Ron, That is sort of the secret of all the groups on the Internet and the fun of it. All of us know some things and not others. Some of us know some sites...
16941
Michael
bocamikey
Jan 2, 2008 3:41 am
Start over, Yahoo says, No such group as HOGRR ????--- In small-layout-...
16942
Michael
bocamikey
Jan 2, 2008 3:46 am
My mistake! Second attempt brought up Heart Of Georgia RR Group! Thanks Michael Floriduh USA Iron Naut ... regarding...
16943
Lennard Stewart
lennardray
Jan 2, 2008 1:26 pm
Lennard Stewart wrote: Try this one and see if it works http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HOGRR/ Lennard in East Texas ... [Non-text portions of this message have...
16944
Peter Lloyd-Jones
palj44
Jan 3, 2008 9:06 am
Hi I am building a small N gauge layout (1' x 3' senicked) and am using some old Flischmann three way points and some double slips (which I found in the...
16945
shortliner2001
Jan 3, 2008 12:12 pm
... old turnouts are too deep/wide for modern flanges and allow the wheels to drop, causing the Rock 'n' roll motion. It is possible that you can fill and...
16946
Peter Lloyd-Jones
palj44
Jan 3, 2008 1:42 pm
... Hi Jack Thanks for that, do you believe that the current production points will have the same problem? I want to try and use them as they are both quite...
16947
William Uffelman
ufffam
Jan 3, 2008 1:46 pm
Go to www.nmra.org and look at flangeway dimensions for turnouts then use styrene to narrow the flangeways and build up the "floor" to obtain correct depth. ...
16948
Ted
tedakaed
Jan 3, 2008 4:11 pm
It is my humble opinion (based on experience) that double-slip switches in N scale are an exercise in futility, regardless of the manufacturer. The 3-way is...
16949
frank edgcombe
fedgcombe
Jan 3, 2008 4:17 pm
Hi! Don't know if this would work, but you could try filling the flangeways with a piece of aluminum foil, but don't cement the foil down at first.. Place it...
16950
Ted
tedakaed
Jan 3, 2008 8:44 pm
Honest! I'm not trying to "rain on your parade" with these comments, but don't want anyone to waste the time that I did on one. As I recall (it's been over ten...
16954
mrcnw_98370
Jan 4, 2008 12:52 pm
I had a compressed similar scene on a layout built over 40 years ago. Unless my memory is mush, I was inspired by a similar picture as shown in the first post....
16955
Graeme Dunbar
graemedunbar
Jan 4, 2008 2:30 pm
A fascinating photo Len. On a happier note, in the UK old passenger stock was regularly seen by the coast and other holiday destinations converted into holiday...
16956
Mitzel, Dan
dan_mitzel
Jan 5, 2008 3:40 pm
In an old issue of the Milwaukee Road (CMStP&P RR) Historical Association's quarterly magazine, The Milwaukee Railroader, there was an article on the Terra...
16957
david THOMAS
skyhawk6034
Jan 5, 2008 7:26 pm
There is a motel in Strasburg Pennsylvania next to the route of the preserved Strasburg Railroad called the Red Caboose Inn (www.redcaboosemotel.com ) I stayed...
16958
bugs1700
Jan 6, 2008 3:26 am
Hello, i am new at building a layout and would like some help in building a layout from the 1950's in Indiana Harbor Belt Freight Yard im not looking for...
16959
george chapman
legoblunoser
Jan 6, 2008 11:18 am
Also, if anybody every gets to Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia, Canada, you will find a similar operation at the Tatamagouche Train Station Inn. Several cabooses and...
16960
Bruce W. Calkins
blackwolfe2001
Jan 6, 2008 2:01 pm
FWIW there are accommodations available in old passenger cars at the site of the Chattanooga Choo Choo. Bruce W....
16961
Ted
tedakaed
Jan 6, 2008 7:17 pm
... If it's a yard of some sort that you seek, try looking back a few weeks at messages on this Group. There has been a lot of talk about plans and design of...
16962
Simon Leigh
arthurransom...
Jan 7, 2008 3:32 am
"Also, if anybody every gets to Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia, Canada, you will find a similar operation at the Tatamagouche Train Station Inn. Several cabooses...
16963
bugs1700
Jan 7, 2008 12:20 pm
its not a yard that im loiking to building. just a layout that has a theme of the 1950's in Indiana Harbor....
16964
david THOMAS
skyhawk6034
Jan 7, 2008 2:18 pm
It's pretty common over here for preserved railways to use old British Rail sleeping cars as accommodation for volunteers and the metre gauge Baie de Somme...
16965
Graeme Dunbar
graemedunbar
Jan 7, 2008 4:05 pm
This sounds very similar to the 'camping coaches' in the UK for holiday visitors from the 1930's onwards, e.g.: ...
16966
Len
lkaplan@...
Jan 7, 2008 9:41 pm
That's a heck of a contrast between the "cabin" exteriors and interiors! -Len...
16967
Len
lkaplan@...
Jan 7, 2008 10:16 pm
Very true ... I think there are lots of ways someone could run with this, both prototypical and not (or, perhaps, there's a prototype for *everything*...
16968
Colin t Hart
cthart
Jan 7, 2008 11:09 pm
Scale? Take a look on Byron Henderson's site, www.modelrail.us There's a couple in his design gallery that fit, one in HO and one in N Cheers, Colin...
16969
Mitzel, Dan
dan_mitzel
Jan 8, 2008 2:37 pm
Check out Iain Rice's Mid-sized and Manageable Track Plans book, published by Kalmbach (Model Railroader magazine publisher - www.trains.com - for ideas. There...
16970
Jan Ligthart
jligthart
Jan 8, 2008 3:51 pm
... I´ve been to St. Valéry last summer. Pictures can be found at my homepage (click ´vakantie 2007´) Greeitngs, Jan Ligthart Almere, Netherlands ...
16971
michael_j_wallace
michael_j_wa...
Jan 8, 2008 4:52 pm
... Went there about a couple of years (2?) ago. The place is pretty run down. I had a friend look into it and he said it was pretty dingy and not clean. I...
16972
Ed Kozlowsky
soldado7264
Jan 8, 2008 5:15 pm
My wife and I stayed there in the Fall of 06 and it was fine. They told me that it had recently changed hands. Ed Kozlowsky Sanford, Maine ... Went there...
