{S-Scale List} Plywood or no wood
With what is claimed to be the world's largest private model railroad Ken McCorry lives just over an hour from me. Here is just 1 Google hit. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IE_7VfFogc Dump Ken McCorry in Google to see for yourself. In the 15+ years I have been going there he has changed eras a few times which means swapping out literally hundreds of locos and thousands of cars. I am pretty sure he has finally come back to transition era PRR where we all wanted to see it anyway! It is housed in a barn looking structure built just for the layout which is on the second floor. The first floor is a very large garage area for his classic cars and a lounge. While the layout is impressive beyond words the benchwork is also amazing. The levels vary greatly so there is easy access to see how the layout is supported. I got some strange looks during open houses. While everyone else was looking at the trains I was checking out cantilevered turnarounds without legs! According to Ken there is not ONE piece of pine in the whole place! Everything top to bottom is made from plywood. He ran it like a business buying complete skids of plywood. All cut lists were computer generated getting the best yield from the sheets. Everything was cut downstairs before the cars arrived. You can imagine the swarm of helper bees that would want to help build this monster. Ken said he had the majority of the benchwork up in a few months. Organization and efficiency at work! Thank You, Bill Lane Modeling the Mighty Pennsy PRSL in 1957 in S Scale since 1987 See my finished models at: http://www.lanestrains.com/ http://www.lanestrains.com Look at what has been made in PRR in S Scale! See my layout progess at: http://www.lanestrains.com/My_Layout.htm http://www.lanestrains.com/My_Layout.htm Custom Train Parts Design http://www.lanestrains.com/SolidWorks_Modeling.htm http://www.lanestrains.com/SolidWorks_Modeling.htm PRR Builders Photos Bought, Sold Traded (Trading is MUCH preferred) http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRphotos.xls http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRphotos.xls ***Join the PRR THS*** The other members are not ALL like me! http://www.prrths.com/ http://www.prrths.com http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRTHS_Application.pdf http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRTHS_Application.pdf Join the Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines Historical Society It's FREE to join! http://www.prslhs.com/ http://www.prslhs.com Preserving The Memory Of The PRSL
{S-Scale List} RR Well-Hole Flat car and loads
Notice: Have one new in the box NYC River Raisin Well Hole flat for sale in unused condition for $275.00 Have two loads with the car that are different size transformers. Cost for both is $110.00 SH extra with USPS insured Priority Mail Contact me off list. Thanks, Bob McCarthy 803-429-1811 1000-2200 EST daily except Sundays
Re: {S-Scale List} Free Mo S
Over the 20+ years the Houston S Gaugers have set up our modules, I think we only did freebie's twice. Of course, on the other end even with a few hundred in payment you rarely make anything either. I guess that is sort of like being a S manufacturer! We typically move our modules in a series of SUV's, pickups and standard cars. This isn't the most efficient especially with the price of gas, but rentals have their problems too Bob Werre . We were not invited back. To be fair, we rarely went to shows that we were not reimbursed for our expenses. We had to rent a truck to move the modules, etc... So if they paid us Don Thompson .
