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Did the Atlanta & West Point ever use an F3 or F7 "B" unit? I can't find a picture of one.

Thanks John, quick service from across the pond. I appreciate that.

I have lost my copies of three Classic Trains magazines, that featured stories on the birth and evolution of the EMD F unit, E unit and the Gp 7-9. Can anyone tell me the editions I am looking for, or have copies they will sell?

Now THERE is the point of the day... Thanks S P, I will remember that. :) That would explain a lot of weirdness down the road, or rail.

I am doing a "caboose era" layout, so I will resistor all my caboose wheels, and that should work. Thanks for the heads up.

Thats good to know, thanks Ken. I will do that tonight. Have a good weekend.

So the current detector is in the BD4N?

I am embarrassed to ask this, because I have spent a career in electronics and don't know the answer! I have a Digitrax BD4N occupancy detector. I also am looking at toroid type block detectors. Are they performing the same function? That is closing a contact to signal a train in the block...

Looking down the rails at "action central" in a quiet moment.

Has anyone used Hobby Lobby's decal paper for marking equipment? I bought a pack today to experiment, and wondered if there are words of wisdom out there I should read. Thanks.

I tried the Wal Mart oven cleaner this weekend, it works very well, I looked at the results after almost two hours, and most of the bad paint job washed away with water and a tooth brush. Gives me confidence. Thanks everyone.

I have used Pine Sol to remove stages of factory lettering and some paint from rolling stock, BUT what is a good paint removed for Testors spray and Krylon, etc rattle can spray paint. I am afraid I will melt the body if I use something too strong.

Just learned that Apple Barrel brand GRANITE GRAY, is a dead ringer to match or touch up Microscale NC&StL passenger engine decals. Available at WalMart.

This is so very well written, thank you for a literal step by step. I have been a broadcast engineer for a hundred years, but a lot of time I assume I know something in electronic matters, that I don't. Giving the details as you have, will keep numb nuts like me from blowing up decoders. Thanks.

Then you realize you haven't ballasted all the track, and so forth....and - this is all of the 11 x 14 room, that is picture worthy - or close to it!

So, I saw this today while heading to lunch.

Some excellent photography, thanks for posting.

I was in Montgomery Alabama over the weekend,I have passed this building many times since I started driving (many, many years ago). So I stopped to take a picture, and learned more history. This was the general office and freight depot for the Western Railway of Alabama. This building is...