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I have a few topics that might help this cause. I have just stripped my layout to bare module tops for a complete rebuild. Fear not, this has always been the plan. I will be placing an order for code 100 flex track from Micro Engineering in the near future. I anticipate many turnouts from Empire Track works to follow. I continue to work on several scale modeling projects including rolling stock, structures, and maritime vessels. My collection of expensive scale semi trucks, vehicles of all kinds and construction and farm implements continues at an unhealthy rate. I am hoping with fading confidence that Shane Lambert will follow through on delivering an AM GP 35 Erie Lackawanna locomotive that I sent him a check for in mid December. My good friend Bill has just posted photos of his recently completed RS 11. The trade we made was a bare brass RS 11 for a beautifully painted NYC RS 11. The NYC RS 11 is a perfect companion to the RS 11 that a purchased from Ed Loizeau. I think Bill posted a photo of the two locomotives together that, in my opinion, should be put out into the print world as an example of what our scale looks like. Bill warned me early on that scale was going to be expensive. The RS 11 was that. I have been on a steep learning curve since joining this "sport" during COVIDs shutdown. Sitting in with Bill while he installs decoders in my locomotives is invaluable. So now my goals are to install headlights in my SP SD40-2 and paint and detail my Peobe Snow Midgage passenger train.. I have in my train collection: a 1946 AC Gilbert K Pacific PRR and four New Haven passenger cars. This runs on Gargraves track. A high rail diesel transition Lackawanna freight train. A scale transition diesel freight train. A high rail modern freight train. And a scale modern freight train. These all have, until I ripped it all up, run on AF Fast Track. When I hear stories about our love of scale trains on the decline it saddens me. I'm here to stay. Andrew Parker

For all of you who might be sick of these circular, old chestnut arguments about rail size, wheel shape, who's making turnouts/who's not, who's not growing the scale, all we need is a Grade-A tie-jector car, and so on ? ... I thought I would cross post this question from another 'io' list. The S List has a number of smart, 1:64 farm equipment modelers that have to be bored senseless - if they haven't already unsubscribed. The photo below is an enlargement from the BRHS (Burlington Route) archives. Can anyone identify the loads on those six flat cars? The enlargement is fuzzy but the actual photo (link below) is more distant. The photo is from 1948, taken along the Mississippi River at Desoto, Wisc. Since that area of the country had more than a few farm implement manufacturers, some type of farm equipment seems to be the reigning theory. At any rate, I just wondered if a farm equipment expert might cast a sharp eye on an admittedly, very fuzzy photo... The full photo: https://burlingtonroutehistoricalsociety.smugmug.com/Company-4x5-Negatives/Train-Action-Shots/i-d4KQrvz shows the train is northbound as the CB&Q tracks are on the east side of the river. Jim Kindraka Grand Rapids, MI

I have a W. A. Drake Mobilgas tank car for sale. I have attached pictures of both sides of the model. Tank car has been lightly weathered. Wheels and trucks are weathered too. Original W. A. Drake blue box is included. I purchased this car a few years ago from Tom at Sidetracks and paid $325.00. I am asking $260.00 plus $17.00 for shipping to the lower 48. If interested, contact me off group at wkschlinger@... I accept PayPal friends and family and personal check for payment. If you pay by check, I will ship the model once the check clears. Wade Schlinger

In the vein of "Show S Scale out there in the world" I entered this depot in the model contest. It is scratch-built, from drawings I made. Parts are laser cut or 3D printed. Some of the detail parts were downloads from Thingiverse, some I created in Fusion 360. One you might be interested in is the woman in the waiting room, which I created in DAZ Studio and then printed. The station agent is also done the same way, but the photo only shows him from the back. -Michael Eldridge

Stephen Is that a Southern GP30 you have? Let’s see some close up photos of your models! Thank You, Bill Lane Modeling the Mighty Pennsy, PRSL & Reading in 1957 in S Scale since 1987 See my finished models at: http://www.lanestrains.com/My_Models.htm Look at what has been made in PRR in S Scale! See my layout progress at: http://www.lanestrains.com/My_Layout.htm Join the Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines Historical Society It's FREE to join! http://www.prslhs.com Preserving The Memory Of The PRSL