{S-Scale List} Re: Turnouts and track
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, gsc3 wrote: I use Tomalco flex track and Tomalco switches except for one Shinohara. If I had to make my own switches from scratch I'd leave the hobby. With a little experience building a switch is no more difficult than any other modeling task, building stuff is what we do. If one has to worry about the commercial turnouts not being what they want or being reliable in operation then building your own is a logical way to overcome the problems. In S scale building your own makes a lot of sense as the commercial products are few and high priced but even in the other scales it can be a good option, I'm working on an N scale shelf layout now and am thinking I'll build my own despite the large selection of N turnouts as I know I can make better operating ones than the factory canDaveBranum Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: s-scale-dig...@yahoogroups.com s-scale-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: s-scale-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
{S-Scale List} Re: Shrinking Wood
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, Roger Nulton wrote: There are lots of advantages to using plywood (the good stuff!) for framing: the main one is that you can avoid pilot holes since the plywood doesn't split. It has advantages and dis-advantages. It doesn't split across the grain but it splits between layers if one drives nails or screws into the end grain wrong. About 1/3 of the grain is always running the wrong direction which stops splitting but can be a problem if it is ripped too narrow. It's easier to find good plywood but if one needs a couple of 1X4's it's easier to rip them from a 1X8 than from a sheet of plywood. The trick is learning to use everything and choosing what works best for a particular situation depending on product availability, tool access, and time constraints. I'm building a new N scale shelf layout and framed it with a 1/2 inch plywood top on 1X4 pine box grid, it's way stronger than it needs to be for N scale but I had all the material here in the shop so could assemble it all in a couple of hours.DaveBranum Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: s-scale-dig...@yahoogroups.com s-scale-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: s-scale-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
{S-Scale List} My spam e-mail
To all, I am now getting the Failure to send message in my e-mail on Junk like that. I did not send that message. I hope this is a good fix. Alan Lambert Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: s-scale-dig...@yahoogroups.com s-scale-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: s-scale-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
{S-Scale List} Re: Shrinking Wood
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, ctxmf74 wrote: I'm building a new N scale shelf layout and framed it with a 1/2 inch plywood top on 1X4 pine box grid, it's way stronger than it needs to be for N scale but .DaveBranum Dave et al: Please accept this with the humor it intends..., but any more I'm not sure a layout's construction and strength has anything to do with the trains. Layouts need to accept the weight of all the guys who come over, lean on the bench work and fire up the hot stove league!! Said by a guy who (like many) could stand to shed a few pounds! G Jim Kindraka Plymouth, WI P.S. For the uninitiated, hot stove league comes from my hockey experience and Canadian heritage. It will be below zero here tonight..., eh...! Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: s-scale-dig...@yahoogroups.com s-scale-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: s-scale-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
{S-Scale List} Re: Turnouts and track
Re: the original question: my track and turnouts are all built from rail and wood ties. I cut my own ties if anybody wants to know. Starting new: I'm considering using styrene strip to simulate tie plates (I couldn't get paint to stick to Tomalco tie plates). I'm using Walthers spikes (more consistent than MicroEngineering, slightly smaller head than ME smalls), not willing to use microspikes or Proto87 spikes - too difficult to handle = too much time. Any track switch now takes me about an hour to build - that includes bolt and plate detail. I would probably use ProtoCraft frogs if they had sizes I want. I don't use any fixture (FastTracks). I can build three or four switches in the amount of time it took to assemble and weather a PRS boxcar. -Michael Eldridge -Still preparing the room, which took way too long --- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, ctxmf74 wrote: --- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, gsc3 wrote: I use Tomalco flex track and Tomalco switches except for one Shinohara. If I had to make my own switches from scratch I'd leave the hobby. With a little experience building a switch is no more difficult than any other modeling task, building stuff is what we do. If one has to worry about the commercial turnouts not being what they want or being reliable in operation then building your own is a logical way to overcome the problems. In S scale building your own makes a lot of sense as the commercial products are few and high priced but even in the other scales it can be a good option, I'm working on an N scale shelf layout now and am thinking I'll build my own despite the large selection of N turnouts as I know I can make better operating ones than the factory canDaveBranum Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: s-scale-dig...@yahoogroups.com s-scale-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: s-scale-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
{S-Scale List} Hot stove league Re: Shrinking Wood
Wow, I'm impressed Jim. Haven't heard that term in eons. It vanished with the
disappearance of unheated arenas. CBC-TV used to call its hockey expert panel
on broadcasts the hot stove league.
stay warm
Alex Binkley
To: S-Scale@yahoogroups.com
From: raisin...@wi.rr.com
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2013 19:48:59 +
Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: Shrinking Wood
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, ctxmf74 wrote:
I'm building a new N scale shelf layout and framed it with a 1/2 inch plywood
top on 1X4 pine box grid, it's way stronger than it needs to be for N scale
but .DaveBranum
Dave et al:
Please accept this with the humor it intends..., but any more I'm not sure a
layout's construction and strength has anything to do with the trains.
Layouts need to accept the weight of all the guys who come over, lean on the
bench work and fire up the hot stove league!!
