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I went cheap and used old Pringles cans. Cleaned, of course.

The old Mississippi River bridge at Vicksburg had a 2 lane highway and tracks sharing the bridge. I remember my mom had fits every time we went over that bridge it was so narrow. Here's a link with pictures of it. http://www.johnweeks.com/lower_mississippi/pages/lmiss08.html

Sorry about the link. If you want to see the station & yard, here's the address. 905 E Pacific Ave, Longview, TX 75602

There is a crossover directly in front of our Amtrack station. The station was built in the 1930's, I think. http://www.bing.com/maps/#JnE9eXAuaGF0dGllc2J1cmclMmMrbXMlN2Vzc3QuMCU3ZXBnLjEmYmI9NTIuNzE4MzAyOTU3MTkyJTdlLTU4Ljc0MjQ5MjY3NTUlN2UtMC41NzkwMTAwMjA5MDYyODElN2UtMTM4LjI4MzUwODMwMDU=...

Welcome, Rebekka. There's a great bunch of folks here.

Here's the former Schlitz / Stroh's brewery in Longview. It's now a storage/distribution facility. http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=pdg9hh732838&scene=37215727&lvl=1&sty=b It's quite large.

Currently, the Estimator for Satterwhite Log Homes, former draftsman for the same. Before that, accounting assistant for a large local independent bank. Before that, assistant manager for Target. Before that, assistant manager then manager for (now defunct) Eckerd Drugs. The list goes on...

I've used the "stone" spray paint & a medium grit sand paper for tar & gravel roofs. For the rolled tar paper roofs I use masking tape. You get just a slight texture effect with it.

The Lone Star State, & I never want to live anywhere else.

53, but I like being grouped with 35 year-olds!

I use a variation of the bamboo skewer. It's a fireplace match with the strike end cut off and whittled to a point. I like it because it's square and with that little bit of an edge to open the couplers, it works great!

I started model railroading 4 years ago at age 49. I'm glad I chose HO over N because of the size. Yes, size matters! Even with HO, some of the parts on rolling stock are tiny, and with my eyesight not like it was 20 years ago, I can't imagine working with parts that small! I started with a...

Amazing job! Looks real!

I have a IHC 2-8-2 Mike that I got at a show for about $65. Yes, it's not very prototypical and not well detailed, but it runs good. I also have a Bachmann Spectrum 4-8-2 Mountain I got for about $80 from an ebay store. It runs good, too and the details are a lot better than the IHC. I'm...

Larry, I check the same ones as Jim every time I order. You never know who's going to have the best price until you check.