Recent content by UKSteam

LMAO Sumpter250

19" screen here at higher resolution, have to jink slightly to the right to see it all but I prefer the full picture to a thumbnail I can't see. Keep it the way you're doing it TrainNut, considerate of you to ask though :)

Well spotted TrainNut I noticed the Sheriff moving rather slowly as well, the other thing I noticed was the 'lack' of a driver of the semi ! Maybe I missed him or the video did not capture him , but at no point did I see a bystander whom may have been the guy whose tail end got caught in that...

My thoughts go out to everyone involved in this, the innocents especially, the children, the husband, the engineers, the emergency responders who had to clean up this mess. To all of them go my deepest condolences. However like many responders here I feel little or no pity towards the woman who...

Slekjr. Although I meant this as a general disposition to encourage chat, I was not advocating any one approach. But as you asked with specifics I will answer, and trust me as you asked, it will be the true and non-pc reply :) If someone were tearing across my own personal yard I would put up...

Hm yes serious problem, expensive fix. Here's a cheap remedy (not sure if and how many roads cross this particular bit of line) chainlink fence to cordon off the railroad property. Not practical I hear you say ? OK how about even cheaper fix, old railroad ties strewn about ATV trafficked area ...

Wow is right and if I may use a slang from back in the UK , I'm absolutely gobsmacked !!! That is a beautiful job done on that project. Yes it does look like a photo' of the real thing. Well done indeed on that EngineerKyle.

Good question MarioBarb. I'm in a similar position with a lot of Lima and Hornby rolling stock from my younger days. I'd like to upgrade some of my coaches for closer coupling ; and I read several threads here on magnetic uncoupling which look like they would be fun to work at. An unfolded and...

Hi Grandpacoyote. I too applaud your layout and design. It's going to be a "grand" layout :) The swingate is a really nice touch and I think you have executed its construction admirably, even if you do pronounce to have no carpentry skills, gotta disagree with you there ;) One small suggestion...

I must admit that through all of this I'm the most impressed by the fact that someone in the 'authorities' actually had a handle on this and put out warnings BEFORE the fact ! Not as the water was swirling through his basement ! Houston where I now live, and Sunbury, England where I grew up...

Extremely nice job Steamhead, both on the bridge and the rocks. After you are finished with J.Steffen's , mines next :)

I have one old original steamer from back in the 60's. The way mine works is the oil runs down into a small chamber containing a heater element and what looks like a small wad of cotton, althouugh I doubt it is given the flamability of cotton. The oil soaks the lint, and as the element warms...

Yeah I think I must be confused also about the actual benchwork area too. I thought the bridge and lift section was the section on the east west axis from 3'-7'. From what I read above it now seems you really have north south 10'6" and 7'6" east west and the switching is really an aisle ? Draw...

track plan suggestion Just a quick doodle bigsteel. Reverse loop for out and back operations as you have designed such a great shunting yard (switching I believe you call it over here) Small area for a mine in bottom left corner, raised slightly or at tabletop level depending on whether you are...

I have worked up a quick design for you bigsteel, but can't get it on to the page as it's 303kb. Notice that you original was around the same size before my additions. If someone can tell me how to DL it i will post it in this thread.