@holy-cow I think most of the routes other than commuter lines have one train per day in each direction. So the daylight scenery is fixed to certain ...

It was indeed a long ride each way.?ÿ We left late afternoon from Chicago (dark in Kansas) and arrived in Flagstaff after dark the next day.?ÿ We didn...

Sig Manufacturing (short for Glen Sigafoose) in Montezuma, Iowa made wooden model kits until 2018. ?ÿ

I've observed the enormous amount of scrap, too. I don't think I've ever walked through a crossing without seeing spikes and tie plates laying around....

I found a previous thread about USNO and MICA.?ÿ If you are interested in the program, note that it being a government-sponsored program I felt it oka...

MICA is the Multiyear Interactive Computer Almanac from the US Naval Observatory.?ÿ The USNO has mostly disabled their web site for over a year now wi...

Probably the key.

Why not a survey chain? How long, in how many links??ÿ Any names marked on it?

I doubt forgiveness would be cheap. I think CalTrans rules are extortion.?ÿ Being over the fence but not close to traffic should not be regulated.

Much sympathy for you. You hang in there too, and keep plugging away as you adjust to the situation.

Did the cops find it?

I recall seeing fields of checked corn in the 50's, maybe even early 60's, but it was the exception rather than the rule. I've also seen those exact p...

It would help people to comment if the type of CAD was specified. There was enough error and distortion in NAD27 that I'm not surprised if different ...

My attention was called this week to two videos with Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead. I've been aware of them since the American Beauty album, but never...