The W. A. Drake tank car is sold. Wade Schlinger Begin forwarded message: From: "Wade Schlinger via groups.io" <wkschlinger@...> Date: March 30, 2025 at 7:45:51 AM CDT To: [email protected] Subject: [S-Scale] W. A. Drake Mobilgas tank car for sale Reply-To: [email protected] ? I have a W. A. Drake Mobilgas tank car for sale. I have attached pictures of both sides of the model. Tank car has been lightly weathered. Wheels and trucks are weathered too. Original W. A. Drake blue box is included. I purchased this car a few years ago from Tom at Sidetracks and paid $325.00. I am asking $260.00 plus $17.00 for shipping to the lower 48. If interested, contact me off group at wkschlinger@... I accept PayPal friends and family and personal check for payment. If you pay by check, I will ship the model once the check clears. Wade Schlinger

The more surprising in that 00 used 4mm instead of the bizarre 3.5mm. North American TT largely went into decline because HP, its largest manufacturer and biggest booster, stopped making it; I don't think I ever heard why that happened, whether something went wrong for Hal Joyce or something else. It didn't help that one of the best advertisements for that scale was Glyn Lewis's column in RMC which was discontinued (along with Dick Andrews' narrow gage column) when Charles Penn, the publisher, started slashing costs by stiffing writers and going to toilet paper pages. I've always wondered whether that had anything to do with bankrolling his ghost town in Arizona. It was a great publication before that, and one of the reasons I got into TT at the time was because of the column; it took ten or twelve years after Hal Carstens took it over before RMC started recovering its reputation. JGGK From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Andrew Parker via groups.io <andriaart1@...> Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2025 8:48 PM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [S-Scale] My modest S collection Bill without question. Especially since his web site said "a South Jersey joint". The other is Stan Strockroki. Their YouTube videos inspired me tremendously. Andrew Parker On Tuesday, March 25, 2025 at 01:35:27 PM PDT, Bill Lane via groups.io <bill@...> wrote: I know that there are at least 10 people in S Scale now because they found my website before the NASG website. I have been told directly by these people. Andrew is 1 of them. Peter V does an amazing job capturing ALL of S Scale. But in no way can he be responsible for showing what or how to work on the trains etc in project form. I am at least 100 project pages of various things. Peter has hyperlinked many photos to my project pages. 221 locos – at least 195 are DCC ready and SHOULD run 872 freight cars 147 passenger cars. Thank You, Bill Lane Modeling the Mighty Pennsy, PRSL & Reading in 1957 in S Scale since 1987 See my finished models at: http://www.lanestrains.com/My_Models.htm Look at what has been made in PRR in S Scale! See my layout progress at: http://www.lanestrains.com/My_Layout.htm Join the Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines Historical Society It's FREE to join! http://www.prslhs.com Preserving The Memory Of The PRSL

Gentlemen........ Here is what I have for sale from the Buckeye Department. Once these are gone, they are gone forever. Please do not ask me who made them. I can only guess. I did mark down my guess, but don't consider it accurate. A lot of water has passed under the bridge since I bought them. As usual, make your best reasonable offer upfront. If your offer makes me smile, the Buckeye(s) will be yours. If I smirk or frown, they will remain with me. A brief description accompanies each photo. Enjoy......... Email preferred. Phone works. Loizeaux aht SBC // Global daht net 1-650-962-1577 Thanks........"S"miling Ed L. Buckeye #1 is sprung and equalized. I suspect made by SSLS, but not certain. Buckeye #2 is sprung and equalized. Kemtron maybe?? Buckeye #3 is sprung and equalized. Overland for sure. See next two photos. Buckeye #3 continued...... One more photo to go.... Buckeye #3 continued again. Buckeye #4 (note roller bearings) will be sprung and equalized once you build the kit. Here are the parts. You will need to make a bolster and provide wheels. Hint: I have mint NWSL premium solid nickel-silver chemically weathered wheelsets at $3 per axle (25% discount from NWSL price.) Using 3D printing technology to print a bolster would be an interesting project. Buckeye #5 (note roller bearings) has rigid "soft metal" sideframes, but they can be made sprung. Steam Depot. -- Ed Loizeaux Los Altos, CA www.nycvd.org