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Steve, that is a fantastic plan :thumb:. It reminds me of the fire map of the Santa Fe facility in Arkansas City KS. Do you know this map? http://www.ausbcomp.com/~bbott/ArkCity/firemaps/arkcity/acit045.jpg . I can’t tell you anything about the Walthers turntable, but I remember having seen...

Deano, you never bore us with your pics :wave::wave:. I am by no means a big fan of steamers, but I really like your big steamers – very beautiful and impressive machines. Do you already know what space you’ll have to work with for your new layout when you move in June?

Here is some very good information on Santa Fe’s F units: Santa Fe Railway Historical & Modeling Society - The F-Unit Pages In the first chapter on the second page about the passenger F7s it says, that even in the 1950s some of the red silver warbonnet F7 spent a lot of time in freight service...

It is funny to see, how much people in the 1950s thought everything would change, and how much stayed the same – no jet pack, no flying car, no atomic power pack in your hair dryer...:mrgreen: I found a (PDF) book of 44 pages about this US speed record of the M-497 with lots of information and...

I stumbled across this jet powered Budd RDC, NYC used in 1966 to check if their tracks could handle high speed traffic. What a sight, a Budd car built for 183.85 mph. Enjoy :wave:. Dark Roasted Blend: Jet-Powered & Other Futuristic Trains. AmericanHeritage.com / Jet Train Edit: I just saw...

Glen, you’ll find all the information on how I did the streets in this old post: http://forum.zealotmodels.com/t117064/#post428313. Deano, glad you like this picture. I used the depth of field software, I mentioned some weeks ago on the WPF, to create this shot. Beautiful new engine for the...

Nice shots :thumb:. Mark, your night scene looks fantastic already :wave:. Here is a shot looking down my layout – what you see is nearly all I’ve got :oops:.

That is some good advice from woodone. I hope you succeed and get a good running loco. Unfortunately, MRC seems to have a problem with their quality control. Some of their decoders are fine, some of them are junk. On the Atlas forum I saw some threads where people complained about the bad motor...

OMG, Gus, how did you figure that out?:confused::confused::confused::confused: Your full name is not Sherlock "Gus" Holmes, or is it?:mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen::p:mrgreen::mrgreen::p:p

If I had not read your post, I would not have guessed from the pics that you used styrene – it perfectly looks like wood to me. Very good job. I concur with Andrew, Steve and Wayne that some bracing and framing would make it even look better. Looking forward to see your next projects :wave:.

( to Wayne & Kurtsign1 ...you guys know i am totally just having fun you on the BL2 thing:mrgreen: ) What???? I am totally serious on that....sign1sign1. I really don’t think that the BL2 is a beauty, but she is cute in her own way and she is unique. I would paint it in the colors of C&EI or...

Wayne, do you know of an engine that does not look better than a BL2? :mrgreen::mrgreen::p:p:twisted:

Deano, your Dad better keeps the doors of the car locked, so that you cannot open them from the inside when you are on a railfanning trip together – you do that when you’ve got your kids in the car to prevent them from jumping out. He should know about that... sign1. Looks like you and your...

Kevin, in the Blue Box engines, the frame is used to connect the left side power pick ups with the motor – that’s why you have to isolate the motor from the frame. The headlight post is connected to the frame, so by attaching the black wire to it, you connect your decoder to the left side pick...

Hey Deano, absolutely fantastic idea to start a new thread :thumb::thumb::thumb::thumb::thumb::thumb:. Your previous two threads were among the best and most interesting here on the Gauge and another good reason to stop by every day and see what happened. So, go ahead, my friend :wave:.

Dick, I installed the LokSound decoder myself. It was as easy as it could be: http://forum.zealotmodels.com/t116523/#post421452 . Deano, my friend, thank you for the picture of this very beautiful engine :wave::thumb::thumb:. Those Baldwin VO-1000s are my favorite engines, though I can’t really...

Wayne, that’s a really nice steamer :thumb: Spankybird, very nice layout with a unique mixture of structures :wave:. Glen, great shots. I especially like the smoking brakes. Here is a picture of my favorite engine, my Stewart Baldwin VO-1000 with LokSound – it looks terrific, sounds great and...

Wonderful job, Bernhard. What scale is it, HO?

Tetters, you forgot to mention that he did not have no shoes ...sign1 Did you find a place for your double cross over on your layout? You just can’t waste it stored in a box ........

Chad, if Steve does not mind, I’ll jump in to answer your questions as I have all the information available from planning it together with Steve. The Wollenberg grain and seed elevator was built in 1912 and was in service until 1987. The building was nominated and placed on the National Register...