Said by a guy who (like many) could stand to shed a few pounds! G
Jim Kindraka
Plymouth, WI
P.S. For the uninitiated, hot stove league comes from my hockey experience
and Canadian heritage. It will be below zero here tonight..., eh...!
Yahoo! Groups Links
{S-Scale List} Re: Turnouts and track
I've been thinking about using styrene strips for tie plates. Possibly laminating a wider and two thin strips to create the recessed platform the rail rests on. I haven't tried it yet to see if this is an insane thing to attempt. Ben Trousdale --- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, Michael Eldridge wrote: Re: the original question: my track and turnouts are all built from rail and wood ties. I cut my own ties if anybody wants to know. Starting new: I'm considering using styrene strip to simulate tie plates (I couldn't get paint to stick to Tomalco tie plates). I'm using Walthers spikes (more consistent than MicroEngineering, slightly smaller head than ME smalls), not willing to use microspikes or Proto87 spikes - too difficult to handle = too much time. Any track switch now takes me about an hour to build - that includes bolt and plate detail. I would probably use ProtoCraft frogs if they had sizes I want. I don't use any fixture (FastTracks). I can build three or four switches in the amount of time it took to assemble and weather a PRS boxcar. -Michael Eldridge -Still preparing the room, which took way too long --- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, ctxmf74 wrote: --- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, gsc3 wrote: I use Tomalco flex track and Tomalco switches except for one Shinohara. If I had to make my own switches from scratch I'd leave the hobby. With a little experience building a switch is no more difficult than any other modeling task, building stuff is what we do. If one has to worry about the commercial turnouts not being what they want or being reliable in operation then building your own is a logical way to overcome the problems. In S scale building your own makes a lot of sense as the commercial products are few and high priced but even in the other scales it can be a good option, I'm working on an N scale shelf layout now and am thinking I'll build my own despite the large selection of N turnouts as I know I can make better operating ones than the factory canDaveBranum Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: s-scale-dig...@yahoogroups.com s-scale-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: s-scale-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
{S-Scale List} Turnouts And Track
Bill Farley: I have all Shinohara turnouts, 90 plus and flex track. For my money, the best for the price. Art Ferguson Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: s-scale-dig...@yahoogroups.com s-scale-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: s-scale-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
{S-Scale List} Attn: Alan Lambert
Alan: I think you still have a problem with your Email Bob Nicholson _ Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: s-scale-dig...@yahoogroups.com s-scale-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: s-scale-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
{S-Scale List} PRR GLa project update.
Just posted some photo's of the GLa project in the photo section, along with some non Pennsy stuff. The photos never seem to post in the order I want them, so I'm sorry for their lack of order. The GLa is a modified SHS USRA hopper. Six scale inches have been removed from the top, and the frame modified so the car body sits lower on the frame. There is a photo of it with a SHS hopper for comparison. A couple of PRS 40 footers in B+O, and L+N. Also, a recently finished GG1, (Don't really care for the yellow decals, but it was all I could find right now.) A 1952 Pennsy X44 boxcar from a PRS kit. (Modified the side sills,for an easy conversion). Also, finally got some track and turnouts, and hope to start putting it down soon. Bob Davis Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: s-scale-dig...@yahoogroups.com s-scale-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: s-scale-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
{S-Scale List} Re: Turnouts And Track
I have all Shinohara turnouts, 90 plus and flex track. For my money, the best for the price. Art Ferguson If anyone would like to read a comprehensive e-zine article about various brands of S scale turnouts and flex track, the S SIG has one published at: http://sscale.org/s-scale-resources/s-scale-track-products/ No password or sign-in requirements for articles in THE S SCALE JOURNAL. Enjoy. Ed Loizeaux www.Sscale.org Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: s-scale-dig...@yahoogroups.com s-scale-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: s-scale-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: {S-Scale List} Attn: Alan Lambert
From: Alan Lambert
Fort Worth, Texas
Bob,
I have done all i can think of. I don't get the green box On my e-mail screen
that tells me something. All my filters are at Max setting.
