I am also changing era's. Anyone interested in 40 foot quality boxcars like Intermountain and Kadee send me a post and I will contact you to...
I am in liquidation mode. Before I go to EBAY I have some Frisco items someone might be interest in. Prices are before cost of postage. BLI SW...
Karl was kind enough to give me a heads up that Charlie Dischlinger had posted a switching puzzle based on the actual situation at Bolivar in the...
I may this year have to deal with a smaller foot print for my layout. I have been following discussions on MRH on the "one town layout" concept....
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I was pretty active at one point on the SLSF Forum with my West Bottoms layout. Several years ago I ran into a problem I am sure many have faced....
I will never have the space, time or money to run crack passenger trains or long freights. In fact, with my first layout I have found I enjoy the...
I am convinced it is time to scrap my West Bottoms layout. Things I have done that I would never do again, 1) The track has to be bullet proof....
Can anyone answer how a railroad switches a grain elevator? I am not talking about some big terminal elevator, nor some two car wood one, but a...
Attached are a couple of photos. One is of Tower 2 that sat at the KCT crossing, now gone. This is the old wood tower, not the current brick...
Currently Tower 2 in the West Bottoms is brick, but an earlier versions pre-flood was wood. I am putting this one in at the KCT crossing....
Hello again: I've been off line for sometime with computer issues. But all seems working now. Was anyone getting some goofy maleware issues when...
I seem to be having inconsistancies with the amount of travel on the the Caboose ground throws. Some of them just won't move the points all the...
My soldering has gotten much better but I still have an ongoing problem. On my Weller 40 watt and Radio Shack 20 watt pencil iron the tips just...
Several weeks ago Jim James started a thread regarding ground throws. As I recall he was trying to find something that was operational, but also...
Several weeks ago I posted a blog concerning the frustration of trying to install signals on my West Bottoms. After two weeks of hit and miss,...
In the novel Catch 22 there is a character who likes boring and or tedious things because it makes his life seem longer. If that be true, I just...
I have been in a scramble trying to develop a Frisco boxcar fleet for my 1950's era West Bottoms. The only thing out there now is some Accurail...
I'm trying to wire a signal. I have to attach wire to the decoder. I was sold AWG 36, which in fact is about the biggest I could use and get four...
I am a big fan of Lance Mindheim and his ongoing development of his Miami switching style layout. Recently he has been on a kick to slow things...
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