Re: S Scale switching layout plan
One of the Hoboken Shore 44-tonners has been preserved by the NJ railroad historical group
Jace Kahn
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JGG KahnSr
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Re: S Scale switching layout plan
Just the ticket with a half-dozen idler flats to use across the float apron. RMC has had several articles on waterfront railroading.
I don't do urban themes (quite the contrary), but I have always
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JGG KahnSr
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Re: S Scale switching layout plan
I thought the "Union Terminal" track plan by John Pryke would scale up to S Scale well.? It is in his book "Building City scenery".? My thought would to be to add an electric float bridge like they
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Scott
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Operations On A Smaller Layout
For anyone looking for a car routing scheme for a smaller layout, I have an article in the February 2025 *Railroad Model Craftsman* on the 'card draw and switch list' system I use on my BC&G.? The
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Brooks Stover
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Re: S Scale switching layout plan
I can attest that great fun can be had with relatively small footprints (especially when high-quality turnouts are used.)
I hope those who have trains running will send to NASG for "layouts"
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Mark Charles
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Re: S Scale switching layout plan
Very nice!? An interesting and well done variation of the original plan.
Rich G(ajnak)
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Rich Gajnak
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Re: S Scale switching layout plan
Bob McCarthy owned a layout (built by someone else) very similar to the Gumstump & Snowshoe; he brought it to a Savannah RPM many years ago and I took the attached photos of it :
John D
Scaler164
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John Degnan
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Re: S Scale switching layout plan
I've always been fond of Chuck Yungkurth's Gum Stump & Snowshoe.? I was building an expanded version (2'x10') in HO before I switched to S.? My first S Scale railroad was an even greater expansion
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Rich Gajnak
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Re: S Scale switching layout plan
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Joseph Balcer
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Re: new to me.but!
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Joseph Balcer
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Re: new to me.but!
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Joseph Balcer
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Re: S Scale switching layout plan
I've long been fascinated by John Armstorng's Pratt Street Manfacturers' Railway, attached. ?Designed to fit 22-1/2" x 12' in O scale.
Also check out Rob Chant's track planning blog:
JOMRD
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Charles Weston
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Re: S Scale switching layout plan
Perhaps the ultimate choice for me (if I ever get that far) is included in Arendt's book; having long owned a hard copy of it, I just picked up the CD for it at the local train show a week or two
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JGG KahnSr
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Re: Benn Central Shops Kit Instructions
Your usual immaculate work. Nice job Ben. Hope you are well.
Ron
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Ron Kemp
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Re: new to me.but!
Bob,
I signed up with Grouper through the NMRA, I think last year when the
program started. I just received my first check from Grouper yesterday. I
think it works through your medical insurance. I
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David Heine
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Re: new to me.but!
Perhaps it isn't NMRA or your region that isn't participating in Grouper but whichever Medicare Advantage or supplement plan you use. Not all of them use Grouper, any more than all of them use Silver
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JGG KahnSr
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Re: How To Delete Posts from the Message Archive
I was more concerned to apologize immediately for a message to the list sent in error than to worry about cluttering up the archives.
It isn't as if I were circulating incorrect information for the
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JGG KahnSr
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How To Delete Posts from the Message Archive
Jace and Group,
It's possible to delete your own posts from the Message Archive.? Select *More* at the bottom of your post, select *Delete Message* then *Acknowledge* :
Thank you,
Matt Hogan
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Matt Hogan
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new to me.but!
I've been a on-off-on member of the NMRA several times.? I first became a member when a year's dues (1966?) was $3.00.? You received the standards & RP stuff, info, a yearbook, and a brief monthly
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Bob Werre
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Re: Shrinks are their own best customers--if only they would acknowledge it
Sorry, I must have hit the wrong key
Jace Kahn
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Sent: Thursday, March 6, 2025 9:10 AM
To: ahinding@... <ahinding@...>; Cynthia Bright
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JGG KahnSr
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