> There were only three ancient posts there when I looked. I would suppose anything else is hidden behind the login.
> David Thompson Hello David.... Nothing on the S SIG web site is hidden from anyone. The entire S SIG web site is open to the general public without any fees or dues of any kind. Lots of e-zine articles, some product reviews, layout photos, modeling articles and so forth. Not to mention THE S SCALE FORUM which is the conversational chat room dedicated to scale topics only. To participate in THE S SCALE FORUM, it is necessary to join the S SIG which is a painless procedure. No dues, no fees, no membership in any organization is needed, quick and easy, etc. It only takes a minute or two and once done, you have access to all the messages both current and past. The reason for this sign-up procedure is to prevent SPAM (none so far!) and to make sure we are all who we say we are. Your real name is required and only needs to be entered once. After that, every message contains your name so that typing it in every time is not needed. You also get to control things like the daily digest, or a weekly digest or a monthly digest. You can control the time of day when your digest is sent out. I live in California and roll out of bed at about 8:00 am. So the time for my digest is 8:30 am which gives me enough time to get my hot chocolate and settle down in front of the computer. I find a really current and up-to-date digest waiting for me on most days. Not as many messages as with some Yahoo Groups, but each one has meaty content and is most helpful with various modeling projects. Less bantering and fewer personal (to only one person) side conversations. Try it and maybe you will like it. Here is an old URL which might serve as a hot link: www.Sscale.org Again, the current URL is: Sscale.org If you still have difficulty entering THE S SCALE FORUM, I would suggest you contact the S SIG web master who will personally walk you through the process. Over the telephone or via email -- whatever works best for you. He is there to help you. Yes, you will need a password. Sorry about that. I anticipate several messages from other folks about the Lionel Y-3 converted-to-scale loco which ran on my layout for three evenings this past weekend - a total of 9 hours of near constant running. You can read about their impressions when their messages are posted. One fellow spoke about possibly doing a new product review of the scale-converted Y-3. He was impressed enough to publically state he would prefer to buy a Lionel converted Y-3 in comparison to a brass import from Korea. That statement blew me away. I was not expecting anything like that. In closing, I think that Lionel has now reached the position of being the #1 provider of S scale locos in 2013. On my layout, we ran the second production run of the U33c which is improved over the first production run (new gear ratio for slower speeds and better detailing). We also ran an engineering sample of the SD-70 and heard the sound and bells and motor noises. Not to mention the Y-3 hauling a long train of black hopper cars loaded with coal. All of these locos can be made to run on DCC and with the addition of some momentum will run very smoothly at slow speeds. For those who want to see a video clip about the Y-3, I would suggest you go here: http://www.lionel.com/CustomerService/ProductInstructionalVideos/video.cfm?d ocumentID=6548 Any serious S scale guy who chooses to ignore the Lionel offerings really has his head in the sand. I hate to say it that way, but it really is the case. While you may not want to purchase any of the specific Lionel locos yet produced, it certainly is worth your time to stay in tune with Lionel products and to understand in detail their future offerings. There is no doubt they are moving in 'our' direction a little bit more day after day. See you at the S Sig..... Cheers....Ed Loizeaux > --- In [email protected], "Ed" wrote: > > 1. The S Scale SIG home page is at Sscale.org > > > > 2. Once there, look at the upper right hand corner for the place to click on the S SCALE FORUM. Click on that name in the box which takes you to the next web page. > > > > 3. Once there, click on THE S SCALE FORUM.
