Model Forum / General / Railroads / July 2009

My scratch building supplies have developed a hole in the inventory.  Where
can I obtain small sheaves and pulleys in HO gauge?  I had several but
recently needed 4 sheaves the same size for a high ball signal and I
couldn't even match any two form the small pile on hand and I've ...

Short for "Frank N. Steam".
Found an unused Balboa S.P. MK-5 chassis on eBay and bid low figuring
to use it for parts if/when mine broke down. Got it, and it sat
untouched in a box for two years.

It seems like a basic question, but I haven't laid track (N gauge) in a
number of years, and haven't done so before on Woodland's foam roadbed.
Virtually all of the trackwork is tangent, with a great many switches in
this first module. All soldering to track joints has been done ...