To start with, welcome Mike, glad you blew your lurker status and decided to post.
We are happy to see any photos of anything railroad related, be it your layout, a club layout or prototype. As you have seen, we have a lot of skilled modelers here that are willing to help when help is requested and look forward to any advice you can offer as well.
Now, for this thread. It has gone a bit astray, but that's not uncommon in most forums, and it's not always a bad thing either. :ugeek: But since this is the "Forum Problems and Requests" and since this has indeed become a discussion thread, I will move it to the "Lower Berth" so we can go ahead and discuss our disdain for spammers and telemarketers.
Oh, BTW, the latest registration question is: What is the most common color for a caboose in America? (use lower case please). There is a choice of two colors, one being more common than the other, but I thought I'd give everyone an option.