alan Lambert
From: shabbona_rr user141...@mediacombb.net
To: S-Scale@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 5:30 PM
Subject: {S-Scale List} Attn: Alan Lambert
Alan:
I think you still have a problem with your Email
Bob Nicholson _
{S-Scale List} Re: Turnouts and track
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, pickycat95 wrote: I've been thinking about using styrene strips for tie plates. Possibly laminating a wider and two thin strips to create the recessed platform the rail rests on. I haven't tried it yet to see if this is an insane thing to attempt. Lots of modeling falls under the insane category but we still persevere. When I get back to working on my S layout I plan to try adding ties plates to the switches too. I'm going to experiment with those cardboard paint color samples they have a the paint store, the rust colored cardboard looks about right when cut up into small tie plates. I'm not too worried about the raised edge as it is so small that it probably won't be apparent, my main concern is how to get them aligned properly without spending a lot of time and then if my Kadee spiker can drive thru them without splitting the cardboard too much? As for track i'll definitely use tomalco or shinohara flextrack for the bulk of the layout and just hand lay a few short stretches of track around the handlaid switches. Track and switches are two separate stories when it comes to the supply, the cost, and the ease of building your own. DaveBranum Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: s-scale-dig...@yahoogroups.com s-scale-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: s-scale-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: {S-Scale List} Plywood or no wood
Bill,
That sounds well it all, but what thickness(es), indoor, or outdoor, grade(s),
and finish?
Bill Rigsby
--- On Thu, 1/31/13, Bill Lane b...@lanestrains.com wrote:
From: Bill Lane b...@lanestrains.com
Subject: {S-Scale List} Plywood or no wood
To: S-Scale@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, January 31, 2013, 2:32 AM
With what is claimed to be the world’s largest private model railroad Ken
McCorry lives just over an hour from me. Here is just 1 Google hit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IE_7VfFogc
Dump “Ken McCorry” in Google to see for yourself. In the 15+ years I have been
going there he has changed eras a few times which means swapping out literally
hundreds of locos and thousands of cars. I am pretty sure he has finally come
back to transition era PRR where we all wanted to see it anyway!
It is housed in a barn looking structure built just for the layout which is on
the second floor. The first floor is a very large garage area for his classic
cars and a lounge.
While the layout is impressive beyond words the benchwork is also amazing. The
levels vary greatly so there is easy access to see how the layout is supported.
I got some strange looks during open houses… While everyone else was looking at
the trains I was checking out cantilevered turnarounds without legs!
According to Ken there is not ONE piece of pine in the whole place! Everything
top to bottom is made from plywood. He ran it like a business buying complete
skids of plywood. All cut lists were computer generated getting the best yield
from the sheets. Everything was cut downstairs before the cars arrived. You can
imagine the swarm of helper bees that would want to help build this monster.
Ken said he had the majority of the benchwork up in a few months. Organization
and efficiency at work!
Thank You,
Bill Lane
Modeling the Mighty Pennsy PRSL in 1957 in S Scale since 1987
See my finished models at:
http://www.lanestrains.com
Look at what has been made in PRR in S Scale!
See my layout progess at:
http://www.lanestrains.com/My_Layout.htm
Custom Train Parts Design
http://www.lanestrains.com/SolidWorks_Modeling.htm
PRR Builders Photos Bought, Sold Traded
(Trading is MUCH preferred)
http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRphotos.xls
***Join the PRR THS***
The other members are not ALL like me!
http://www.prrths.com
http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRTHS_Application.pdf
Join the Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines Historical Society
It's FREE to join! http://www.prslhs.com
Preserving The Memory Of The PRSL
{S-Scale List} S Scale in March 2013 MODEL RAILROADER
Be sure and check out page 90-91 in the March issue of Model Railroader. S gauge gets front page billing with a Trackside Photo taken on our Southeast Michigan S Gaugers portable display layout. This neat scene was conceived by Earl Carlsen and Bob Stelmach with structures contributed by several club members. The engines are both from American Models with detailing added. We couldn't have asked for a nicer spread to show what can be done in our favorite scale. Brooks Stover Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: s-scale-dig...@yahoogroups.com s-scale-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: s-scale-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: {S-Scale List} Arch Bar Trucks (and Iron Rail Models)
And its Canadian ta boot. http://www.shapeways.com/model/267289/swing-motion-truck-s-scale-1-27-quot-axle.html?li=productBox-search On Jan 29, 2013, at 9:10 AM, tpm1ca wrote: Hi everyone: 2 - What other sources, if any, exist for S scale arch bar trucks? Thanks in advance! - Trevor Talmadge C 'TC' Carr Sn42 and Hn42 somewhere in the wilds of the Pacific Northwest group_l...@dapenguin.net Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: s-scale-dig...@yahoogroups.com s-scale-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: s-scale-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: {S-Scale List} roof machinery
Alex,
Pine Canyon Models used to make such things. Check with the new folks who have
the business to see if they have made any.
