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I seem to have stumbled on a method for generating custom cubic easements, using Macromedia FreeHand, without calculations or templates. At the risk of making a total ass of myself, I've put together a demonstration: http://arms.x10hosting.com/wiki/FreeHand_Easements In short, the...

I'm getting nowhere without reasonably accurate track templates. A turnout is not just the intersection of a circle and a straight line. I know you all want me to get XtrkCad and I'm sure I will but for now, I don't have a box that can run that application. Little luck, either, finding track...

Enough theory. At some point I have got to build some real track. Questions, questions. Here's a rough preliminary sketch of my idea for a free-mo module -- "Susquehanna Junction", can be used as a corner, straight, or both: This was sketched with general-purpose drawing tools; I...

I'm modeling late steam flatcars (SP 540028 and ATSF 90861); naturally, the supplied brake equipment is all wrong. I've bought decent-looking brake parts (Cal-Scale BW-351) but unfortunately, these seem to be made for boxes, reefers, hoppers -- almost anything except flats. The problem is...