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Salt trains from the Cargil Mines in New York are often unit trains of covered hoppers. How would the salt have been shipped in the early 1920's when the mine began operation? Bagged or shipped loose inside box cars? Also interested in finding period photos of structures. Won't be able to do a...

I'm getting ready to build my N Scale sawmill complex and need advice on the roofing material. The building is larger than any N Scale buildings I have built in the past. The wall material is 1/16" basswood which I have on hand and am about to laser cut. It seems to be strong enough for the...

I have several Peco wye's, bought used, #6 I believe. I need a much tighter radius for the wye on my sawmill section. I have Peco #4's leading from the main onto the legs of the wye but at the actual "Y" I need the tighter radius and shorter overall length as the track begins to immediately...

Having trouble finding decals for N Scale New York Central boxcars, ca 1919. Been able to find later eras. Any suggestions? Wayne

I'm interested in locating photos or other info of the rail operations at the Lyon Mountain, NY iron mines, WWI era. I've located track plans and a number of photos of the mine buildings as well as the nearby blast furnaces, but none clearly show locomotives, hoppers etc used in the operations...

Just got a load of basswood scribed as board & batten in the mail and I've cut out the walls for my new N scale sawmill. Even though the material is only 1/16", cutting the first window hole was much harder than I expected (to get square and clean.) Though the prototype from the early 1900's was...

I've been spending too much time designing and not enough building of my new N scale layout. I think I finalized the inital stage of the layout (for about the 15th time since April.) I started construction of the sawmill section of the layout when I realized that I could be designing for the...

On the Steam in the Woods website, there is a photo of the Emporium mill at Cranberry Lake in 1919. (Thanks to Marc Reusser.) http://www.steaminthewoods.com/CranberryLakeNY_LumberYard_1919_unknown_copy.jpg I'm wondering what the gauge of the tracks on the platforms might be. I know that Emporium...