Bill Rigsby
--- On Sun, 1/27/13, Alex Binkley alex.bink...@sympatico.ca wrote:
From: Alex Binkley alex.bink...@sympatico.ca
Subject: {S-Scale List} roof machinery
To: s-scale@yahoogroups.com s-scale@yahoogroups.com,
ss...@yahoogroups.com ss...@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sunday, January 27, 2013, 2:27 PM
Hi all:
finishing up a couple of flatroof industrial buildings. WIll put a Model
Builders Supply roof window in at least one but wondering what other roof
machines -- air ducts vetilators etc-- or other detail parts are available.
thanks
Alex Binkley
{S-Scale List} Might sell my S-Mod yard
Unless Don T can give a reasonable guarantee that there will be more CJSS Get Togethers, for the past few days I have been thinking about selling my first S-Mod compatible yard. The construction of it is in great detail here: http://www.lanestrains.com/S_Scale_Modules.htm It is: 24 x 20 feet - 2) 4 foot sections 2) 6 foot sections Benchwork is 100% constructed from birch plywood 2 tracks to 8 and back to 2 built to S Mod track standards All track is code 100 hand laid. I will NEVER do that again! All turnouts are #6 except the 2 main line crossovers are #8. Everything will run on it! 19 turnouts total. It is currently still S-Mod compatible meaning it can go DC or DCC. We have run DCC on it just fine as is but set everything to 1 cab. There are 4 cabs total. The beauty is you can shut down the individual blocks and see it all from the control panel. The control panel folds up into a suitcase. All turnouts are powered but this is currently the weak part. They are twin coil that don't have the power to consistently throw. They should be replaced with stall motors. I am currently in love with the Hankscraft motors It was self contained meaning I used to supply the power for the set up of the day. Some things have been swapped to my home layout. It is designed to be moveable. I could have it set up and trains running virtually unassisted in 1 hour flat only using needle nose pliers and a small screwdriver. It is all in the design to make set up quick and painless. You never have to take legs off. They fold up inside. You don't need bridge rails for the interior joints. There are 3 bridge rail sections. It is sceniced and ballasted. The bakers racks come with it. I have had it fit in my 2 vehicles since building it, a 1988 Bronco II and my 2003 Escape. You obviously don't have to take it on the road. It is an instant yard expansion or staging yard that can be run on the day you get it. There is ZERO chance it can be shipped and not expect damage. I will not even try. I do not have a price set. It was many hundreds of hours to build. If needed, you can pay for it now and pick up whenever you get to South Jersey. It is not in my way. Thank You, Bill Lane Modeling the Mighty Pennsy PRSL in 1957 in S Scale since 1987 See my finished models at: http://www.lanestrains.com/ http://www.lanestrains.com Look at what has been made in PRR in S Scale! See my layout progess at: http://www.lanestrains.com/My_Layout.htm http://www.lanestrains.com/My_Layout.htm Custom Train Parts Design http://www.lanestrains.com/SolidWorks_Modeling.htm http://www.lanestrains.com/SolidWorks_Modeling.htm PRR Builders Photos Bought, Sold Traded (Trading is MUCH preferred) http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRphotos.xls http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRphotos.xls ***Join the PRR THS*** The other members are not ALL like me! http://www.prrths.com/ http://www.prrths.com http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRTHS_Application.pdf http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRTHS_Application.pdf Join the Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines Historical Society It's FREE to join! http://www.prslhs.com/ http://www.prslhs.com Preserving The Memory Of The PRSL
