To All: I need about 26 turnouts to complete the track work on the E.St.Louis Rail Group Layout. So I have been checking the LHS and Ebay for prices. Ouch! You would think they were made of gold or a rare commodity! They are running in the $15.00 to $20.00 price range. So I decided to make a right and left hand #6 turnout using a pattern of my own design. They took way too long to build and I am a quick worker! So I guess it's back to pricing. I don't even mind used ones. Yours, Elvin Howland/E.St.Louis Rail Group Layout

To All:

To All: I blanked out the heralds on the ends and Chesapeake & Ohio on the long hood, relettered to EStLRG, kept the number, weathered and dullcoated the unit. The rational behind this is the C&O RR had a controlling interest in the EStLRG RR and transferred this unit to that road. Yours, Elvin Howland/E.St.Louis Rail Group Layout

To All: This past week end Dave Capron (Great Lakes Northern), Ernie's (ATSF Raton Layout),

           Bill's (D&RGW) and Charlie's layout hosted marathon operating sessions on their layouts.

           These layouts are located in Leelanau County, Michigan and had 11 guest operators from

IAISfan: Please get in touch with me. I missed your email. layoutconcepts@yahoo.com

             Yours, Elvin Howland

To All: Another recent Bobber Caboose I assembled is this Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
offering from Virginia Foundry & Model Works by John Canfield. He sells craftsman
kits of early rail equipment. It will be added to my collection of cabooses
(about 120 in the collection). Yours, Elvin Howland/E. St.Louis Rail Group Layout

To All: The latest addition to my layout is this bobber caboose assembled from
a Virginia Foundry & Model works kit by John Canfield. I heavily weathered
it to represent many years of hard service.

Yours, Elvin Howland/E. St.Louis Rail Group Layout