Free up your hands when you're the engineer and conductor. Plug in a short phone jack to the throttle and attach to a neck lanyard. Works best with a radio unit, but may be adaptable to a tethered throttle as well.

Starting another round of casting.  I built several resin kits that used flat castings and it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be so I decided to try building a gon from flat castings.

I studied the P&R gon diagrams and there were 3 gons that used the same stake spacing on the sides, and the same ends.  Two used the same underframe.  Class GMa had 1 board high sides with 8 stakes, class GHa had 3 board high sides with 8 stakes and a flat bottom, class HS-a had 3 board sides with 8 stakes and a single hopper bottom. 

Ballasting the tracks can bring that all important finished look to any model railroad. Many readers on this site already have their own technique for this, but not everyone is an expert. So for everyone else, who is just learning, here is how I have refined this simple but daunting (if you've not done it before) landscape skill.

URGENT! Someone is calling, saying they are from Comfort Inns and they are having computer problems with the reservation system for the 26 the and 27th. To keep your reservation they need you to give them your credit card number for verification. HANG UP!

Follow the Amhurst Sponsor logo go to Accommodations get the hotel number and call them. They are aware of the phishing. They will give you the police number to report the call. They will not ask for your CC number. If you gave out CC number call your card provider.