Arteffects "Mid-day Stop" collector plate.

$5 s/h, PayPal preferred but not necessary, the first one in gets it, good luck.

Arteffects "Taking the High Road" collector plate.

$5 s/h, PayPal preferred but the first one in gets it...good luck

...for the price of shipping.

One plaster A.I.M. cut stone single track tunnel portal, one Mister Plaster T.O.F.C trailer ramp and two stone culverts and one concrete double track portal in resin foam of unknown manufacture.

$5 s/h, PayPal preferred but the first one who PMs me wins...

Back in late 2006, the publisher of a monthly newspaper in Tehachapi, California contacted us looking for someone to write a monthly column for their newspaper. Tehachapi is a train town, and is noted for the nearby "Tehachapi Loop", and they wanted to add a regular article about trains in their paper. Since I was already writing a newspaper column and had a love of trains, it was a natural thing for me to take on. My first article appeared in Jan., '07. About a year later, the paper changed hands and the new owners eventually changed formats to magazine size. I continued to write articles about anything to do with trains, both model and full-scale, until the beginning of this year. At first they said they would publish every other month, but then they temporarily suspended publication altogether, I’m sure as just another victim of the current economy.

I was posting these articles on my blog at Zealot until about the time chaos and confusion hit and it just wasn’t worth the effort to continue there. I’ll start from the beginning again here, so some of you that had read my articles over there, may have to wait a while before I get to where I left off. I will try to post one a week, more or less depending on how well my memory and attention spans are at the time.

Just one note, as is most stuff on the Internet, these articles are copyright protected so I would appreciate your asking me for permission prior to using or copying any of their content.

Oh, BTW, the name of my column there is, "Along the Line".

What track does hon3 run on? I think it runs on n scale track but I am not sure.

Hi All,

I am looking for Brake cylinders and shock struts sunshades glazing & number boards for an Athearn BB GP50 if you have any new spares ...... please PM me if you can help.

Best Regards.

Nick.

Well folks...after much thinking it over, I finally came up with a solution to a problem that had been nagging me....Some of you may remember a thread I posted at the ol' forum dealing with the problem, and asking for tips, on how to place a spur off a track that's on a grade. Well...the ol' light bulb came on a few weeks back, and I opted to run a line off the main yard (Santa Rosa) to the area destined for the original spur. Less problematic, and I like the idea of the short run from the yard to the new area..in pusher mode..!! This new area will "house" a wire manufacturing plant (gotta use the copper that'll be coming out of the smelter at Las Cruces....) and whatever other support facilities it may require (a power plant comes to mind...). I, of course, have yet to build the plant...

So, I took my saws, drills and sundry tools and got to work....Unfortunately, I was a bit into the project before I thought to take pictures....

What follows are pics of the started project and how it's coming along...

Here's a look at the lead that got extended to the new site....



It's the second track to the left of the coal tower...It curves around the back of where the roundhouse & engine service area will be (next on the list....) and ends up here...




As you can see, this is the first time I've laid track on foam (part of the "brainstorm"...)

I next built up the terrain between the new area and the track on the grade behind it...



and carried it to join the unfinished rockwork at the base of the bridge....



BTW...You can see the new control panel I put in at the base of the rock work, and one of the two transistorized throttles I built to create my own "Loconet"....

Once all this was done, it was time to get plastered ....But that will be coming up in the next installment of this build....

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Is my response to SgtCarl's "jab" at MountainMan. I will PM SgtCarl as soon as I submit this.

Hi guys

wondering if somebody can help me out here. Some of you may have read/heard about my plans for the M&ET modules that im going to be starting, yeah i know i keep saying im going to start them and then keep delaying :oops: but there coming soon i promise

How am i going to wire these things? I just counted on my plan and all together 34 modules in all lol (mind you this is modeling work for years to come).

I want to be able to run a few modules at a time. Take maybe a set of 4-5 modules from the storage racks and string them together so its one long line 30' long (each and every module is 60" long). Ive never wired anything before, so this is going to be my first go at it all. I have read and understand how to do feeders and the bus wire and such, im just concerned how im going to connect each module's wires?

I am going to be using a MRC Prodigy Wireless DCC System if this helps. Any and all advise, suggestions.... are welcome, and thanks in advance

Still working on the backside of the layout adding some ground cover etc.I will admit I found myself doing some things more than once because I did not get the desired results that I was looking for.
First up is the oil dealer. I added a tank truck loading rack with a small pump house and a covered storage area on the left side for drum and pallet storage.The asphalt parking lot was achieved by first gluing down a layer of fine sand.Once this was dry I took charcoal craft paint,added a little black,thinned it with a little water and brushed it on. I was not overly concerned about even coverage because asphalt is not always a consistent color.


In the freight handling area I added stone in the area by the fence.This area will be used for inbound/outbound freight,either for truck or rail. I also added a small structure that will serve as a garage/office for the trucking co. serving this area.


Next up in the freight car clean out track and boiler house. I basically used the same treatment here as I did with the oil co.


This last shot shows part of the road that services the cafe and engine house. I was not happy with the way the road was turning out . I saw some pictures on another forum of concrete roads and said to myself "why not"? So I sanded them down some,added expansion joints,smoothed out the shoulders and repainted it. Now I have the look I was after.


I still have some work to do on the back side before I go to work on the front side. I figure once I have the front side done and the track ballasted then I can go back and add all the little details and some final scenery details.
Enjoy-Bob