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If the CEO of Preiser could see this thread, he/she would be rubbing their hands with glee with $$ signs in each eye!:D Matt--Hershey, Pa.

Yeah Chris, longest STONE ARCH rr bridge....I believe it's in the Guinness Book . (at least it used to be several years ago.) It also happens to lead to the Enola yards which, I am told, are the longest (not largest) yards in the U.S. Matt--Hershey, Pa.

The Rockville Bridge near where I live (Harrisburg, Pa.) Is billed as the longest stone arch railroad bridge in the world. Built by the Pennsylvania RR and used subsequently by the Penn Central, Conrail, and today by the Norfolk Southern. Here's a link to it...

Penn--thanks for the memories! Wonderful place to live, and the people there; well I can't say enough about them. Best darn work ethic I ever came across, though my employment in J-town had some major issues and that is why I'm "back east" now. Used to drive past that spot in E. Conemaugh every...

Penn--As I also lived in Johnstown and Vinco it was neat to see that bridge again...There is also a famous photo at the flood museum of a PRR loco utterly tossed about and wrecked by the force of that water. Many people don't know it, but that flood was the worst "natural" disaster in U.S...

Looks great Don!:cool: :) :cool: :) Matt--Hershey, Pa.

Jon--I know the 80s must seem like a lifetime ago but the lyrics are "he picks up a BUS and slams it back down" .....not "he picks up a TRAIN and slams it back down"!!!! :rolleyes: :D :eek: :D :p Matt--Hershey, Pa.

Love the scene Shamus...especially the creek and the water tank!:cool: :) :cool: :) Matt--Hershey, Pa.

Here's an example of a kit I just finished using the aging brick method I described above. The mortar has been aged and may not show up too well in this scan, but looks good up close Matt--Hershey, Pa.

Russ: You may have pointed me in the right direction here,but I'm still having trouble. I found another small screw in front of the front set of drivers behind the driving mechanisms, and on the opposite side of that screw, what looks to be a tab. The problem is that the "tab" doesn't depress...

Thanks for all the suggestions folks! Upon closer inspection of the loco as it tried to pull a string of 7 cars up the grade, I noticed that the middle driver was tending to "spring" up off the rails leaving the other two drivers on the rails. Very slight pressure from a finger on the top of the...

Andrew-thanks for the quick reply! The engine less the tender weighs 8 oz. I have a 4-6-4 and a SW1 that have no problems. Both will pull 20 cars easy up the grade and the 4-6-4 weighs 9-1/2 oz. less it's tender. I'll try adding some weight to the engine to see if that helps any...

Don--with styrene brick walls, I usually paint the entire wall the color of the bricks with acrylics. Then once dried,I lightly flow on super diluted light grey acrylic paint with a drop of liquid detergent added. It flows into all the cracks via a type of "capillary" action. Once the mortar...

Hi folks...I have a Bachmann 2-6-2 that has a pulling problem. Even though my rolling stock is not all weighted per NMRA standards, this engine IMO should be able to pull more than 4 cars up a 2% grade. Instead. I get a lot of wheel slippage and need to use the ole 5 finger helper engine to get...

Hi folks, just dropping a line to let everyone know I didn't fall off the face of the earth!;) I've been away from the internet for a while just because of new responsibilities at work that seem to be requiring my devotion much more than previously. (getting promoted isn't all it's cracked up...

Michael and Family: So very sorry to hear about your loss....May God bless and keep you all in His arms Matt--Hershey, Pa.

Glad to see it done Jim! I wouldn't change anything...looks awesome:cool: Matt--Hershey, Pa. (Wait a minute.......N-scale? My gosh....)

Gary: You never cease to amaze me! How long have you been working on this layout? I have a hard time fathoming how anyone can achieve these type of results without dedicating their entire day --24/7---365 to nothing but model railroads! (Like George Sellios must...) Matt--Hershey, Pa.

Add me to the welcome committee!!:D :D :D Best damn forum around!!! (IMHO;) ) Matt--Hershey, Pa.

My suggestion is to make it a little harder to reach the 1000 mem. mark. There are a lot of members who joined 2 years ago and have NEVER posted! Maybe they should become ex- members and be forced to re-join if they ever come back? Just a thought ...:rolleyes: :) :rolleyes: :) (Dave Hagan...