Keen-o, neat-o Ken I wonder if I'm still invited this Thursday... Ben 'fill-in-blank' Trousdale
--- In [email protected], "mhrywest" <mhry19@...> wrote: > > Wow folks, this was a good week to try to keep up with the list, great > conversations and I like the video Bill, inspiring, seems that no matter how > simple, it is fun to see what others are doing. > The Pines and Prairies group met out in Winsted, about 40 miles west of > Plymouth. We typically see Jim Brown's WUT or Winsted Union Terminal in > January but he was under going a big change and didn't want our meddling. > Good plan Jim. Anyway, he made a large double loop that is cleverly hidden > so you are not sure that is all that portion is until you watch carefully. > In addition, he has two peninsulas that come into the middle of the circle > which will provide nice operations. This is his second major rebuild in > three years, the first had him raise the level of the benchwork so now his > duck under is just that, you only have to duck, now crawl into the layout. > Well done. Perhaps Ben will post some photos of the unique modeling he has > done. > I received my NMRA magazine and Brooks Stover has made the cover and he has > another great article inside. Brooks is an MMR and sure does a great job on > his layout. I have operated there also and can speak for how well the layout > does with prototype operations. Amazingly great publicity for S! > This week the PPSSW is going to meet here and I will have a bit of progress > to show and some projects for them to work on. With my lack of productive > work, you would think I was a congressman. As usual, the great variety of > things that model railroading allows me to do is one of the problems. I get > distracted by other neat things I want to accomplish. Every time I see Jim's > height change, i wish I could do the same. It would be easier to level the > house and start over than raise the layout. I guess I could dig out the > basement floor..... > Andre, in the Pines and Prairies Ming the merciless, would seem to violent > for our group, do you thing you would be OK with being "the Mingster" or > "Ming-a-ling"? More important, the point Bill and you made really ring true. > I really like the Northern Pacific but even picking a small time period, I > could never do justice to it. Thinking about your idea of the KC bottoms > area is intriguing. I have operated on a couple of interesting terminal > railroads here and in KC. One of the real fun aspects they bring is the > opportunity to run many types and paint schemes of motive power. > My major not railroad distraction is finishing a movie project for Steve > Doyle that features his Dad's speech before a Rotary club last November. The > speech was on his participation in WWII. I am also helping my Uncle Gordy > put his memories of WWII in the Pacific down on paper. Many great stories of > history that have not been documented. > Well, if anyone is in the Minneapolis area Thursday, come on over and visit > with the Pines and Prairies. The Minnesota Heartland allows no weapons on > its property, leave your potato guns at home. > Bill, if you make more decals, I would like to buy a few sets so I can > interchange with your railroad. > Andre, actually, my issue with Ming the Mercilless is that I have not been > able to come up with a good handle like that for myself. I am working on > that for my next career. > > Have a great week, > Ken Zieska > ------------------------------------ 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: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
