Rick, The original article on nmra.org is no longer in place as referenced above. Does it reside somewhere else? I'm just starting to get...
Jim, you might be right. I've built one kit and it was certainly not the easiest kit I've ever built. Scratchbuilding the doghouse would be easy....
I didn't state it, but I would of course compensate you handsomely for your [dusty] kit :-) if you have one to sell.
I really would like to build a transfer caboose to run around the West Bottoms behind a transfer run. However, I've looked high and low (and...
Would anyone guess that these yard jobs performed this switching work away from 19th Street Yard with or without a transfer caboose on their...
tferk: thank you for your reply! You state you "have the locals and roadswitchers that worked out of of KC, as they were usually listed in the...
Hello KC friends: I am operating my West Bottoms layout and I am hoping to gather some old-timers' information about how the Frisco switched the...
Where the Frisco crossed KCT and MP trackage in Santa Fe Street, does anyone know what signals were employed in the 1960s to control the...
Keith, no doubt the great time we had touring the bottoms that Saturday afternoon in June, 2011 caused many ideas to germinate in the gray matter....
Steve, thanks for your comment. Alas, the only modeling of transfers between yards of other RRs in KC will be represented by run-thrus on the...
To frisco.org friends: Please see the attached track plan and Google Earth aerial of the area I am modeling in the bottoms area outlined in...
John, that's a great question. I have done research only to the point of determining an industry's building size, exterior look/materials, and...
The day I spent in KC with Mark S, Jim S, Chuck H, Keith R and others was well worth the 600-mile drive from Denver. Rosedale BBQ just topped it...
John, I really like your layout plan and how it is geographically pure. Santa Fe St, the alley track, and the line west to Armour are all in the...
Several have suggested using the foamcore viaduct placeholder model as a base for the future "real" model. I honesty had not considered that, and...
That is a great question. I debated about locating the freight houses accurately in relation to each other OR in relation to landmarks. For the...
Rick wanted to know about the 12th St Viaduct model: It is a mock-up/placeholder, one that actually I built three different sizes of to get an...
Mark - thank you for your post. Regarding a grid and/or dimensions: I drew the plan in MicroStation which has a grid system and built-in...
Bob, you are quite correct about it being 12th St - thank you for pointing that out. For such a visible icon, I certainly want to get the name...
Hello Frisco friends: Thank you to all who assisted in my Kansas City research over the last year as I build my railroad that depicts the Kansas...
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