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Not being satisfied w/ the short cylindrical stacks offered on Atlas & Bachmann S-2 & S-4 models being too short to use on LAJ ALCOs, had David Cutting at Cutting Edge Models do the stacks thru Shapeways. Did the same thing for the Santa Fe ones because theirs are rectangular not cylindrical &...

The Los Angeles Division of the NMRA will be holding the 5th annual SpringRail Meet on May 17 2014 at the First Christian Church 220 5th St Alhambra CA 91801. SpringRail starts with a swap meet. There will be clinics all day on a variety of subjects including diesel painting, freight car...

Hi All Just started this LAJ Yahoo Group. You're all welcome to contribute & participate. Will be adding all my pix & info soon. If there's anything you can think of please suggest &/or contribute. And if you're just interested in switching this should be a good place to see how it was done on...

Was thinking about how to have more switching in the same place & came up w/ this idea of stacking them on some kind of apparatus to move them up & down. My friend Jim Fuhrman of the Orange County Module Club came up w/ doing it by a having a large threaded rod turned by an electric motor...

Here's links to 3 other LAJ layouts being built: Colin's ca 1' x 6' shelf layout in England - http://tinyurl.com/btbb6de Bob C's layout in Los Alamitos CA - http://tinyurl.com/cws6uzy Tony's basement layout in WI - http://tinyurl.com/d2cf7mo Here's a link to my current LAJ layout...

Had my LAJ slides converted to digital format. These pix have dates (taken xx/xx/xx or processed xx/xx) & photographer if noted on slide: http://tinyurl.com/d5heuoo A couple are from '58. Note no beacons.

Here's a good excuse for an around the wall layout that's prototypical. This is Santa Fe's (now BNSF) La Mirada CA "circle" switching area: http://tinyurl.com/cstx3sb Could be adapted to an around the wall layout w/ alot of selective compression. And if you like GP60Ms & wide vision...

From Bob Chaparro Moderator Model Railroads Of Southern California It is that time of the year again for the 4th Annual Los Angeles Division NMRA SpringRail Meet. Non-NMRA members are very welcome. Location: First Christian Church 200 S. 5th Street, Alhambra CA 91801 Map Link...