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I recently went to chicago and i stumbled across an overhead walkway w/ a great view of a passenger train station. I managed to snap a couple of photo's. you can view full sized (they are HUUUUGE) at My beginner's attempts at railfanning :) These photo's are pretty self explanatory i was most...

Thanks for the tip, i bought about 20$ worth of the blue suitcase connectors and i hate them. They don't fit exactly properly around 12gauge wire i use for my bus line. I'm going to see if i can get it from mouser.

I'm still stalking this piece of equipment, i can't get to a decent spot to take pix anymore but it's still on the tracks in my area. I'll have to see if i can find it tmrw morning :).

Thanks :mrgreen: Believe me when i say it ... it was my pleasure hhahhaha. That machine has sooooo many moving parts it is a gear heads dream come true!! I'm going back again on monday hahah :). I'd like to see how that extra set of wider gauge track works into the process, and i'd like to...

I went back to the site they were working and took more pictures of the machine and a couple other maintenance machines along the right of way. These smaller images don't do this thing justice, you have to see the details. I set the camera on full resolution so you can see the bolts if you use...

Replacing wood w/ concrete, the first picture was of all the concrete ties they had on the flats. I plan to go back to the work area tmrw and talk to one of the guys see if he can take some close ups for me or let me take them .. I'll post again once i get home :).

Spotted some amtrak locomotives, and a tie replacement machine. The tie replacement machine was amazing!! It actually lifts up the track as it works. I'll have to stop buy tmrw and get more detailed pix this is driving by at 45mph. This is the beginning of the tie laying machine...

Have you considered the wall attached fold away's? The steel hinges that attach to the wall are prolly 30 bux or so and you can just use regular door hinges for the legs on the other side of the table. You can paint or decorate the underside.. or if you are enterprising you can setup diorama's...

I have a little glue gun, fits in the palm of your hand, how can i tell if it's low or high temp? It has 2 temp settings and it's never burned me when it drools out of the nose. I'll have to try it out on scrap foam. I'll take pix. That would be ideal for me because i always change my mind...

I bought a couple different types, they had on sale. I was a boob :( and used the white latex to attach the foam board to the wood and then used the brownish liquid nails to attach the track to the board should have done it the other way round. Now ... hahaha the track is glued down man lemme...

I've done it w/ some tracks for my kids w/ 2 color led's w/ resistors on both legs. When they change polarity the leds change color, when they turn up the juice the leds get brighter. It makes it easier for them to get some feedback as to what is going on. I also have it setup so it tells them...

I've been planning my next section of layout and i've been toying w/ the idea of adding passenger service, your response is helping solidify a great plan!!!! I've been watching amtrak here in the northeast, they've built a new building in philadelphia (cira center) and the acella is insanely...

i ran through powerloc steel brass and finally ended up w/ nickel silver. It is much easier to maintain than brass, but especially when i was starting out i was attracted to brass because it is cheap :). If i had it to do over again i'd skip all the other stuff and go straight for new nickel...

I think i have 1 or 2 older tyco style engines i'd be willing to give you.

I've been doing more digging into the finance of the railroad industry, and how quickly they can adapt. It looks like based strictly on wall street that the consolidation efforts of the major railroads over the past 12 to 20 years have been paying off in spades on the freight lines recently...

What are they :0 i'm curious hehehe

What is an "in use cover"? The sump won't power on anymore heheh no matter what outlet i plug it into look slike it's been there a while it's semi corroed/rusted on teh bottom and the top part separates from the impeller easily, i guess those sorts of things aren't apparent when you look at it...

Came the other day :). I took two of them out of the box to look at them and lemme tell you, whoever said n scale doesn't have the same level of detail that ho does has never seen these engines in person!!! They are phenomnial! Atlas Dash 8-40B's in amtrak bnsf and santa fe paint.

no flood insurance, i don't even know if they offer it in my area. Not many things were damaged that i can see so far so i'm not so upset. :)

the circuit was gfi protected, it wasn't the sump that tripped it, the sump died out and shorted ;0, it was the 4" of water that 3 power strips were submerged in that tripped the gfi =).