese. Then being a little disappointed in how "light" the Spectrum Mountain turned out to be (not disapointed in the loco itself!), I took other measures to bash a loco I had planned to bash with the Spectrum loco, a B&M R-1-a (or...

A dozen or so years ago, after dropping my youngest boy off at Maine Maritime Academy in Castine, I stopped at the BAR yard in Searsport to take some pictures. In the intervening years 'tween then and now, I hadn't paid much attention to the shots but, a while ago, I was intrigued with the old...

Going through some old photos, I stumbled across a series I had taken at the Bangor and Aroostook RR's Seasport (Maine) yard. It was an old baggage car (circa 1903 or thereabouts) being used as some sort of work car. Looking at the photos, I decided I had to have one so, after finding suitable...

I have a Fleischmann 4-6-0 and I would like to replace the Rapido coupler on the tender with a Unimate coupler. However, access to the coupler pocket remains a mystery. There is a plate covering the powered axles, but no apparent screws holding it in place. Before I do something which ends up...

Last year, when there were only rumors and speculation after MT's release of Allied trucks, there was some discussion on the forum about the possibilities of either scratch-building or (hopefully) kit-bashing some of the post-war equipment some railroads built using retired troop sleepers. It...

A friend tried to join me in chat but couldn't see me, apparently because he's AOL. Any way around this? Dick

Back in the 70's, I was quite taken by photos of PRR's "Queen Mary" and "Queen Elizabeth" 16 wheeled flat cars. At the time I tried scratch-building a Queen Mary, and while fairly satisfied with the results, it was not a note-worthy effort! Recently, I decided to try it again, but the curved...

Latest project in the works: Dick

Does anyone know if someone makes marker lights that could be mounted on the tail end passenger car? If not, does anyone have a trick for making them yourself? Dick

A few fellows in chat asked about this site. It's very interesting. http://southern.railfan.net/schnabel/schnabel_cars.html Dick

Back in the "good old days" when my fingers and eyes were on a high level of co-operation, I used to do a lot of scratch-building with wood and card stock. At the time, my choice of glue was Ambroid's cement. I haven't done any major scratch-building with these materials for over 10 years...

Shamus told me to post a picture using my new FujiFilm 2800Zoom digital so, here goes. My scenery challenged layout has been neglected for some time so, after a little tidying up, here's a snap of the roundhouse area. Dick