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  1. NC&StL old-timer

    newbie! But not to modeling or full-size. Scratch builder/kit-mingler, NC&StL fan/historian. Curator of Cowan (TN) RR Museum. Old enough.

    Thanks for the thumbs up! The above pix was actually taken on part of a layout I saved when I was in process of moving from North Carolina, back home to Tennessee (Upon retirement). This part of the layout was of part of the roundhouse and turntable area in Nashville, known as "Kayne Ave" or...
  2. NC&StL old-timer

    newbie! But not to modeling or full-size. Scratch builder/kit-mingler, NC&StL fan/historian. Curator of Cowan (TN) RR Museum. Old enough.

    Sorry for delay, project overload these days. Thanks for adding me and liking my intro. Maybe I can add a little something top the mix since I've been at this a while and learned stuff. Sirfoldalot, what building are you referring to? The building of the brass engine on the turntable? I do...
  3. NC&StL old-timer

    Building a NC&StL J3

    Your Aluminum 576 caught my eye, made me wanna join in! Good job. See pix I just posted of a version I did in brass about 25 years ago... Bowser drivers/rods, everything else scrap-box parts or scratch-built, including frame and drive system with large can motor nd flywheel. It's been run enough...
  4. NC&StL old-timer

    newbie! But not to modeling or full-size. Scratch builder/kit-mingler, NC&StL fan/historian. Curator of Cowan (TN) RR Museum. Old enough.

    Been modeling since the fifties. Grew up In Nashville in steam days, now prototype modeler of NC&StL! Here's a pix of my version of J3 #576 I did in brass many years ago....r
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