Wow that’s a good friend indeed, Russell! As I understand it there are also devices that allow you to control the DCC features on a DC layout, some thing you could consider adding on Randy. Just havin

My guess is that John would have welcomed DCC because it would have made ops smoother. According to what Linn Westcott wrote in The Book, a constant worry was that operators would forget to throw bloc

The famous picture of John working on his layout #2 has a rock casting next to him in the picture. He did use it. It is in the Glenn Beier group I was so happy to see it and I was surprised I never no

Just a quick word about train speeds on the G & D based on the handful of times I was there. Operating speeds were slow / prototypical. It was a mountain railroad! I can’t recall any examples of anyon

And the launch page is linked to the main GDRP page as well (where all the recent additions have been added). http://www.gdlines.org/GDLines/index.html Errors, omissions, comments please. Most of all,

For some oblique reason these comments reminded me of a story I’ve told before. It was the first time I had seen the Timesaver. I’m unclear on the time frame here because I don’t remember when it was

Linn Westcott describes the house in detail in The Book. It makes one wonder what a designer might have had in mind when building it. Or, maybe, it originally had a different configuration with later

Group, Check it out, link below. GD #2 gallery only to start. Comments and suggestions welcome. The GD #3 gallery will be added soon. You can really zoom in on these and see lots of detail. It was a t

I too, thought that the trains were going pretty fast. In other videos I seen of the the G&D, with trains going slower, their operation wasn’t as smooth on DC as what we’ve come to expect nowadays wit

I repeat. The original #34 is seen for most of the first 30 seconds of this video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiNbTwK1Xeo Its late, I’m 77 and suffer from CRS. So, yes, I do forget somethings, li

One from 4 years ago I somehow missed till now. https://youtu.be/GeVHeikPvDc Russell Courtenay Solemnity and profundity are sublime in inequity.

Nice video, I really like it. I was fortunate to see the actual #34 in the Kalmbach Model Railroader showcase. Andy Sperandio pointed it out to me. My photos located at: https://groups.io/g/GandD/albu

So I don’t have much hope of recreating much of the G&D in O scale but I recently broke the budget and bought an old Hines kit-built 2-8-2 from the ‘50’s. I believe it was built quite recently by the

After years of one popping up once in a while, right when rent came due or something silly like that, finally a nice used one came up for sale when I had the cash. Of course, now I have to print out t

Group, Along with the film I purchased, Randy Decker acquired a number of photos and slides from Glenn Beier's widow. He also invested in a high-end scanner. After many hours of work by Randy (getting

We had to settle for garden black raspberry lemon yogurt pancakes here. Cheers to John and all! Bob Friddle Thank you, Bob Friddle, RA, AIA, LEED® AP Director, Facilities Design and Construction Depar

John Whitby Allen Birthday (1913) When: Thursday, 2 July 2020 Description:

These kits do take a lot of work to run well... NWSL is back and has two separate re-gear kits: https://nwsl.com/collections/regearing-repower-kits?_=pf&pf_t_manufactured_for=Manufactured%20For%3A%20M

Related to the Shay Locomotive discussion (were there any on the G&D? In preparation for a retirement move I have a like-new with dust cover signed copy of The Shay Locomotive, Titan of the Timber by

Was searching Ebay for shays and came across a Gorre and Daphetid Shay. I believe they are mfg #309 the cab is lettered #7. I already own one and they rarely come up for sale, so I won’t be bidding ag