All,

 

Here are a few things about my latest YouTube clip.

 

Last Christmas I did not have my loop set up in the basement so the scale
trains were under the tree. Since it was my first Christmas in my house, I
thought I would amp it up a bit with a loop of all American Flyer around the
outside of the SHS track. It looked good on paper. I got them to run when I
was 10 - a slam dunk now. But for some reason even with cleaning the A F
track I was not overly successful.

 

Putting the AF up under the tree this year was a last minute thing. I was
not going to do it. But using the SHS track made all the difference. It runs
fine now. See the improvements that happen in the 50+ years since A C
reigned supreme! 

 

My layout downstairs is more of a test track for now. It is a double track
mainline but has no turnouts which is some cases has its advantages! A
derailed car will generally stay running! I have new and bigger layout
thoughts running through my head. Hopefully something will be under way this
time next year.

 

In spite of opinions to the contrary I still maintain that the Mighty PRR
had the Scale Test car as the last car in the train. I understand we have
real railroaders here that have moved Scale test cars in their time. But the
fact that sticks in my mind was the PRR's way was it was to be the last car
in train. Attached to that thought is a story about the cars heavy weight
and short wheelbase oscillated when placed in mid train and did some serious
damage to the track.

 

 

 

Thank You,
Bill Lane

Modeling the Mighty Pennsy & PRSL in 1957 in S Scale since 1988

See my finished models at:
 <http://www.lanestrains.com/> http://www.lanestrains.com
Look at what has been made in PRR in S Scale!

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 T&HS***
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

 



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