Just to be sure we are all clear on the S Scale list and what/who it covers, I feel that all hi-railers are more than welcome here. Heck, pure flyer fans are welcome, if they find subjects of interest here. Brooks Stover can certainly teach many of us a lot, and I'd personally welcome more posts from him. the same is true for the South Jersey S Gaugers (after seeing their modular layout).
Topics of interest only to Hi-railer's or Flyer fans may have some limited toleration, such as what track to use if you want to run both types of equipment. Note the word "limited"; most list members will probably be cranky after a day or so of such topics. How to fix a reversing unit, or re-wire a Flyer accessory are clearly off-topic and such threads will be ended and deleted. Posts wishing to debate the merits of hi-rail vs. scale, or especially posts claiming we are "wrong" or somehow spoiling everyone's fun by wanting to model in scale, are NOT of interest to the majority of the list and are not permitted. I think Bill would mostly agree with these points. Pieter E. Roos --- On Wed, 9/28/11, Bill Lane <[email protected]> wrote: > Which begs the question why didn't he just use scale track > and be done with > it? It looks like he spent enough time and resources on the > layout that the > cost and effort of changing out wheelsets in the cars would > have been a non > issue?..Dave Branum > > > > To answer Dave's question, because I asked Brooks > directly.. > > > > First - Brook's previous layout was an evolution. He HAD > real AF sectional > track and AF knuckle couplers on it at one time. It all > slowly got changed > out over time. When I saw it, there was 2-3 sections of A F > track left that > would have difficult to swap out. > > > > Moving forward to the current and completely new layout, it > was 2 things. > The changing of the wheels on all the rolling stock > including some things he > made. But most importantly is he HATES derailments. He knew > he would work > towards operating sessions. Brooks wants to run without > anything derailing - > ever. And it does not derail. > > > > If you have seen the current layout in person the rail > height never crosses > your mind. It is by far the best layout room environment I > have ever been > to. There was nature sounds playing that filled in the > quiet when you could > not hear trains running. Truly stunning.. Brooks has the > loco sound units > tweaked perfectly so you can't hear the trains from > everywhere in the room. > They do come and go. > > > > Thank You, > Bill Lane ------------------------------------ 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/
