Hey all,

The clinic on layout sound at the 2012 Grand Rails meet went well (attendees are responsible for this:). Someone video'd the clinic.  He asked permission, and because I didn't mind (and din't know the clinic would go so well:), I didn't ask for contact info...

Of course now I'd like to contact this fellow.  I'd like to obtain a copy of the video to post in the layout sound Yahoo group. If anyone knows who this fellow is, or is this fellow, please contact me:

to all

on aug.10th 2012 i had the privilege to visit the "mariani distributing" plant in phoenix az. this facility is part of my peavine sub layout. i actually modeled the structure before i had the visit, so i had to make a few adjustments & add some other structures.the pics i have attached shows the model & the prototype.

this company receives sugar in liquid & powdered form. after the process, it is shipped out in tanker trucks. they ship between 30 & 35 trucks per day with train movement 6 times per week

And yes I've googled!  I've been able to find pictures of coal mine tipples, prototype and models, but not really much in the way of plans or articles.  Anyone know any online sources for HO scale plans of coal tipples? Anybody make any downloadable card stock models of them? I know that tipples are pretty unique and have a lot of variation so there is probably  no wrong way to model them but any sort of "been there done that" advice that could be found elsewhere or given here would be helpful.

Michael