I use wall wart's... old cell phone charger, electric shaver, remote landline phone, kids disc player... anything that gives me 9 volts output dc or better. Amps... all less than 1 amp. I use one for

Ric, I haven't given any thoughts as to what happens to the rr layout. My wife enjoys operating trains as much as I do. Our kids have an interest also although not model railroaders. So I suspect it w

Thanks Tony. That's a pretty neat idea with the rods. Nice to see the unpainted container. I appreciate the details even more. Gordon

Nicely done Tony. Interesting history on those containers. How did you do the rib pattern? Gordon Spalty

Well Larry I would say your doing just fine... nice modeling. Motivational for us is right. When there is a will there is a way... or... just deal with it. You have succeeded. Gordon Spalty

Brian... Al's got good advice... the big 0-5-0 needs to get in there. On a prior layout I had to redo staging tracks after I found this out the hard way. Same goes for any adjacent track on the layout

Early flex track was brass rail stapled to fiber ties. Not very flexible. The stuff was AWFUL ! First hand experience. Gordon Spalty

Lets try this again. Yes, you can spray cheap craft store acrylics. I use Liquetex airbrush medium or Armourall auto windshield cleaner. I used to use Windex but found the ammonia in the Windex also d

Hi Dusty,

Very nicely done! Like the old geezer engineer. Weathering superbly done. Gordon Spalty